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1. Daniel Deronda (1970– )
270 min | Drama
Brought up in ignorance of his origins, Daniel finds himself helping an unhappily married woman, a suicidal young singer and a consumptive Jewish man.
Stars: John Nolan, Martha Henry, Robert Hardy, Noel Davis
Votes: 9
2. I, Claudius (1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed
Votes: 19,383
3.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Reign of Terror
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sejanus divorces his wife in order to marry Livilla but Tiberius refuses permission and suggests that he marries Livilla's daughter Helen instead, which so enrages Livilla that she poisons ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 394
4. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 6,182
5. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
6. Public Eye (1965–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish
Votes: 427
7. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,541
8.
The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode:
A Nice Class of Premises
(1976)
TV-PG | 52 min | Drama
All bets are off when HRH becomes His Majesty, King Edward VII and Louisa and Augustus must plan what lies ahead for them.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Gemma Jones, Donald Burton, Kate Lansbury, Sammie Winmill
Votes: 55
9. 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: 14,370
10. Boyd Q.C. (1956–1964)
30 min | Drama
A barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
Stars: Michael Denison, Charles Leno, Owen Berry, Weyman Mackay
Votes: 22
11.
First Night (1963–1964)
Episode:
Funny Noises with Their Mouths
(1963)
Drama
Director: John Jacobs | Stars: Michael Caine, Ian McShane, Madge Ryan, Caroline Mortimer
Votes: 10
12.
The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode:
A Bed of Roses
(1976)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama
With Charlie Tyrell now in residence as the first guest, the hotel is now officially open to the public. Louisa has set a high standard for herself and is relying on word of mouth among the... See full summary »
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, John Cater, Richard Vernon
Votes: 51
13.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
The Sin of Forgiveness
(1988)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim agrees to unofficially help Nazi hunter and concentration camp survivor Aaron Rosenbaum track down the man who killed his family at Treblinka and who now lives on Jersey. The island is ... See full summary »
Director: Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, John Bennett, Susan Fleetwood
Votes: 42
14. 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: 392
15. Squadron (1982– )
50 min | Drama, Thriller
An elite Royal Air Force squadron undertakes specialist missions.
Stars: Michael Culver, Malcolm Stoddard, Alan Hunter, Derek Anders
Votes: 18
16. Intimate Contact (1987)
60 min | Drama
A self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS.
Stars: Claire Bloom, Daniel Massey, David Phelan, Abigail Cruttenden
Votes: 45
17. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 153,978 | Gross: $63.49M
18.
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stella Mawson's body is found hanging in the chapel. Dalgliesh informs Angela that Stella was once married to Dr Lorrimer. He is also convinced that she was blackmailing the murderer but Angela denies she would even if it was a woman.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Roy Marsden, Barry Foster, Ray Brooks, Meg Davies
Votes: 30
19. Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Marsden, Barry Foster, Ray Brooks, Ivor Roberts
Votes: 387
20. A Flea in Her Ear (1967 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy
The close resemblance of the elegant, wealthy M. Chandebisse to the drunken porter Poche leads to embarrassing complications.
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Petronella Barker, Peter Cellier, Margo Cunningham, Anne Godley
Votes: 43
21.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
A New Lease of Death: Part One
(1991)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wexford's first ever successful murder case comes back to haunt him when a vicar starts to rake up the past. Was the man hanged on Wexford's evidence actually innocent?
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Peter Egan, Sharon Maughan
Votes: 50
22.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Secret of Bay 5B
(1989)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bullying, controlling womanizer who also blackmails his conquests is found garroted in his car in a garage deck.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Amanda Hillwood, Mel Martin
Votes: 763
23.
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Domenica confesses to Dalgleish that she had an affair with Dr Lorrimer. Stella Mawson confides to Angela Foley that she knows who the murderer is and plans to write it in a book believing it will pay off their mortgage.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Roy Marsden, Barry Foster, Ray Brooks, Andrew Ray
Votes: 28
24. Pride and Prejudice (1967)
25 min | Drama, Romance
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is particularly anxious to find suitable husbands for them.
Stars: Celia Bannerman, Lewis Fiander, Michael Gough, Vivian Pickles
Votes: 78
25.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Best Man to Die: Part One
(1990)
TV-14 | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On the eve of a wedding the best man is murdered, and at a similar time there is a serious car crash with two victims. Wexford thinks the two things are somehow connected, but how?
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Jonathan Barlow
Votes: 41
26. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey
Votes: 81,765 | Gross: $65.71M
27. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 382
28. The Chief (1990–1995)
50 min | Drama
Focussing on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
Stars: Gillian Martell, Martin Shaw, Karen Archer, Dean Lepley
Votes: 106
29. Bergerac (1981–1991)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White
Votes: 2,230
30.
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found strangled in the back of a car, left parked in a field. Dr Lorrimer of the Hoggits Laboratory is at loggerheads with D.I. Doyle for the slowness of his results. Lorrimer singles out Clifford Bradley to take the blame.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Roy Marsden, Barry Foster, Geoffrey Palmer, Ray Brooks
Votes: 37
31. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson
Votes: 693
32. Owen, M.D. (1971–1973)
50 min | Drama
Stars: Nigel Stock, Joan Newell, Alan Moore, Maggie Hanley
Votes: 16
33.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Last Vampyre
(1993)
TV-PG | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.
Director: Tim Sullivan | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Roy Marsden, Keith Barron
Votes: 1,389
34.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
A Story to Frighten the Children
(1976)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Carol Mclain hurries home late one night, and encounters trouble. No one on the nearby estate claims to have seen or heard anything. And why should they care. A woman out so late on her own. She's asking for trouble. Isn't she?
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Jon Laurimore, Geoffrey Palmer, Myles Hoyle, John Lyons
Votes: 9
35. Kate (1970–1972)
60 min | Drama
Kate Graham (Phyllis Calvert) works on a popular magazine as agony column writer "Dear Monica". Sometimes (in fact most times) she cannot help getting personally involved with the desperate who write to her.
Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Elizabeth Burger, Penelope Keith, Jack Hedley
Votes: 13
36. Sinister Street (1969– )
45 min | Drama
BBC adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's novel about love, faith and the clash between the old and new forms of British society in the early twentieth century.
Stars: Kate Lansbury, Jo Kendall, Gillian Hawser, David Collings
37.
Public Eye (1965–1975)
Episode:
But the Joneses Never Get Letters
(1965)
Crime, Drama
When his daughter starts to receive anonymous letters, Mr Hordern employs Marker to keep an eye on his daughter's flat - a place that Marker finds empty.
Director: Laurence Bourne | Stars: Alfred Burke, John Humphry, Magda Miller, Kate Lansbury
38.
Squadron (1982– )
Episode:
Mascot
(1982)
Drama, Thriller
Dodger is ordered to look after a goat for a night before it is sent to Goa as a gift for the Sultan. The Hercules flying to Goa develops a mysterious fault which delays the flight. The goat is no longer wanted so it's adopted as a mascot.
Director: Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Michael Culver, Malcolm Stoddard, Derek Anders, Richard Simpson
39.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Blame It on Father Christmas: Part 2
(1968)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Director: Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Paul Angelis, Sharon Campbell, Jonathan Cohen, Ron Davies
40.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Missile Mile: Part 1
(1970)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A car crash on the motorway takes a sinister turn when police find a bullet embedded in the back seat. Driver Norman Leakey points the finger at love rival Jock Bannion. When Bannion finds out he visits Leakey and takes his belt to him.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Robert Cawdron, Ian Cullen, James Ellis, Douglas Fielding
41.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
No Charge for the Estimate: Part 1
(1968)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Director: Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Paul Angelis, Jean Campbell-Dallas, Ron Davies, James Ellis
42.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Ringers
(1976)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Director: Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: George Baizley, Antony Carrick, Todd Carty, John Collin
43.
Kate (1970–1972)
Episode:
Dear Monica
(1970)
Drama
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hedley, Penelope Keith, Marcus Hammond
44.
The Chief (1990–1995)
Episode:
Episode #5.2
(1995)
Drama
Director: Tom Cotter | Stars: Martin Shaw, Julian Glover, Bosco Hogan, Gillian Bevan
45.
Pride and Prejudice (1967)
Episode:
Neighbours
(1967)
Drama, Romance
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Celia Bannerman, Lewis Fiander, Michael Gough, Vivian Pickles
46.
Pride and Prejudice (1967)
Episode:
Proposal
(1967)
Drama, Romance
"Mr. Collins, you must marry. Choose properly, choose a gentlewoman for my sake, and for your own, let her be an active useful sort of person."
Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Celia Bannerman, Lewis Fiander, Michael Gough, Vivian Pickles
47.
Pride and Prejudice (1967)
Episode:
Prejudice
(1967)
Drama, Romance
"I have come to offer myself to you against the dictates of my will, and reason."
Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Celia Bannerman, Lewis Fiander, Michael Gough, Vivian Pickles
48.
Daniel Deronda (1970– )
Episode:
Pursuit
(1970)
Drama
Director: Joan Craft | Stars: John Nolan, Martha Henry, Robert Hardy, Christopher Banks
49.
Daniel Deronda (1970– )
Episode:
Revelations
(1970)
Drama
Director: Joan Craft | Stars: John Nolan, Martha Henry, Robert Hardy, John Bennett
50.
Daniel Deronda (1970– )
Episode:
Temptations
(1970)
Drama
Director: Joan Craft | Stars: John Nolan, Martha Henry, Robert Hardy, Roger Booth