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1.
Press Gang (1989–1993)
Episode:
At Last a Dragon
(1990)
Family, Comedy, Drama
Spike accompanies a very nervous Lynda to a cocktail party where she will be doing some career socialising. However, Spike spots someone who is looking to make a few deals of his own.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Paul Reynolds, Nick Stringer
Votes: 32
2. Knight Errant Limited (1959–1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Adam Knight's agency is there to help people in all kinds of ways.
Stars: Kay Callard, John Turner, Richard Carpenter, Hugh David
Votes: 14
3. The Pursuers (1961–1962)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Bollinger pursues criminals and scoundrels on the mean streets of London with the aid of his trusty German Shepherd dog.
Stars: Louis Hayward, Gaylord Cavallaro, Robert Gallico, Geoffrey Hibbert
Votes: 18
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 881,825 | Gross: $6.21M
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 314,591 | Gross: $44.82M
6. 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: 8,896
7. 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
8. 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: 3,661
9. Press Gang (1989–1993)
1,290 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
A bunch of kids are to make a newspaper for the young, named "Junior Gazette". The series follows these kids both on job and in private.
Stars: Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Paul Reynolds, Mmoloki Chrystie
Votes: 1,097
10. UFO (1970–1971)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO), which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats.
Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, Ayshea Brough
Votes: 4,139
11. A Night to Remember (1958)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, History
On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Votes: 17,176
12. O.S.S. (1957–1958)
30 min | Drama, War
Frank Hawthorne is an agent in World War II's Office of Strategic Services (O. S. S.), the U. S.'s spy agency. He operates behind German lines in France with the assistance of the French Resistance and his assistant, Sergeant O'Brien.
Stars: Ron Randell, Lionel Murton, Robert Gallico, Max Faulkner
Votes: 33
13.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Sitting Pigeon
(1967)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rufus Blake,junior and most ineffectual member of a gangland brotherhood,is prepared to give evidence against his brothers at their trial,hoping he will be able to get his hands on their ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Richard Bradford, Robin Bailey, Lois Daine, George Sewell
Votes: 52
14. Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill (known as "Mac") is a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his infamous reputation has preceded ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Bradford, Ricardo Montez, Warren Stanhope, Frank Forsyth
Votes: 462
15. Out (1978)
60 min | Crime, Drama
After an eight-year stint for a failed bank heist, Frank Ross (Tom Bell, Prime Suspect) returns to his old gangland haunts to find the snitch who sent him to jail. The smooth, streetwise ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Bell, Brian Croucher, John Junkin, Norman Rodway
Votes: 316
16. One by One (1984–1987)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Stories about real-life international zoo vet David Taylor (in the TV programmes, he was called Donald Turner) from his early days as a newly-qualified vet in the 1950s to his international... See full summary »
Stars: Rob Heyland, James Ellis, Sonia Graham, Heather James
Votes: 41
17. The Saint (1962–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon "The Saint" Templar, a wealthy adventurer and 20th-century Robin Hood, travels the world in his white Volvo P1800S, solving unsolvable problems and righting wrongs.
Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Leslie Crawford, Justine Lord
Votes: 6,222
18. The Scarlet and the Black (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History, War
Vatican efforts, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, to save Allied P.O.W.s and downed Allied airmen as the Nazis invade Rome.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Raf Vallone
Votes: 3,717
19. Brett (1971)
50 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Brett, a journalist with a taste for the high life and a penchant for trouble. a powerful and ambitious man who would become a tycoon, but with his shady past catching up with him, brings him conflict with people he had crossed.
Stars: Patrick Allen, Robin Bailey, Hannah Gordon, Michael Hawkins
Votes: 12
20.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
Involvement
(1980)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
With Bodie having shot a suspected drug smuggler outside the flat of witness Ann Holly to save Doyle, Ray consoles her, and they become lovers, intending to marry. An informer tells Doyle ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Burt | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 109
21.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Gadget Lovers
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon's assigned to protect Russian colonel Smolenko following the deaths of several Soviet agents.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Roger Moore, Mary Peach, Campbell Singer, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 154
22.
Out (1978)
Episode:
Not Just Pennies
(1978)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Frank has a disturbing reunion with his wife, Eve. Back in the city, Detective Inspector Bryce's right-hand man, Rimmer, turns up the heat on Ross. Eve escapes the hospital and commits a ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Tom Bell, Victoria Fairbrother, Brian Croucher, Lynn Farleigh
Votes: 26
23. The Nation's Health (1983)
95 min | Drama
Drama filmed in a documentary style to show the many problems within a typical NHS hospital.
Stars: Vivienne Ritchie, Julian Fox, Ian McDiarmid, P.H. Moriarty
Votes: 17
24. Interpol Calling (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Follows inspector Paul Duval as he tracks his targets and risks his life in a global race against time.
Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Roland Bartrop, George Pastell
Votes: 125
25.
Return of the Saint (1978–1979)
Episode:
The Arrangement
(1978)
TV-PG | 49 min | Adventure, Crime
When Greer Stevens suggests to Sheila Northcott that each woman kills the other's husband, Sheila does not take her seriously until her own spouse is killed by Greer, who then tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Carolyn Seymour, Sarah Douglas, Michael Medwin
Votes: 53
26. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,504 | Gross: $16.07M
27. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, History
The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 8,316 | Gross: $6.54M
28. Reach for the Sky (1956)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Drama, War
Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WWII.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook, Lee Patterson
Votes: 2,994
29. The Green Scarf (1954)
96 min | Mystery
Maitre Deliot (Sir Michael Redgrave), convinced a deaf, dumb and blind man accused of murder is innocent, battles in the courtroom to prove his innocence, as well as find the real murderer.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo Genn, Kieron Moore
Votes: 97
30.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Computer Affair
(1970)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Three Interceptors are sent to frustrate a UFO attack but one collides with the UFO, killing the pilot, Ken Matthews. Lieutenant Gay Ellis was giving the pilots their instructions and ... See full summary »
Director: David Lane | Stars: Gabrielle Drake, George Sewell, Dolores Mantez, Antonia Ellis
Votes: 173
31. 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
32. Five on a Treasure Island (1957)
122 min | Adventure, Family
An Enid Blyton adventure about four young cousins on an island off the Dorset coast in England where a shipwreck attracts the attention of greedy men who might put our heroes in danger.
Director: Gerald Landau | Stars: Rel Grainer, Richard Palmer, Gillian Harrison, John Bailey
Votes: 92
33.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Small Game for Big Hunters
(1966)
TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A man dressed in Safari clothes is found in Hertfortshire with an arrow in his back, and falls into a coma-like state. All clues lead to a delusional Colonel living nearby. Whilst Emma ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Bill Fraser, James Villiers
Votes: 310
34.
Interpol Calling (1959– )
Episode:
The Girl with Grey Hair
(1960)
Crime, Drama
A woman has slashed a painting being auctioned, claiming the supposedly dead artist was her lover, and faked his death to increase the value of his works.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Mary Laura Wood, Elisabeth Wilson
Votes: 17
35. The Third Key (1956)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke
Votes: 1,378
36.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Close Up
(1970)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Straker and the SHADO team are invited to sit in on the test for an immensely powerful new telescope as it takes the first known photographs of alien homeland. The photos are indeed taken ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Perry | Stars: Jeremy Wilkin, Gary Myers, Georgina Moon, Keith Alexander
Votes: 165
37. Thunderball (1965)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 127,172 | Gross: $63.60M
38. The Wooden Horse (1950)
101 min | Drama, History, War
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.
Directors: Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple | Stars: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene
Votes: 1,595
39. White Hunter (1957–1959)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Harry Baird, Hugh Moxey, Tim Turner
Votes: 21
40.
UFO (1970–1971)
Episode:
Ordeal
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Following a wild night out with a girl called Sylvia, Foster is receiving a refreshing sauna bath at the SHADO health farm. Drifting into semi-consciousness, he comes to to find he has been... See full summary »
Director: Ken Turner | Stars: Gary Myers, Georgina Moon, Jeremy Wilkin, Michael Billington
Votes: 177
41. Return of the Saint (1978–1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime
This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 583
42. Front Page Story (1954)
99 min | Drama
Grant is the news editor of London's "Daily World". On a very complicated day, two news stories come to a dramatic climax. Interwoven with these is the problem of Grant's personal life which looks likely to become yet another news item.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan, Eva Bartok, Derek Farr
Votes: 162
43. The Heart of the Matter (1953)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama
An unhappily married British security officer stationed in Sierra Leone during World War II falls in love with a young Austrian woman and starts an affair. He soon starts feeling guilty.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 546
44. Three Cases of Murder (1954)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A trilogy of fantastic stories involving murder and the supernatural.
Directors: David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Emrys Jones
Votes: 1,134
45. Train of Events (1949)
Approved | 88 min | Drama
A train disaster is told as four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them, and how they deal with it.
Directors: Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Gladys Henson, Susan Shaw, Patric Doonan
Votes: 480
46. C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985–1987)
Crime, Drama
An all-female detective outfit, the "Eyes Enquiry Agency", is formed as a front for the Home Office's new security operation the Covert Activities Thames Section (or "C.A.T.S." for short). ... See full summary »
Stars: Jill Gascoine, Leslie Ash, Don Warrington, Tracy-Louise Ward
Votes: 213
47. The Swingin' Maiden (1962)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
During a steam engine race, an American airline firm plans to buy a new British passenger plane, but the deal hits trouble when the designer and the daughter of the Airline owner take an instant dislike to each other after a crash.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Michael Craig, Anne Helm, Jeff Donnell, Alan Hale Jr.
Votes: 569
48. The Ringer (1952)
78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal master of disguise nicknamed The Ringer is out for deadly revenge against a treacherous London lawyer who is under police protection.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt
Votes: 319
49. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
G | 101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The European Space Exploration Council sends two astronauts to explore a planet similar to the Earth but located on the opposite side of the sun.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, Lynn Loring
Votes: 4,047 | Gross: $0.33M
50. Carry on at Your Convenience (1971)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
Votes: 3,553