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1. The Liars (1966– )
60 min | Drama
One episode told the story of a joke that killed by laughter. The writer was put on trial for murder but when the joke was read out in court, it had a dire effect on everyone but him.
Stars: William Mervyn, Nyree Dawn Porter, Isla Blair, Ian Ogilvy
Votes: 18
2.
Benny Hill (1962–1963)
Episode:
The Time Bicycle
(1962)
Comedy
The Time Bicycle.
Stars: Benny Hill, Edwin Apps, Roger Avon, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 13
3.
The Young Pope (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(2016)
TV-MA | 65 min | Drama
As he deals with the Kurtwell case and the demands of Catholics, the Pope makes an important decision, while Sister Mary is given a new mission.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara
Votes: 1,446
4.
Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)
Episode:
Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later
(1972)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When a tax inspector calls to investigate Albert's claim for an allowance for his - long dead - wife, Harold gets him drunk and he agrees to giving 'her' a back-dated pension, though Albert... See full summary »
Director: John Howard Davies | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Colin Gordon, Edwin Apps
Votes: 76
5. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,902
6. The Young Pope (2016)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.
Stars: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara
Votes: 47,445
7.
All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)
Episode:
Pilot: The Bishop Rides Again
(1966)
Comedy
The Bishop needs to secure a substantial bequest, but in order to do so must re-enact a medieval custom of dispensing forty pairs of white socks to forty virgins.
Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron
Votes: 13
8. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,542
9. Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ian Hendry, Thomas Heathcote, Charles Gray
Votes: 19
10.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Don't Nail Him Yet
(1964)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An agent is selling secrets to a foreign government. How he is doing this is unclear so Drake is brought in to find out, which he does by befriending him as a bumbling teacher on stress leave.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, John Fraser, Sheila Allen, Anthony Dawson
Votes: 102
11. Out of This World (1962)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK).
Stars: Boris Karloff, Piers Keelan, Raymond Adamson, Bill Mills
Votes: 58
12.
Benny Hill (1962–1963)
Episode:
The Before Man
(1962)
Comedy
Stars: Benny Hill, Edwin Apps, Roger Avon, Valerie Bell
Votes: 11
13. The World of Wooster (1965–1967)
30 min | Comedy
The ongoing adventures of young English gentleman Bertie Wooster, from which he is usually required to be extricated by his intelligent and resourceful valet, Jeeves.
Stars: Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Eleanor Summerfield, Derek Nimmo
Votes: 53
14. Rendezvous in Samarkand (1999)
100 min | Drama
An American rich kid and his French girlfriend smuggle a contraband 4x4 across the Sahara. Strangers they encounter along the way foretell the couple's fate.
Director: Tim Bridwell | Stars: John Littlefield, Marie Ravel, Tsuyu Shimizu, Miho Nikaido
Votes: 10
15.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Fair Exchange
(1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In a poignant reminder that agents are human and that they often take terrible punishment when caught, Drake tries to stop a former M9 colleague from extracting revenge on her former East German captor, who mercilessly tortured her.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Lelia Goldoni, James Maxwell, George Mikell
Votes: 117
16.
All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)
Episode:
The Bishop Sees a Ghost
(1967)
Comedy
Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron
Votes: 8
17. Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy
British sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.
Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton, Tim Buckland
Votes: 3,431
18. All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)
30 min | Comedy
Clerical comedy centered on hapless curate Mervyn Noote.
Stars: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron
Votes: 67
19. The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
30 min | Comedy
A series of seven individual sitcom pilots from writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Stars: Roy Kinnear, Richard Briers, Charles Gray, Leonard Rossiter
Votes: 37
20.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
The Correct Way to Kill
(1967)
TV-G | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Somebody is systematically killing off foreign agents and Steed, who is initially implicated, declares a truce and calls on his Russian opposite number, Nutski. Along with Soviet agents ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Anna Quayle, Michael Gough
Votes: 332
21. Whack-O! (1956–1972)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Edwin Apps, John Stirling
Votes: 34
22. Here's Harry (1960–1965)
30 min | Comedy
Accident-prone magnet of calamity Harry Worth comes up against various forms of authority, resulting in fallout and failure.
Stars: Harry Worth, Jack Woolgar, Joe Gladwin, Geoffrey Hibbert
Votes: 23
23. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
24. Ooh La La! (1968–1973)
60 min | Comedy
BBC2 sitcom featuring a series of adaptations of French farces.
Stars: Patrick Cargill, Amanda Barrie, Fenella Fielding, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 15
25. Benny Hill (1962–1963)
25 min | Comedy
This timeless modern slapstick-format doesn't really have a plot, but is an irresistible rapid succession of independent short, comical scenes, mostly without any text, often using ... See full summary »
Stars: Benny Hill, Graham Stark, Patricia Hayes, Ronnie Brody
Votes: 1,373
26. The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1963– )
Drama
Stars: Joss Ackland, Kenneth Fortescue, Patrick Westwood, Barry Letts
Votes: 36
27. Top Secret (1961–1962)
60 min | Drama
A British agent starts work in South America.
Stars: William Franklyn, Patrick Cargill, Alan Rothwell, Frieda Knorr
Votes: 15
28. Mike (1964– )
26 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Denis Gilmore, Deborah Cranston, Laurie Heath, Billy Hamon
Votes: 5
29.
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
Episode:
Cheers
(1977)
24 min | Comedy
Gentle comedy of two old friends who have always done everything together, as they drink and chat every day in the same posh bar.
Director: Vernon Lawrence | Stars: Charles Gray, Freddie Jones, Nicholas Courtney, Edwin Apps
Votes: 15
30. Pardon the Expression (1965–1966)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom spin-off from Coronation Street following Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe) and his misadventures as a department store deputy manager.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, Betty Driver, Joy Stewart, Robert Dorning
Votes: 32
31. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
32.
All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)
Episode:
The Bishop Gets the Sack
(1967)
Comedy
Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron
Votes: 6
33. Special Branch (1969–1974)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.
Stars: Derren Nesbitt, George Sewell, Morris Perry, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 195
34. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall
Votes: 86
35. Meet the Wife (1963–1966)
30 min | Comedy
The humorous ups and downs of a middle-aged married couple.
Stars: Thora Hird, Freddie Frinton, Barbara Miller, David Morrell
Votes: 34
36. Comedy Playhouse (1961–2017)
30 min | Comedy
Anthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.
Stars: Frank Thornton, John Le Mesurier, Robert Dorning, Bernard Cribbins
Votes: 70
37. Citizen James (1960–1962)
30 min | Comedy
In the first series of this comedy programme, Sid James played a rather immoral man whose schemes never worked out. In the second and third series, his character became more sympathetic and well-intentioned.
Stars: Sidney James, Sydney Tafler, Ronnie Brody, Bob Todd
Votes: 47
38.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
A Choice of Coward #1: Present Laughter
(1964)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who want to seduce him, and a crazed playwright.
Director: Joan Kemp-Welch | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Ursula Howells, Joan Benham, Barbara Murray
Votes: 11
39. Crossbow (1987–1989)
26 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Switzerland in the 14th Century, William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's ... See full summary »
Stars: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Nick Brimble, David Barry Gray
Votes: 516
40. Deadline Midnight (1960–1961)
60 min | Drama
A series about life on a London daily newspaper.
Stars: Armine Sandford, Jeremy Young, Glyn Houston, Bruce Beeby
Votes: 9
41. Murder Most Foul (1964)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank
Votes: 6,324
42. My Wife Next Door (1972–1973)
30 min | Comedy
Divorced ex-couple George and Suzy Bassett separately move to the country for separate fresh starts, then find out that they have moved into adjoining cottages. One 1973 episode won a British Academy TV Award.
Stars: John Alderton, Hannah Gordon, Tim Barrett, Paddy Frost
Votes: 85
43. Harry Worth (1966–1970)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Harry Worth, Mary Jordan, Dudley Foster, Norman Bird
Votes: 23
44.
Highlander: The Raven (1998–1999)
Episode:
Thick as Thieves
(1999)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After a recent string of robberies at well-established casinos, Nick and Amanda are hired to guard one that has yet to be robbed. However, their efforts are in vain, as they are knocked out... See full summary »
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Elizabeth Gracen, Paul Johansson, Jan Tríska, Stephen Moyer
Votes: 42
45.
Love Thy Neighbour (1972–1976)
Episode:
Religious Fervour
(1972)
24 min | Comedy
After being disturbed by the local Revivalist Band and having a big argument with the boys about religion, Eddie gets converted and joins the band; Joan hatches a plan to revert him to normal.
Director: Stuart Allen | Stars: Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate Williams
Votes: 14
46. Love Thy Neighbour (1972–1976)
30 min | Comedy
A white working-class socialist has his world turned upside down when an educated black man moves in next door.
Stars: Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate Williams
Votes: 787
47. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
48.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Illegal Entry
(1958)
30 min | Crime
Maguire intercepts a gang smuggling jewels into London on a fishing trawler.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Robert Beatty, Walter Gotell, Adrienne Corri, Patricia Laffan
Votes: 23
49.
Joséphine, ange gardien (1997– )
Episode:
Noble cause
(2005)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Philippe Monnier | Stars: Mimie Mathy, Hubert Benhamdine, Christophe Laubion, Jean-Marie Winling
Votes: 9
50.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Great Gold Robbery
(1958)
30 min | Crime
Villains rob the Edinburgh to London mail train, with the only clue being a footprint left by a track bridge.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Robert Beatty, Lloyd Lamble, John Howlett, George Margo
Votes: 23