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1.
All for Love (1982–1983)
Episode:
Mona
(1982)
Romance
Masterpiece Episode: "All for Love: Mona" Season 14, Episode 23 Episode Synopsis: "All for Love: Mona" concerns a teenager (Deborah Stokes) who takes care of a former soldier (Frank Finlay)... See full summary »
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Frank Finlay, Deborah Stokes, Fanny Rowe, Rosemary Martin
Votes: 9
2.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Love's Labour's Lost
(1975)
Drama
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Martin Shaw, David Gwillim, Thomas Ellice, Jeremy Brett
Votes: 34
3. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,397
4.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Going Gently
(1981)
70 min | Drama
Two men in their 60s sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Judi Dench, Fulton Mackay, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 67
5. 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: 8,775
6. The Flaxton Boys (1969–1973)
30 min | Family, Adventure, Mystery
Four generations of boys have various adventures at Flaxton Hall in Yorkshire, beginning with Jonathan and his friend Archie in 1854.
Stars: Gerry Cowan, Victor Winding, Richard Gale, Alan Guy
Votes: 70
7. 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
8. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
9.
1990 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Whatever Happened to Cardinal Wolsey?
(1977)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Ombudsman's Court supposedly exists to hear and review appeals by citizens and consists of a tribunal of judges, but every appeal is rejected despite the legitimacy of the claim. ... See full summary »
Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Edward Woodward, Barbara Kellerman, Robert Lang, Bimbo
Votes: 10
10.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Last Seen Wearing
(1988)
TV-MA | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Peter McEnery, Suzanne Bertish
Votes: 958
11.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Conspiracy
(1973)
Crime, Drama
Dawes runs a small gang of safe breakers but when he takes his new girlfriend on holiday to Spain, Det. Supt. Adler decides to play mind games with old flame Lucy.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: John Franklyn-Robbins, David Lloyd Meredith, Grahame Mallard, Thomas Ellice
Votes: 10
12.
Penmarric (1979– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1979)
Drama, Family
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: Thomas Ellice, Ralph Bates, Annabel Leventon, June Ellis
Votes: 7
13. 1990 (1977–1978)
55 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian future, Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Public Control Department (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Robert Lang, Tony Doyle, Paul Hardwick
Votes: 166
14. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 177
15.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
In the Public Interest
(2008)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A shallow grave is uncovered and three bodies are discovered. Could this be a ritual killing?
Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Adrian Lukis
Votes: 272
16.
Penmarric (1979– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1979)
Drama, Family
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: Annabel Leventon, Thomas Ellice, Ralph Bates, June Ellis
Votes: 6
17. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.
Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift
Votes: 47
18. Penmarric (1979– )
50 min | Drama, Family
Maud Penmar Castallack wages war on her cousin Giles for many years in her determination to secure Penmarric for her son, Mark. But Mark is a man of passion and is beholden to his own desires, being torn between two women.
Stars: Annabel Leventon, Thomas Ellice, Peter Blake, Rupert Frazer
Votes: 60
19. All for Love (1982–1983)
60 min | Romance
Anthology of stories about love, many adapted from short stories or novels.
Stars: Alick Hayes, Dilys Worsfold, Joan Plowright, Geraldine McEwan
Votes: 18
20. Premiere (1977–1980)
30 min | Drama
A series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.
Stars: Phil Daniels, Johnny Allan, David Parfitt, Brian Poyser
Votes: 10
21. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby
Votes: 115
22. Devices and Desires (1991)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Whilst on holiday on the English coast in Norfolk, Commander Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the hunt for the serial killer - The Whistler - amidst a backdrop of mystery and intrigue ... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 371
23. The Man Outside (1972)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Baker (Rupert Davies) introduces extraordinary stories about life's loners. The people who live on the outside of society but have story to tell.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Anthony Hopkins, Siân Phillips, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 20
24.
All for Love (1982–1983)
Episode:
Combat
(1982)
60 min | Romance
The possessive mother of a 30-year-old is constantly pushing him into marriage. He isn't interested. He is living with a man, a hard fact that his mother must recognize and understand.
Director: Brian Mills | Stars: Joyce Redman, Rupert Frazer, Nigel Havers, Ceri Jackson
Votes: 17
25.
Devices and Desires (1991)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
At the seaside dealing with his late aunt Jane's estate, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh learns that a serial killer, known locally as the Whistler, is on the prowl. The local ... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 33
26.
Devices and Desires (1991)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
When another dead woman is found, many assume it is the work of the Whistler. Discovered by Miles Lessingham while on his way to Dr. Alex Mair's home for a dinner party, the woman had been ... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 40
27.
Penmarric (1979– )
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1979)
Drama, Family
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: Thomas Ellice, Annabel Leventon, Angela Scoular, June Ellis
Votes: 6
28. 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
29. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
30. 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
31. Albert's Memorial (2009 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
London, 2000:- Terminally ill Albert summons old war buddies Frank and Harry to his hospital bed with a bizarre request. When he dies, he wants them to snatch his corpse from the hospital ... See full summary »
Director: David Richards | Stars: David Jason, David Warner, Judith Hoersch, Michael Jayston
Votes: 143
32. Kim & Co. (1975– )
25 min | Adventure
Stars: Simon Fisher-Turner, David Friedman, Christopher Lofthouse, Georgina Kean
Votes: 13
33. Funny Man (1980– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama
"Funny Man" chronicles an extended family of UK music-hall entertainers in the late 1920s, an era of decline for variety entertainment, as audiences flocked instead to motion-picture cinemas.
Stars: Jimmy Jewel, David Schofield, Andrew Fell, Jean Boht
Votes: 25
34.
Devices and Desires (1991)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Walking home late one night, Commander Dalgliesh discovers the body of Hilary Robarts. The killing has all the hallmarks of the Whistler's work but this is now the second woman from the ... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 28
35.
Devices and Desires (1991)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
While strolling on the beach, Adam Dalgliesh comes across a tramp who is wearing relatively new trainers that may match some of the footprints found at one of the murder sites. The computer... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 26
36.
Penmarric (1979– )
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1979)
Drama, Family
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: Annabel Leventon, Thomas Ellice, June Ellis, Gene Foad
Votes: 7
37.
Devices and Desires (1991)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
With Toby Gledhill's suicide, there is one less suspect in the mix. No one is quite sure why he killed himself, let alone in such a public manner, but most are putting it down to a ... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 26
38.
Devices and Desires (1991)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Caroline Amphlett's true purpose in working at the nuclear plant is revealed and Dalgliesh confers with the Security Service on the next steps. It is not clear however who it is that rammed... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Susannah York, Gemma Jones, James Faulkner
Votes: 26
39. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 95
40.
Penmarric (1979– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1979)
Drama, Family
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: John Castle, Angela Scoular, Ralph Bates, Paul Darrow
Votes: 8
41. March in Windy City (1998 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy, Thriller
Retired MI6 agent Steven March is called back into action by his former employers. His task is to assassinate Chicago politician Dan Paterson, an ambitious and ruthless Russian who March ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: David Jason, Vanessa Earl, Jerome Willis, David McCallum
Votes: 60
42.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Breakthrough
(1975)
Drama
On a remote Cornish coast, a small group of scientists at an out of the way research laboratory delve into the mystery of what happens at the moment of death.
Director: Graham Evans | Stars: Simon Ward, Brewster Mason, Clive Swift, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 22
43.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Man in My Head
(1971)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A team of soldiers break into an enemy missile base. Such is the secrecy of their mission, they have been hypnotically programmed with their orders and will only remember each stage of the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Tom Chadbon, Rob Walker, Robert Oates, David Whitman
Votes: 22
44.
Bedtime Stories (1974)
Episode:
Jack and the Beanstalk
(1974)
Mystery
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Stephanie Bidmead, Thomas Ellice, Denis Gilmore, Ian Halliburton
Votes: 12
45.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
The Quiz Kid
(1979)
Comedy, Drama
A hopeless quiz team is revived by the addition of a bright young lecturer but all is not well when the barmaid takes a shine to him and this upsets her boyfriend.
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Helen Mirren, John Woodvine, Michael Elphick, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 24
46. Churchill's People (1974–1975)
50 min | Drama, History, War
A historical anthology series based on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples", Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies.
Stars: Alfred Lynch, Bernard Hepton, Geoffrey Matthews, Mark Donaldson
Votes: 36
47. Second City Firsts (1973– )
30 min | Drama
This was a BBC drama anthology series of short plays, written largely by first-time writers, which were transmitted between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: Ken Kitson, Jean Heywood, Ivor Roberts, Alison Steadman
Votes: 24
48. Secrets (1971)
R | 92 min | Drama
Jacqueline plays a housewife who has some problems with her husband. The movie takes place in the course of one day. In the late afternoon while her husband is interviewed for a job, J is ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Per Oscarsson, Robert Powell, Shirley Knight
Votes: 303
49. Bedtime Stories (1974)
50 min | Mystery
Modern-day interpretation of fairy tales, with a contemporary, darker twist.
Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Jeff Rawle, Diana Quick, Adrienne Corri
50. The ITV Play (1968– )
Comedy, Drama
For single one-off plays that were not part of an anthology series and were also not made to any specific theme or requirement - appearing whenever.
Stars: Elizabeth Spriggs, Ronald Pickup, Alison Fiske, Susan George