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1. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

Stars: Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately

Votes: 4,015

2. DI Ray (2022– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Newly promoted DI Rachita Ray takes on a case that forces her to face a lifelong personal conflict.

Stars: Parminder Nagra, Ian Puleston-Davies, Jessica Temple, Gemma Whelan

Votes: 3,087

3. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest, Will Young

Votes: 16,454 | Gross: $11.03M

4. Toast (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960s Britain.

Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Oscar Kennedy, Victoria Hamilton, Colin Prockter, Ken Stott

Votes: 10,463

5. The Rainbow (1989)

R | 113 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A young woman deals in her own personal way with the trials of adolescence and young adulthood in early 1900s England.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe, Paul McGann, Christopher Gable

Votes: 1,695 | Gross: $0.44M

6. Felicia's Journey (1999)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Thriller

A young woman leaves Ireland to find her boyfriend in England, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Arsinée Khanjian, Elaine Cassidy, Sheila Reid

Votes: 8,406 | Gross: $0.82M

7. A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

After stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Martin Arrowsmith, Dave Blant, Darren Campbell, Paddy Considine

Votes: 6,175 | Gross: $0.02M

8. Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama

Drama about life at Rugby School in Victorian England. The headmaster is fair but not effective and life is brutal for the young boys because of bullying and its consequences. The acting ... See full summary »

Director: David Moore | Stars: Julian Wadham, Alex Pettyfer, Stephen Fry, Jemma Redgrave

Votes: 1,078

9. TwentyFourSeven (1997)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience,... See full summary »

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Toby, Bruce Jones

Votes: 2,722

10. Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971)

225 min | Drama, Family

Tom Brown, as a new boy at Rugby Public School, has to contend with the school's harsh discipline and accepted bullying from the older boys. Adaptation of Thomas Hughes' novel.

Stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Richard Morant, Simon Fisher-Turner, Anthony Murphy

Votes: 182

11. Anita & Me (2002)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who have come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence... See full summary »

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Kabir Bedi, Max Beesley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Anna Brewster

Votes: 1,818

12. Sons & Lovers (2003 TV Movie)

192 min | Drama, Romance

An adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence classic.

Director: Stephen Whittaker | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Hugo Speer, James Murray, Rupert Evans

Votes: 219

13. Slade in Flame (1975)

91 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Light the Rock n' Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame.

Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Don Powell, Jim Lea, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill

Votes: 663

14. Faintheart (2008)

92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife.

Director: Vito Rocco | Stars: Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner, Jessica Hynes, Bronagh Gallagher

Votes: 1,173

15. Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)

Approved | 93 min | Drama

Tom Brown (John Howard Davies) starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman (John Forrest), the school bully.

Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter, John Charlesworth

Votes: 523

16. A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (2002)

48 min | Documentary, Biography

A study, mostly chronological, of the life of Nick Drake (1948-1974). Gabrielle, his older sister, tells us of her brother's birth in Burma, childhood in Warwickshire, life at Cambridge and... See full summary »

Director: Jeroen Berkvens | Stars: Nick Drake, Paul Weller, Gabrielle Drake, Rodney Drake

Votes: 752

17. Feast of July (1995)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy

Votes: 601 | Gross: $0.29M

18. Warrior Queen Boudica (2006 TV Special)

History

When the cowardly bureaucrat Catus Decianus breaks a peace treaty with the Iceni by brutalizing and humiliating their queen Boudica and her daughters the Iceian and allies join the queen in... See full summary »

Directors: Patrick Taulère, Kim Hawkins | Stars: Charlotte Comer, Simona Cuciurianu, Danny Green, Radu Andrei Micu

Votes: 125

19. All About Me (2002–2004)

30 min | Comedy

Sitcom about life in a mixed-race Birmingham family as seen through the eyes of a teenager with cerebral palsy.

Stars: Jasper Carrott, Teddy Sinclair, Jamil Dhillon, Robb Cartin

Votes: 118

20. Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Documents the rise of Mary Whitehouse during the 1960s, and the relationship between her and Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, the Director General of the BBC.

Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Julie Walters, Alun Armstrong, Hugh Bonneville, Georgie Glen

Votes: 332

21. Small Time (II) (1996)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Mat Hand, Dena Smiles, Shane Meadows, Gena Kawecka

Votes: 498

22. Bad Company (1993 TV Movie)

180 min | Crime, Drama

The story of the 'Bridgewater Four', convicted of murdering the paperboy Carl Bridgewater in 1978 and the subsequent efforts by Ann Whelan and others to show this was a miscarriage of justice.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Susan Wooldridge, Jonny Lee Miller, Ken Stott, Brian McGrath

Votes: 23

23. His & Hers (2009)

80 min | Documentary

A documentary which chronicles a ninety-year-old love story, through the collective voice of seventy ladies.

Director: Ken Wardrop | Stars: Leah Holohan, Grace McGee, Eimear Peters, Chloe O'Connor

Votes: 253

24. Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916)

75 min | Drama

A squire's mischievous son becomes a boarder at Rugby.

Director: Rex Wilson | Stars: Joyce Templeton, Jack Coleman, Miss Marley, Evelyn Boucher

Votes: 30

25. The Crezz (1976)

60 min | Drama

Interlinked stories telling of the lives of the residents of a rather select housing estate, the Crescent - known to these residents as "the Crezz".

Stars: Joss Ackland, Elspet Gray, Hugh Burden, Aimée Delamain

Votes: 15

26. Low Stress Day (2024)

Short, Comedy, Drama

Madi desperately needs a stress-free break from her high-pressure job as a doctor and anxiety-ridden dreams. Too bad she isn't getting one.

Director: Barnabus Walsh | Stars: Fern Taylor, Sarah Lynn Robinson, Barnabus Walsh, Suzanne Charles

27. Swizzlewick (1964– )

Drama

Drama series about the day-to-day events of a local council in a fictional Midlands town.

Stars: Patrick Mower, Arnold Peters, Martin Wyldeck, Gillian Royale

Votes: 7

28. St John On... (1974)

30 min | Documentary

St John Howell takes a lighthearted look at life with songs on home, money, food and fashion.

Stars: Victoria Wood, St John Howell

29. All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (2019)

38 min | Short, Thriller

When a travelling salesman arrives late to his usual rest stop after losing his last client, the evening only continues downhill thanks to the clerk with the crooked smile.

Director: Hendrik Harms | Stars: Leona Clarke, Gabriella Leonardi, Jack Frank, Christian Vaccaro

Votes: 14

30. Mule (2021)

7 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

While trying to earn a little money on the side, Luke runs drugs over county lines. However, things soon start to get out of hand.

Director: Will Townsend | Stars: Luke Preston-Davies, Jo Barker, Steve Shinners, Leon Chrimes

31. From ATVLand in Colour (2011 Video)

245 min | Documentary

How ITV's regional station for the midlands created the first purpose-built colour television studios in Europe in 1969, covering the ATV heydays over to the transition to Central Independent Television.

Director: Peter Raven | Stars: Lee Bannister, Jim Bowen, Barbara Bradbury, Reg Harcourt

32. The Blitz on the Midlands (2001 Video)

56 min | Documentary, History, War

This is a powerful account of the German bombing raids on the central towns and airfields of England, including the terrible blitz on Coventry and the smaller raids on the airfields of Lincolnshire and East Anglia.

Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Don Burbridge, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, King George VI

Votes: 6

33. Secrets of Royal Travel (2020– )
Episode: Royal Train (2020)

Unrated | 48 min | Documentary

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Stars: Nigel Havers, Emily Andrews, Phil Marsh, Kate Williams

Votes: 11

34. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode: Mark Hill and Izzie Balmer - Day 4 (2023)

44 min | Reality-TV

Jewellery afficionado Izzie Balmer and 20th-century design connoisseur Mark Hill motor through Oxfordshire and the Midlands, searching for hidden treasures to take to auction. Mark looks into the development of penicillin.

Directors: Dave Baker, Sam Miles, Benjamin Risley | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Izzie Balmer, Mark Hill

35. BBC New Comedy Awards (2021– )
Episode: Nottingham (2023)

Comedy

5 more hopefuls, Tal Davies, Lorna Rose Treen, Philipp Kostelecky, Jin Hao Li and Lachlan Werner compete at the Albert Hall Conference Centre in Nottingham before presenter Guz Khan and judges Thanyia Moore, Colin Hoult and Josh Pugh.

Director: Geraldine Dowd | Stars: Guz Khan, Thanyia Moore, Colin Hoult, Josh Pugh

36. Murderous Affairs (2016– )
Episode: Steamy Lessons (2016)

Crime

A pregnant wife killed execution style and an EMT intent on taking a life.

Director: Brian Testa | Stars: Chris Andrews, Aaron Beal, Juliana Caesar, Bonnie Diaz

Votes: 17