Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Sheila Ruskin

1. Midsomer Murders (1997– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.

Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon

Votes: 39,547

2. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,563

3. Casualty (1986– )

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama

The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.

Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale

Votes: 3,698

4. The Bill (1984–2010)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.

Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse

Votes: 4,118

5. EastEnders (1985– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.

Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown

Votes: 9,241

6. Doctors (2000–2024)

30 min | Drama

The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.

Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen

Votes: 1,704

7. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)

TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.

Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White

Votes: 8,768

8. Taggart (1983–2010)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.

Stars: Blythe Duff, James MacPherson, Robert Robertson, Iain Anders

Votes: 2,012

9. The Sweeney (1975–1978)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.

Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin

Votes: 2,660

10. Bergerac (1981–1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.

Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White

Votes: 2,234

11. Holby City (1999–2022)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.

Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs, Bob Barrett

Votes: 2,646

12. I, Claudius (1976)

Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History

The personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed

Votes: 19,400

13. Minder (1979–1994)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?

Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster

Votes: 2,842

14. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.

Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson

Votes: 2,505

15. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.

Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson

Votes: 694

16. Grange Hill (1978–2008)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.

Stars: Stuart Organ, Gwyneth Powell, Lee Cornes, Sally Geoghegan

Votes: 1,663

17. Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama

Superintendent Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murder, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly different personalities.

Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Jennifer James

Votes: 3,312

18. The Professionals (1977–1983)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.

Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice

Votes: 3,662

19. Blake's 7 (1978–1981)

Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

Stars: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell

Votes: 4,503

20. Lucky Man (2016–2018)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

From the mind of comic book legend Stan Lee comes a bold new action crime series about a brilliant but flawed police officer with the power to control luck.

Stars: James Nesbitt, Sienna Guillory, Darren Boyd, Amara Karan

Votes: 6,350

21. Silk (2011–2014)

TV-14 | 1,056 min | Drama

Drama series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas and problems that modern day barristers have to face, and what it means to become a silk.

Stars: Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Neil Stuke, Theo Barklem-Biggs

Votes: 5,587

22. Bad Girls (1999–2006)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama

British hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.

Stars: Kika Mirylees, Victoria Alcock, Helen Fraser, Jack Ellis

Votes: 2,593

23. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.

Stars: John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Nicholas Jones, Cliff Parisi

Votes: 1,095

24. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie

Votes: 1,728

25. The Dogs of War (1980)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais

Votes: 9,468

26. Aristocrats (1999)

TV-14 | 300 min | Drama, History

18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters - Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, great-granddaughters of a king, daughters of a cabinet minister, and wives of politicians and peers.

Stars: Siân Phillips, Alun Armstrong, Ben Daniels, Serena Gordon

Votes: 1,776

27. Crown Court (1972–2007)

TV-14 | 25 min | Drama

A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.

Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge

Votes: 348

28. Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.

Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: Joan Hickson, Donald Pleasence, Adrian Lukis, Sophie Ward

Votes: 2,391

29. Playing the Field (1998–2002)

60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A mismanaged women's soccer team in South Yorkshire, England, struggle to win games. The players remain loyal to the team and each other despite their losing record. Their lives off the field involve relationships and infidelities.

Stars: Ralph Ineson, Jo McInnes, Melanie Hill, Lorraine Ashbourne

Votes: 348

30. Rasputin (1996 TV Movie)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History

HBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen, David Warner

Votes: 3,983

31. Boon (1986–1992)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.

Stars: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Elizabeth Carling

Votes: 1,010

32. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

One by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 2,620

33. Space Precinct (1994–1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

The alien adventures of former NYPD detective Patrick Brogan, now a lieutenant in the Demeter City Police Department on the planet Altor.

Stars: Ted Shackelford, Rob Youngblood, Simone Bendix, Nancy Paul

Votes: 1,014

34. The Truth About Love (2005)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

Drunk, Archie sends a valentine to his best friend's wife. She sends one to her husband. He hides it so she disguises herself as a slut. Will he cheat on his wife - with his wife? Let us see what happens.

Director: John Hay | Stars: Dougray Scott, Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Christian, Branka Katic

Votes: 4,446

35. The Pallisers (1974–1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance

Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in ... See full summary »

Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Barbara Murray, Moray Watson

Votes: 539

36. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Tom Baker returns as The Fourth Doctor for the first time in 31 years in all new adventures. Encountering new and old foes and reuniting with old friends such as Harry, Leela, K9, Romana ... See full summary »

Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Jane Slavin

37. 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

38. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)

78 min | Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale

Votes: 98

39. Passion Potion (1971)

R | 96 min | Comedy

By chance the perfume creators Mike and Al produce a scent that makes women go wild for sex. While they desperately try to find the recipe for their product of chance, they use it on random... See full summary »

Director: David C. Rea | Stars: Keith Barron, Kenneth Cope, Hilary Pritchard, Philippa Gail

Votes: 132

40. Screen One (1985–2002)

120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.

Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James

Votes: 139

41. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)

60 min | Drama

BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird

Votes: 139

42. Play School (1964–1988)

20 min | Family

Stories, fun, and things to make and do for pre-school children.

Stars: Carol Chell, Brian Cant, Julie Stevens, Johnny Ball

Votes: 111

43. Out of the Blue (I) (1995–1996)

50 min | Crime

BBC police drama that follows the personal and professional lives of a group of detectives.

Stars: Orla Brady, Lennie James, John Duttine, Darrell D'Silva

Votes: 69

44. The Black Tower (1985)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Major Dalgliesh investigates mysterious deaths at Toynton Grange, a home for the disabled, where his former teacher, Father Baddeley, who invited him there, resides.

Stars: Roy Marsden, Martin Jarvis, John Franklyn-Robbins, Carol Gillies

Votes: 382

45. Country Matters (1972– )

60 min | Drama

The story of people living in the countryside of the United Kingdom after World War I.

Stars: Peter Firth, Ian McKellen, Rosalind Ayres, Susan Fleetwood

Votes: 82

46. The Cater Street Hangman (1998 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Crime, Mystery

With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.

Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: Eoin McCarthy, Keeley Hawes, Peter Egan, John Castle

Votes: 340

47. The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)

PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former U.S.Justice Department official is hired as a security consultant for a Zurich based Swiss bank when five of its clients are blackmailed.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: David Janssen, Senta Berger, John Ireland, John Saxon

Votes: 485

48. Space (1985)

780 min | Drama

A 13-hour mini-series detailing James A. Michner's fictional account of the American space program from the years after World War II to the Apollo landings on the moon in the early 1970s.

Stars: James Garner, Susan Anspach, Blair Brown, Bruce Dern

Votes: 259

49. Take Three Girls (1969–1971)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Three single women, including cellist Victoria and art student Avril, navigate life, relationships, careers, and family dynamics while living in bedsits in London's SW3 area.

Stars: Liza Goddard, Barra Grant, Angela Down, Susan Jameson

Votes: 32

50. A Promise of Bed (1969)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Three part 'trilogy of comedy'. In 'This' Susan Stress, a fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer only to make a fool of herself in a ... See full summary »

Director: Derek Ford | Stars: Victor Spinetti, Vanessa Howard, Dennis Waterman, Vanda Hudson

Votes: 140