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1.
Fingersmith (2005)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2005)
Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Sue knows she cannot tell Maud the truth - that she loves her or that Rivers is planning to send her to a madhouse.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans
Votes: 100
2.
Fingersmith (2005)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2005)
Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
While Sue is imprisoned in the madhouse Maud finds out the truth. Sue manages to escape but wants revenge on Maud.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans
Votes: 94
3. The Price (1985)
360 min | Drama, Thriller
Geoffrey Carr's life spirals out of control after his wife and step-daughter are kidnapped by rogue IRA members. Unable to pay the ransom, he faces the choice of either dismantling his life or gambling with the lives of his family members.
Stars: Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Derek Thompson, Aingeal Grehan
Votes: 74
4. Seaforth (1994)
500 min | Drama, Romance
An epic love story in nine parts, following the progress of handsome rogue Bob Longman , an ambitious working-class Yorkshire lad. The series begins with a feature-length episode by ... See full summary »
Stars: Linus Roache, Lia Williams, Raymond Pickard, Gary Lydon
Votes: 52
5.
Fingersmith (2005)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2005)
Not Rated | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Conman Richard Rivers enlists the help of petty thief Sue Trinder in his plot to rob a wealthy heiress.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans
Votes: 109
6. Bread or Blood (1981– )
40 min | Drama
Tales of hardship and survival in rural Wiltshire in the early 19th century. Based on W.H. Hudson's 'A Shepherd's Life'.
Stars: Malcolm Storry, Carolyn Pickles, Ian Redford, Sandra Voe
Votes: 12
7.
Village Hall (1974–1975)
Episode:
Mark Massey Is Dead
(1974)
Comedy, Drama
Members of a writers' group forget that the pen is mightier than the sword, and spend more time fighting than writing.
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Colin Welland, Priscilla Morgan, Thorley Walters, Gwen Taylor
Votes: 7
8. Fingersmith (2005)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Victorian England, Sue, a young thief, participates in a scam to defraud a rich heiress by becoming her maid. Things take an unexpected turn and Sue's plan goes horribly wrong.
Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans
Votes: 9,632
9. 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
10. Village Hall (1974–1975)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Anthology series with each episode a different story set in a village hall.
Stars: Reginald Barratt, Priscilla Morgan, Frank Crompton, Stella Moray
Votes: 32
11. The Story of Ruth (1982)
90 min | Drama
The nightmare experience of a young American housewife, confronted by a dark secret from her childhood.
Director: John Purdie | Stars: Connie Booth, Colin Bruce, Peter Whitman, Robert Arden
Votes: 16
12.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Kate the Good Neighbour
(1980)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
An elderly English spinster lady lives alone, is heartily disliked, and will not accept aid from anyone. She has lived a life of total denial, but preserves her past in the diaries she ... See full summary »
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Rachel Kempson, Sherrie Hewson, John Vine, John Price
Votes: 9
13. Rooms (1974–1977)
49 min | Drama
Two-part weekly dramas concerning the various drifters who rent rooms in a lodging-house.
Stars: Anne Dyson, Ian Redford, Jenny Twigge, William Marlowe
Votes: 90
14. Centre Play (1973–1977)
Drama
Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough
Votes: 15
15. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,507
16.
Rooms (1974–1977)
Episode:
Henry & Jean: Part 2
(1975)
Drama
Henry finally admits to Jean that he never learned to read. When Jean starts to teach him how to read they begin to open up their inner feelings to each other. Jean gives Henry some advice on how to repair his broken marriage.
Director: John Russell | Stars: Ann Lynn, Michael Standing, Sheila White, Arthur Brough
Votes: 8
17. Inside Story (1986– )
Drama
A six-part story of the staff and the owner, an unscrupulous media magnate, of Sunday Register, a fictional newspaper company located on London's Fleet Street where most British national newspaper companies were located until the 1980s.
Stars: Roy Marsden, Francesca Annis, James Smith, Ian Thompson
Votes: 11
18.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
The Healing Hand: Part 1
(1975)
TV-14 | Drama
Neurologist Dr. Anthony Boyde and the Reverend Francis King set up a centre called "The Healing Hand" to support sufferers of chronic illnesses. While Dr. Boyde was away the centre's ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Laurence Hardy, William Simons, John Moffatt, David Markham
Votes: 7
19. Crown Court (1972–2007)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge
Votes: 348
20. Hazell (1978–1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A British television series about a fictional private detective named James Hazell and his adventures.
Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, Desmond McNamara, Peter Bourke
Votes: 214
21.
Rooms (1974–1977)
Episode:
Henry & Jean: Part 1
(1975)
Drama
Struggling fruit and veg businessman Henry asks his neighbour Jean to help deal with his correspondence, but Jean suspects there may be another reason why Henry is constantly making excuses for his poor eyesight.
Director: John Russell | Stars: Ann Lynn, Michael Standing, Sheila White, Arthur Brough
Votes: 9
22.
Fallen Angel (2007)
Episode:
The Judgement of Strangers
(2007)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Angel/Rosie is a beautiful but neglected teenager in 1991, anxious to get into Oxford and nursing a dangerous crush on a neighbor. When she learns that her adored father has decided to ... See full summary »
Director: David Drury | Stars: Charles Dance, Emilia Fox, Clare Holman, Niamh Cusack
Votes: 23
23.
Fallen Angel (2007)
Episode:
The Office of the Dead
(2007)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a little girl in 1979, Rosie has a family that seems perfect, from the outside. When Wendy, her mother's best friend, flees her own troubled marriage and comes to stay, she sees the ... See full summary »
Director: David Drury | Stars: Charles Dance, Clare Holman, Emma Fielding, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 20
24.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
A Dark Blue Perfume
(1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A middle-aged man is still haunted by a love affair from his youth which almost ended in murder.
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: David Ryall, Susannah York, John Castle, Peter Helmer
Votes: 99
25.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Clerical Error
(1983)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Whilst winding up his late father's affairs for his invalid mother Paul Standing comes across an invoice from a London book-shop and goes to meet the owners, the Carey brothers, who claim ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Evans | Stars: Evelyn Laye, Richard Pearson, Hugh Fraser, David Webb
Votes: 186
26.
Rooms (1974–1977)
Episode:
Mike: Part 2
(1975)
Drama
Mike makes an unwelcome return just as Kate is preparing a cosy dinner for two. She is furious and wants him out, but David is more conciliatory and wants him to stay. Why is Mike back and what is he after?
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Glyn Owen, Ann Bell, Matthew Long, Rio Fanning
Votes: 6
27. 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: 694
28.
Hazell (1978–1979)
Episode:
Hazell Works for Nothing
(1978)
Crime, Drama
It's a bad day for Hazell when he finds himself pursued by the police - and has no idea why they should want him.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, Desmond McNamara, Barbara Young
Votes: 14
29. Full House (1972–1973)
Documentary
Stars: Joe Melia, John Bird, Henry Woolf, Jack Shepherd
Votes: 21
30. Angels (1975–1983)
50 min | Drama
Six student nurses start training in the NHS, facing challenges working with colleagues and patients while adapting to the hierarchy and procedures.
Stars: Carol Holmes, Shirley Cheriton, Joanna Monro, Sharon Rosita
Votes: 137
31. Fallen Angel (I) (2007)
205 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ethereal beauty Angel Wharton (Emilia Fox) is the devil in disguise. When she kidnaps a child as prey for a pedophile, you know she is evil. But what, or who, made her that way? This ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles Dance, Clare Holman, Barbara Wilshere, Emilia Fox
Votes: 390
32. The Cry (2002 TV Movie)
194 min | Drama, Thriller
Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Emma Cunniffe, Anthony Calf, Joe Duttine
Votes: 109
33. Underbelly (1992– )
60 min
A successful property developer stands trial for corruption, while his best friend, the Minister for Prisons, struggles to quell a protest. Just when both men seem destined to win, fate takes a hand and their lives are changed forever.
Stars: David Hayman, Tom Wilkinson, John McArdle, Christine Kavanagh
Votes: 18
34. A Good Murder (2006 TV Movie)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An illegal immigrant on the run from a Russian mafia boss, falls for an artist. When he discovers her family home is worth millions, he hatches a plot to get hold of the deeds.
Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: Juliet Aubrey, Miroslav Simunek, Mem Ferda, Anna Massey
Votes: 92
35.
Rooms (1974–1977)
Episode:
Jo & Anne: Part Two
(1974)
Drama
Jo tries to make amends for her previous behaviour.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Bill Dean, Sally Watts, Susan Valentine
Votes: 8
36. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
78 min | Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale
Votes: 98
37. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 247
38. Bright Hair (1997 TV Movie)
125 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A solitary schoolgirl, prone to sudden blackouts after she's stumbled into a murder scene, gets involved with her English teacher. Then, when his wife is also murdered, questions about what's real and what's made up start haunting her.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Emilia Fox, James Purefoy, Oliver Milburn, John Bowe
Votes: 314
39.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Where's Your Sense of Humour?
(1983)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
George Forester is an annoying practical joker, who tries the patience of work colleague Frank Parker and his wife Laura. When the latest jape, involving the sabotaging of a business dinner... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Sheila Gish, Tom Chadbon, Penelope Nice, Philip Jackson
Votes: 109
40.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
The Cormorant
(1993)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama
Inheriting a remote house in Snowdonia seems like a dream come true. But the dream becomes a nightmare for a family who discover it's not the cormorant that comes with the house, but vice versa.
Director: Peter Markham | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger, Thomas Williams, Buddug Morgan
Votes: 144
41.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
The Best Chess Player in the World
(1984)
TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
'GB' lives his life according to logic. He tells the story of how he became the best chess player in the world.
Director: Graham Evans | Stars: Michael Jayston, Andrew Ray, Lynette Davies, Clifford Parrish
Votes: 167
42.
Rooms (1974–1977)
Episode:
Mike: Part 1
(1975)
Drama
Wife Kate is furious because husband David hasn't come home in time for dinner. He eventually turns up drunk, accompanied by an equally drunk Mike, a former RAF buddy.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Glyn Owen, Ann Bell, Matthew Long, Rio Fanning
Votes: 8
43. 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
44. Couples (1975–1976)
Drama
Jane starts her new job as a Marriage Guidance Councillor and offers advice to the couples who seek it (based on true cases) with the support of her more experienced colleagues Kathleen and Alan.
Stars: David Swift, Marjorie Yates, Carol MacReady, Colette O'Neil
Votes: 27
45.
Rooms (1974–1977)
Episode:
Jo & Anne
(1974)
Drama
Jo, an unsuccessful actress, causes problems for her placid room-mate and irascible neighbour with her self-centred behaviour.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Bill Dean, Sally Watts, Susan Valentine, Brian Protheroe
Votes: 8
46. The Hawk (1993)
R | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
Housewife Annie Marsh (Dame Helen Mirren) suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: David Hayman | Stars: Daryl Webster, Thomas Taplin, Joshua Taplin, David Harewood
Votes: 501
47. The Sextet (1972)
75 min | Drama
An anthology series of BBC television dramas on sexual themes. The same cast was featured in each production.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Vernon, Dennis Waterman
48. Fallen Angel: Behind the Scenes (2007 Video)
47 min | Documentary
Stars: Emilia Fox, David Drury, Andrew Taylor, Charles Dance
49.
Angels (1975–1983)
Episode:
Human Error
(1978)
Drama
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Clare Walker, Angela Bruce, Chai Lee, Neil Daglish
50.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Minor Complications
(1980)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. This play tells the story of her fight for compensation.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Paola Dionisotti, David Hargreaves, Charles Kay, Benjamin Whitrow