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1.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Never Hit a Lady
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Thamesford CID is investigating some cases of highway piracy. The robbers focus on lorry loads containing whiskey. Prime suspect is a Scottish lorry driver who seems to be involved in the ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Stratford Johns, Norman Bowler, Susan Tebbs, Terence Rigby
Votes: 10
2. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
TV-PG | 781 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of the devil's foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge and the Bruce-Partington Plans.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 13,400
3.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Good Listener
(1970)
Crime, Drama
PC Snow takes the time to listen to an old lady who is book keeper for an established firm that's under new management and appear to be running a long fraud scam.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Stratford Johns, Norman Bowler, David Allister, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 7
4. R3 (1964–1966)
50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The adventures of the staff of Research Centre Number Three (R3), headed by director Sir Michael Gerrard, and its trouble-shooting department the Consultancy Service, run by Philip Boult. ... See full summary »
Stars: John Robinson, Oliver Reed, Michael Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 58
5. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
TV-G | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
Stars: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Votes: 24,833
6.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Spoilt Ones
(1969)
Crime, Drama
A series of petty thefts and burglaries leads to an undercover operation. On undercover assignment in a deprived area of Thamesford, WP/DC Betty Donald, disguised as a common housewife, ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Susan Tebbs, Terence Rigby
Votes: 9
7.
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Episode:
Part 4
(1977)
TV-G | Biography, Drama, History
Christ is condemned and crucified, dying on the cross, but he is resurrected on the third day.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 150
8. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A forest mystical being appoints two men in succession as the legendary outlaw defender of the oppressed.
Stars: Peter Llewellyn Williams, Ray Winstone, Mark Ryan, Clive Mantle
Votes: 4,970
9.
Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode:
The Swords of Wayland
(1984)
TV-PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The village of Uffcombe is getting nightly visits from strangely disguised riders, called "The Hounds of Lucifer" by locals, who kill and drag away terrified villagers. The riders have also... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Dallas Adams, John Abineri, Michael Praed, James Donnelly
Votes: 194
10.
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Episode:
Part 1
(1977)
TV-G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
After Joseph and Mary's betrothal, Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 559
11. 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: 8,884
12.
Casualty (1986– )
Episode:
Rock a Bye Baby
(1987)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
An elderly woman is brought into A&E by her frustrated daughter, and a young baby is brought in by its mother, both of whom are suffering from suspicious facial bruises. An unconscious ... See full summary »
Director: Sharon Miller | Stars: Bernard Gallagher, Derek Thompson, Brenda Fricker, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 16
13.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Safe in the Streets?
(1970)
Crime, Drama
A gang of skinheads are attacking young Pakistanis who are illegal immigrants. Det. Supt. Watt attempts to find someone who give evidence that a crime is committed.
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Marne Maitland
Votes: 7
14.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Aggro Boy
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Task Force has been requested to assist with crowd control on the night of an important soccer match. While Superintendent John Watt and Detective Inspector Harry Hawkins are coordinating ... See full summary »
Director: Vere Lorrimer | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 8
15. 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
16. West Country Tales (1982–1983)
25 min | Horror
West Country Tales was an early 1980s supernatural drama series based on real-life experiences sent in by viewers in response to a BBC appeal. Of the hundreds of letters received, 13 stories were selected and turned into TV scripts.
Stars: Keith Barron, Jack Watson, Brian Jennings, Gillian Miles
Votes: 57
17.
Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
Episode:
Morna
(1966)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a beautiful blonde is found murdered, her story is unraveled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh girl's school friends and instructors, her troubled beau, and with a drug pusher seething with contempt.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Kay Walsh
Votes: 63
18.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Company Business
(1971)
Crime, Drama
Watt and Hawkins are looking into an employee at the fertiliser company Nitro Sync Chemicals who they believe has stolen platinum on three separate occasions.
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister, Susan Tebbs
Votes: 6
19.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Lessons
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Chief Superintendent Charlie Barlow is having himself a ball lecturing crime investigation officers how to proceed when investigating a murder case. But things soon turn nasty when the body... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister
Votes: 6
20.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Power of the Press
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Sergeants Evans and Jackson get a special assignment: Playing chaperones for a Times reporter whom Chief Constable Cullen suspects of being after a scandal and planning to use Thamesford ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Stratford Johns, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 6
21.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Standing Orders
(1970)
Crime, Drama
While on the lookout for an escaped prisoner, PC Snow gets involved in a strike at a local factory. As the strike becomes more aggressive, task force members move in and try to de-escalate.... See full summary »
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Susan Tebbs
Votes: 10
22.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Time Expired
(1970)
Crime, Drama
When Sergeant Jackson spots ex-convict Ingram, the task force suspect the recently released former prisoner is trying to located a loot of stolen bullion which had been hidden at an unknown... See full summary »
Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Stratford Johns, Norman Bowler, David Allister, Susan Tebbs
Votes: 7
23. The Winds of War (1983)
126 min | Drama, Romance, War
The trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman
Votes: 4,656
24. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 312
25. Biggles (1960– )
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Neville Whiting, David Drummond, John Leyton, Carl Duering
Votes: 14
26. Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art (2018 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Matthew Thomas | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Norman Bowler, Michael Ayrton, Fisun Güner
Votes: 12
27.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Dead Man's Treasure
(1967)
TV-G | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The hunt for a murdered courier's despatch leads Steed and Emma to a deadly car race with a "shocking" surprise at the finish line. It takes The Avengers to flag down the murderers and apply the brakes to their plans.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Norman Bowler, Valerie Van Ost
Votes: 341
28.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode:
The Devil's Foot
(1988)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While convalescing in Cornwall, a depressive Holmes investigates the apparent death from apoplexy of a local woman and the unexplained sudden dementia of her two brothers.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Denis Quilley, Damien Thomas
Votes: 919
29.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Diversion
(1969)
Crime, Drama
While the task force officers are busy investigating a series of break-ins, an armed hold-up at a timber warehouse requires immediate attention and quick action. Will Thamesford CID be able... See full summary »
Director: Vere Lorrimer | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister
Votes: 10
30. Whodunnit? (1972–1978)
45 min | Family, Game-Show, Mystery
British game show in which celebrity panelists were shown a dramatised murder and had to guess the identity of the killer or killers from the clues presented.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Mower, Anouska Hempel, Liza Goddard
Votes: 138
31. Smuggler (1981)
TV-MA | 30 min | Adventure, History
In 1802, the ex-British naval officer turned smuggler Jack Vincent eludes revenue officers along the coast of England. A headstrong loner, Vincent frequently finds himself entangled in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Tobias, Hywel Williams-Ellis, Lesley Dunlop, Peter Capell
Votes: 65
32.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Joel Brand Story
(1965)
Drama
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Martin Benson, Norman Bowler, Annette Carell, Tom Criddle
Votes: 12
33.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Arrival
(1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Things are about to change at Thamesford Constabulary when Detective Chief Superintendent Charles Barlow arrives to take over as new head of CID. Barlow's orders are to whip Thamesford ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Stratford Johns, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 13
34.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Do Me a Favour
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Det. Chief Supt. Barlow gets a tip off that there will be attempt to rob a haulage lorry as it leaves the motorway. A delay means Task Force now need to be more proactive.
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 6
35.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Final Score
(1971)
Crime, Drama
The shop robbery by Tommy Nunn is far more serious than first thought after cleaner Elsie Young is arrested with a suitcase carrying money and uncut diamonds
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 6
36.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Held for Questioning
(1971)
Crime, Drama
Tommy Lee has just been released from prison, and suddenly a series of safe-breaking cases are reported in the Thamesford vicinity. Task Force officers are hot on Tommy Lee's trail. But ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 6
37.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Kick Off
(1971)
Crime, Drama
At a football ground, Barlow is on the look out for villain Tommy Nunn. When he suddenly vanishes, in the crowd, reports come in of a diamond robbery at a local jewelers.
Director: Frank Cox | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell
Votes: 6
38.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Like Any Other Friday...
(1970)
Crime, Drama
The Thursday Man, a notorious burglar, has kept Thamesford task force busy for quite some time. But the team is hard on his trail when he strikes again at the home of a former war hero. ... See full summary »
Director: Vere Lorrimer | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister
Votes: 9
39.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Open and Shut
(1970)
Crime, Drama
A case of domestic disturbance turns into murder, and Chief Superintendent Barlow thinks he has an open and shut case on his hands. But soon Charlie Barlow has to admit to himself that he ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Cox | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 7
40.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Trust a Woman
(1970)
Crime, Drama
While investigating the case of a missing Swedish au pair, WP/DC Betty Donald comes across some information about local criminal Christopher Connor who seems to be plotting a crime. As it ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 8
41.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Who Wants Pride...?
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Dynamite stolen from a quarry and it is now in the hands of an explosive expert who is using it as part of a gang robbing armed cars. Barlow must work out their next target.
Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 6
42.
Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1829
(1993)
TV-PG | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An airliner explodes above Beckindale. The Woolpack's Dickensian evening ends abruptly as the windows are blown in, Joe crashes his car as a wall of flames roars down the road, Jack and Sarah look on as fire engulfs the village.
Director: Ken Horn | Stars: Sheila Mercier, Bernard Archard, Frazer Hines, Madeleine Howard
Votes: 6
43. Golden Showcase (1961–1964)
60 min | Drama
Stars: John Fraser, George C. Scott, Susan Oliver, Louis Hayward
Votes: 15
44.
The Winds of War (1983)
Episode:
Defiance
(1983)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
At President Roosevelt's request, Pug Henry goes to London to meet with the British and provide him with his own personal view on how they are doing. Pug is amazed to find how efficient ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman
Votes: 137
45.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Any Other Night
(1970)
Crime, Drama
It's New Year's Eve, the last day of 1969. While Chief Constable Cullen desperately tries to get all four division chiefs of Thamesford Constabulary to bury their hatchets and make them get... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Stratford Johns, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 9
46.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Its Ugly Head
(1970)
Crime, Drama
Police Woman Detective Constable Donald has to prove herself to her colleagues when she returns work following an injury she received making an arrest.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell
Votes: 7
47.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Lie Direct
(1970)
Crime, Drama
In the early hours, PC Snow discovers an abandoned van hidden on the hedge of a forest. On a closer inspection he discovers a woman bludgeoned to death in the back seat.
Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Terence Rigby
Votes: 6
48. The Island of Adventure (1981)
85 min | Adventure
Four British teens on vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their headquarters.
Director: Anthony Squire | Stars: Norman Bowler, Wilfrid Brambell, Eleanor Summerfield, Catherine Schell
Votes: 71
49.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Exercise
(1969)
Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Superitendent Barlow is in for a surprise as Chief Constable Cullen has some considerable staff changes in mind for Thamesford CID. Cullen wants to provide Charlie Barlow ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell
Votes: 12
50. 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: 245