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1. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,144
2. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front
Votes: 15,892
3. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 245
4. National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
130 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the Creature determines to track down his creator.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andreea Paduraru, Ella Smith
Votes: 4,235 | Gross: $0.42M
5. Byron (2003 TV Movie)
147 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Following the success of his poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron becomes the toast of London.
Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Oliver Milburn, Michael Elwyn, Jonny Lee Miller
Votes: 1,157
6. Cinderella (I) (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Cinderella (named Zezolla) and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, Cinderella must keep ... See full summary »
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Sharon Maughan, Gideon Turner, David Warner, Katrin Cartlidge
Votes: 479
7. The Turn of the Screw (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Caroline Pegg, Jodhi May, Colin Firth, Pam Ferris
Votes: 1,009
8. The Gambler (1997)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Sir Michael Gambon) must write a novel in twenty-seven days in a deal to pay off his gambling debts, and feverishly dictates the novel "The Gambler".
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West
Votes: 446 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Eroica (2003 TV Movie)
129 min | Drama, History, Music
On June 9, 1804, Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupil Ries assemble a group of musicians to give the first performance of his Third Symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Peter Hanson, Jack Davenport, Leo Bill, Ian Hart
Votes: 665
10. Inside the Mind of Leonardo (2013 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Inside the Mind of Leonardo is based on the artist's private journals dating from the Italian Renaissance. With more than 6,000 pages of handwritten notes and drawings, Da Vinci's private ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Matthew Landrus
Votes: 198 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Christmas University Challenge (2011– )
Game-Show
Seasonal specials featuring teams of distinguished graduates rather than current students.
Stars: Roger Tilling, Jeremy Paxman, Amol Rajan, Carla Mendonça
Votes: 28
12. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Horror
Directors: Adam Low, Tim Van Someren | Stars: David Bradley, Daniel Ings, Sarah Mowat, Gwen Adshead
Votes: 29
13.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Persuasion
(1995)
PG | 103 min | Drama
Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 11,398 | Gross: $5.46M
14.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Hollow
(2004)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr Christow in a country house as his wife stands next to him with a revolver in her hand.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: David Suchet, Jonathan Cake, Megan Dodds, Sarah Miles
Votes: 2,561
15.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Cards on the Table
(2006)
TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 'detectives' to his opulent apartment.
Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: David Suchet, James Alper, Philip Bowen, Cordelia Bugeja
Votes: 2,440
16.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Mrs McGinty's Dead
(2008)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pair of photographs are the only clues that Poirot has to solve the murder of a village charwoman, and to prove the innocence of the victim's lodger.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: David Suchet, Joe Absolom, Simon Molloy, Richard Hope
Votes: 2,060
17.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
Counter Culture Blues
(2009)
TV-PG | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A teenager is found dead and, while his body was found elsewhere, the location of death is determined to be at the gates to an estate owned by a 60s rocker, a hero of Lewis's youth.
Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Paul Panting, Tom Kane, Perdita Weeks
Votes: 763
18.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Three Act Tragedy
(2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a vicar chokes to death on a cocktail while attending a party held by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, Poirot initially dismisses the idea of murder but reconsiders when another guest dies in the same manner.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: David Suchet, Martin Shaw, Kimberley Nixon, Art Malik
Votes: 2,228
19.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Dead Man's Folly
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mrs Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when the girl playing murder victim winds up truly murdered.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: David Suchet, Sean Pertwee, Chris Gordon, Richard Dixon
Votes: 1,997
20.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Elephants Can Remember
(2013)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth when her goddaughter tasks her to find out the truth behind her parents' mysterious deaths.
Director: John Strickland | Stars: David Suchet, Adrian Lukis, Annabel Mullion, Zoë Wanamaker
Votes: 2,252
21.
Christmas University Challenge (2011– )
Episode:
Christ's, Cambridge v Essex
(2015)
Game-Show
Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Roger Tilling, Dotun Adebayo, Richard Bartle