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1. The 39 Steps (1959)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones
Votes: 2,336
2. 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
3. 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: 93
4. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
5. Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
When a young man marries the bosses daughter, the young couple must now do the company entertaining. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 522
6. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 70
7. 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
8. Ghost Squad (1961–1964)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of the agents of Scotland Yard's secret undercover crime unit, dubbed "The Ghost Squad".
Stars: Anthony Marlowe, Claire Nielson, Michael Quinn, Neil Hallett
Votes: 77
9. High and Dry (1954)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy
An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal powered boat.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland, Abe Barker
Votes: 1,522
10. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 66
11. Home to Danger (1951)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter after she inherits an old house.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson, Francis Lister, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 304
12. Twilight Women (1952)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Vivanne is thrown on her own when her lover is arrested for murder. Searching for a place to live, she eventually finds a room in a boarding-house run by a woman who provides room-and-board for unmarried mothers with an ulterior motive.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Freda Jackson, Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell, Laurence Harvey
Votes: 214
13. The Plane Makers (1963–1965)
60 min | Drama
The day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its test-pilot, its workers and its ruthless and hard-nosed managing director John Wilder, the embodiment of modern, unflinching capitalism.
Stars: Jack Watling, Patrick Wymark, Norma Ronald, Reginald Marsh
Votes: 44
14. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology weekly drama series.
Stars: Walter Matthau, Frank McGee, Art Carney, Gene Wilder
Votes: 185
15. The Gorbals Story (1950)
74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young artist is almost driven to murder as a result of the pressures of living in a Glasgow slum.
Director: David MacKane | Stars: Howard Connell, Marjorie Thomson, Betty Henderson, Roddy McMillan
Votes: 100
16. Probation Officer (1959–1962)
60 min | Drama
An early hit for ATV, this absorbing, rigorously researched and very human drama series centres on the work of a team of probation officers based in London, and the lives of the men and ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, John Scott, Jessica Spencer, David Davies
Votes: 30
17. 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
18. 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
19. Adam Smith (1972–1973)
30 min | Drama
A religious drama series in which a Scots minister, following his wife's death, questions the purpose of his local ministry but finds it in his spiritual work for the community.
Stars: Andrew Keir, Kara Wilson, Freddie Earlle, Bill Gavin
Votes: 10
20. Suspense (1962–1963)
Thriller
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
Stars: Bill Meilen, Ray Handy, John Carson, Alex Scott
Votes: 22
21. Para Handy - Master Mariner (1959– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Duncan Macrae, John Grieve, Roddy McMillan, Angus Lennie
Votes: 12
22. This Man Craig (1966–1967)
50 min | Drama
Ian Craig is an upbeat science teacher at a secondary school in fictional Straithard, Scotland. He deals with the troubles of his students and colleagues in an optimistic fashion and shares their triumphs.
Stars: John Cairney, Ellen McIntosh, Leonard Maguire, Joan Alcorn
Votes: 17
23. The Love Lottery (1954)
89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon, Herbert Lom
Votes: 356
24. Tales of Mystery (1961–1963)
30 min | Fantasy
Supernatural drama series adapted from the short stories of Algernon Blackwood.
Stars: John Laurie, Ann Castle, Michael Aldridge, John Wood
Votes: 19
25. High Living (1968–1971)
Drama
High Living featured the Crombie family (Andy, Kate and their children) who move into a new apartment in a high-rise apartment block in Glasgow.
Stars: Ken Henderson, Nancy Gilmour, Clare Richards, Betty Henderson
26. The Revenue Men (1967–1968)
50 min | Drama
The Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise headed by Caesar Smith (Ewen Solon) deal with smugglers of arms, drugs and people.
Stars: Ewen Solon, Calum Mill, James Grant, Claire Nielson
Votes: 12
27. Kidnapped (1963– )
25 min | Adventure, Drama
In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Stars: Ian Cullen, Roddy McMillan, Gay Hamilton, Colette O'Neil
28. No Wreath for the General (1960)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Stars: William Franklyn, Lana Morris, Rona Anderson, Maurice Hedley
29. Call Oxbridge 2000 (1961–1962)
Stars: Jennifer Kennedy, Geoffrey Frederick, Godfrey Quigley, Aileen Britton
30. The Stanley Baxter Show (1963–1971)
45 min | Comedy
Stars: Stanley Baxter, BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra, Victor Carin, Denise Coffey
Votes: 21
31. The Highland Jaunt (1968 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
Director: Patrick Garland | Stars: Peter Woodthorpe, Gary Bond, Charles Baptiste, John Young
32. The Case of Dr. Ambrose (1953 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama, Mystery
Director: Ayrton Whitaker | Stars: Geoffrey Barrie, Gladys Boot, Joyce Chancellor, Alec Finter
33. Run to Earth (1958)
30 min | Adventure
Two Glasgow youths get in various scrapes around town.
Stars: Frazer Hines, Andrew Irvine, Michael Balfour, Katharine Page
34. The Lass Wi' the Muckle Mou (1953 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: James Cairncross, Margaret Gordon, Finlay Currie, Betty Henderson
35. With Andy (1965)
25 min | Music
Stars: Andy Stewart, The B.B.C. Scottish Variety Orchestra, Chic Murray, David Toguri
36.
The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
Episode:
The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon
(1962)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Dr. Robert Shannon, a brilliant American physician in Edinburgh, faces pressures from his friends, medical superiors and the woman he loves in his effort to find the right vaccine against a new and fatal influenza germ.
Director: Joan Kemp-Welch | Stars: Alan Casley, Madeleine Christie, Finlay Currie, Archie Duncan
37.
Ghost Squad (1961–1964)
Episode:
The Big Time
(1963)
Crime, Drama
A small time crook steals a bag of diamonds being used as bait to trap a smuggling ring that the Ghost Squad had planted, now they and the smugglers are after him.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Michael Quinn, Anthony Marlowe, George Murcell, Paul Farrell
Votes: 10
38.
Suspense (1962–1963)
Episode:
Diversion to Danger
(1963)
30 min | Thriller
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Paul Curran, Victor Brooks, Betty Henderson, Effie Morrison
39.
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
Episode:
To Janet, a Son
(1968)
Drama
Director: Eric Price | Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, David Collings
40.
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
Episode:
Conduct Unbecoming
(1962)
Drama
Dr Finlay falls in love with an older woman and thinks of marriage.
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, James Beck
Votes: 10
41.
Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965)
Episode:
Toff and Fingers
(1960)
Drama, Mystery
Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware. The pair pose as a General and his batman looking their next job but the warm welcome, from the locals, makes them have second thoughts.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Roger Livesey, Harold Goodwin, Harry Walker
42.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Black Limelight
(1956)
Drama
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Betty Henderson, Charles Houston, David Williams, Hilary Paterson
43.
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Confrontation
(1964)
Drama
A local girl has fallen pregnant and she refuses to tell the father, her boyfriend, who is training to be a doctor at his tyrannical father's behest. She begs Dr Finlay to help her out.
Director: Michael Ashlin | Stars: Barbara Mullen, Andrew Cruickshank, Bill Simpson, Toni Gilpin
44.
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
Episode:
Without the City
(1964)
Drama
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Michael Collins
45.
ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
Episode:
Now Barabbas
(1958)
Drama
A prison governor faces many problems.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Terence Morgan, Victor Maddern, Hugh Latimer, Ralph Truman
46.
ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
Episode:
The Island
(1961)
Drama
Director: Ian Fordyce | Stars: Tony Britton, Jameson Clark, Margo Cunningham, Betty Henderson
47.
The Plane Makers (1963–1965)
Episode:
"Sauce for the Goose"
(1964)
Drama
Wilder's wife Pamela has returned to the marital home. In an act of unity he agrees to take her on a business trip to Paris. While he's completing a deal with West African Airlines, Pamela meets a charming American, Al Bonner.
Director: Eric Price | Stars: Patrick Wymark, Barbara Murray, Robert Urquhart, Jack Watling
48.
Probation Officer (1959–1962)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(1960)
Drama
Philip Main is asked to help a girl who is ill treated by her father, a strongly religious widower.
Director: Antony Kearey | Stars: John Paul, Jessica Spencer, Derek Francis, Henry Oscar
49.
Harpers West One (1961–1963)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1961)
Drama
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Jan Holden, Tristram Jellinek, Vivian Pickles, Francesca Annis
50.
The Revenue Men (1967–1968)
Episode:
A Pretty Flat Kind of Existence
(1967)
Drama
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Ewen Solon, James Grant, Calum Mill, Claire Nielson