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1. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,906
2. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 314
3. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
R | 91 min | Horror
In 1830, forty years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla.
Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh, Yutte Stensgaard
Votes: 3,568
4. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 395
5. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews
Votes: 3,468
6. 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
7. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
8. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Doris Nolan
Votes: 310
9. School for Unclaimed Girls (1969)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama
A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Madeleine Hinde, Renée Asherson, Dennis Waterman, Patrick Mower
Votes: 230
10. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
11. Within These Walls (1974–1978)
60 min | Drama
Drama inside a women's prison.
Stars: Jerome Willis, Mona Bruce, Denys Hawthorne, Beth Harris
Votes: 100
12. 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
13. Clouds of Witness (1972)
Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 383
14. Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
50 min | Drama
Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Eric Woodburn
Votes: 143
15. The Queen of Spades (1949)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An army officer becomes obsessed with learning the secret to a card game for which an elderly countess sold her soul years earlier.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard
Votes: 2,403
16. ...And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973)
30 min | Comedy
Sally Harrison is a harassed, well-meaning but scatterbrained young widow doing her best to bring up two boisterous sons.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Valerie Lush, Robin Davies, David Parfitt
Votes: 69
17. Escort Girls (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama
It is Christmas Eve in London, and various lonely men and women turn to male and female escorts for company.
Director: Donovan Winter | Stars: Maria O'Brien, David Dixon, Helen Christie, Richard Wren
Votes: 73
18. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
19. Don't Wait Up (1983–1990)
30 min | Comedy
Tom Latimer is a young GP, his father Toby is a Harley Street consultant. Tom, in the process of divorcing his wife, sees his newly found bachelor life disrupted when his father leaves his wife, Tom's mother, and moves in with him.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Tony Britton, Dinah Sheridan, Susan Valentine
Votes: 137
20. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, History, Musical
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge
Votes: 395
21. Just Us (1992– )
30 min | Family
Stars: Kay Mellor, Dan Riley, Sarah Wheatley, William Chubb
Votes: 14
22. Mrs Thursday (1966–1967)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
An elderly cleaning lady inherits her boss's house, fortune--and butler.
Stars: Kathleen Harrison, Hugh Manning, Richard Caldicot, George Waring
Votes: 67
23. Cranford (1972– )
45 min | Drama
Filled with the heartwarming humor and gentle pathos of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel, this original four-part BBC dramatization of Cranford is set in the early 1840s in a fictional ... See full summary »
Stars: Gabrielle Hamilton, Fabia Drake, Helen Christie, Ann Penfold
Votes: 35
24. Compact (1962–1965)
30 min | Drama
BBC series set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine.
Stars: Frances Bennett, Robert Desmond, Ronald Allen, Louise Dunn
Votes: 21
25. Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
M | 113 min | Comedy
A naive young man, sent down from university, blunders through a series of bizarre adventures in which his participation is always innocent, although others don't think so.
Director: John Krish | Stars: Felix Aylmer, Colin Blakely, Robert Harris, Griffith Jones
Votes: 122
26. Castle in the Air (1952)
89 min | Comedy
The near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Kelly
Votes: 284
27. Sir Francis Drake (1961–1962)
25 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of Sir Francis Drake during the 1500's. Sir Francis is probably one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. The twenty six episodes of the series are about his ... See full summary »
Stars: Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Michael Crawford, Milton Reid
Votes: 150
28. Middlemarch (1968)
45 min | Drama
"Middlemarch" is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.
Stars: Michele Dotrice, Fabia Drake, Michael Pennington, Marilyn Taylerson
29. The Doctors (1969–1972)
30 min | Drama
The series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Leech, Justine Lord, Pamela Duncan, John Barrie
Votes: 21
30. Harpers West One (1961–1963)
60 min | Drama
The life and loves of a big department store in the West End of London.
Stars: Jan Holden, Jane Muir, Philip Latham, Vivian Pickles
31. 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
32. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
33. Hilary (1984–1986)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom about a TV researcher with a chaotic life.
Stars: Marti Caine, Jack Smethurst, Philip Madoc, Carolyn Moody
Votes: 10
34. The Protectors (1964)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency - the SIS (Specialists in Security) - along with ex-cop Robert Shoesmith & secretary Heather Keys - and fight crime.
Stars: Andrew Faulds, Michael Atkinson, Ann Morrish, John McKelvey
Votes: 20
35. Flesh and Blood (1951)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
Three generations of a Scottish family suffer from the effects of heredity
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood, André Morell
Votes: 88
36. Wives and Daughters (1971– )
300 min | Drama
Stars: Zhivila Roche, Alan MacNaughtan, Clive Morton, Sheila Fay
Votes: 13
37. Melissa (1964)
30 min | Thriller
Guy Foster's world falls apart when his beloved wife Melissa is murdered. Unfortunately for Guy, all the evidence points to him as the murderer.
Stars: Tony Britton, Helen Christie, Brian McDermott, Brian Wilde
Votes: 16
38. My Wife's Sister (1956– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Dora Bryan, Eleanor Summerfield, Colin Baker, Rita Webb
39. Television World Theatre (1957–1958)
1,285 min | Drama
Stars: Catherine Lacey, Harold Scott, David Markham, Gertan Klauber
40. Who-Dun-It (1969)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology of detective dramas set in the 1930s, conceived as puzzles for the viewers, who were given the same clues as the television detectives and challenged to solve the mysteries for themselves.
Stars: Gary Raymond, Amanda Reiss, Anthony Sagar, Daniel Johns
41. A Slight Hitch (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Pilot episode for a comedy series, never made, about a confirmed bachelor who marries a Polish woman so that she can stay in the U.K.
Director: John Howard Davies | Stars: Helen Christie, Nigel Havers, Joanna Kanska, Nancy Nevinson
42. Up for the Cup (1950)
76 min | Comedy
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Albert Modley, Mae Bacon, Helen Christie, Harold Berens
43. Fothergale Co. Ltd. (1965)
30 min | Documentary, Drama
Stars: Ronald Brech, Peter Williams, Michael Hawkins, Derek Aylward
44. When We Are Married (1951 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law.
Stars: Jack Howarth, Eileen Draycott, Raymond Huntley, Helena Pickard
45. All Living Things (1955)
30 min | Short, Drama
An incident with his son and his dog changes a professor's mind about the use of animals in his research.
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Patrick Barr, Helen Christie, Ian Fleming, Kit Terrington
Votes: 15
46. Noah Gives Thanks (1952 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Herbert Lomas, Mary Jerrold, Beckett Bould, Thomas Moore
47. Bunty Wins a Pup (1953)
27 min | Short, Drama, Family
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Yvonne Prestige, Desmond Llewelyn, Helen Christie, Frank Hawkins
48. The Adventures of the Big Man (1956– )
30 min | Drama
Bill Pierce is a public relations officer in a large London store who is always on hand when things go wrong behind the scenes.
Stars: Wayne Morris, Robert Raglan, George Street, John McLaren
49. A House on a Hill (1947)
22 min | Short, Drama
Director: Maurice Harvey | Stars: Helen Christie, Frank Hawkins, Campbell Singer
50.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Corridors of Power
(1966)
Drama
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Patrick Allen, Alec Clunes, William Mervyn, Sarah Lawson
Votes: 11