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1. Opinions (1982– )
Comedy
Stars: Enoch Powell, Elizabeth Cook, Salman Rushdie, Karen Armstrong
Votes: 8
2. The Martians and Us (2006– )
180 min | Documentary
Documentary series looking at British science fiction writers and their influence.
Stars: Peter Capaldi, Kim Newman, Brian Stableford, Roger Luckhurst
Votes: 20
3. Blackmail (1965–1966)
Drama
Blackmail, in all its meanings and forms, was the central theme of the episodes comprising this series.
Stars: Ray Marioni, Derrick Sherwin, Aubrey Richards, Ian Hendry
Votes: 21
4. Druckfrisch (2003– )
30 min
Hot off the press.
Stars: Denis Scheck, T.C. Boyle, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Thomas Hettche
Votes: 36
5. Half Hour Story (1967– )
30 min | Drama
18 short plays written especially for TV, an opportunity for up and coming directors such as floor manager Alan Clarke, who landed up doing 10 of the episodes. Some top ranking performers were attracted to the series.
Stars: Geraldine Moffat, George Cole, David Graham, Angela Baddeley
Votes: 30
6. Schooling the World (2010)
66 min | Documentary, History
If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it... See full summary »
Director: Carol Black | Stars: Wade Davis, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Elijah Gergen, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 192
7. Un siècle d'écrivains (1995– )
Documentary
From 1995 through 2001,France 3 Tv presented a series of 257 hour long documentaries on authors of the 2oth century.
Stars: Bernard Rapp, Philippe Sollers, Jean-Claude Dauphin, François Marthouret
Votes: 29
8. Rue du retrait (2001)
90 min | Drama
Director: René Féret | Stars: Dominique Marcas, Marion Held, Julien Féret, Sacha Rolland
Votes: 26
9. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
10. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 147
11. Love Story (1963–1974)
60 min | Drama
British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.
Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 137
12. Studio 4 (1962)
60 min | Drama
Anthology series of plays filmed at the BBC TV centre's newly constructed Studio Four.
Stars: Marjorie Wilde, Frederick Farley, David Spenser, Dallas Cavell
Votes: 25
13. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
14. Timeshift (2002–2017)
60 min | Documentary
Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.
Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin
Votes: 74
15. The Brains Trust (1955–1996)
45 min | Talk-Show
Series in which eminent people of the time gave spontaneous answers to questions of the day.
Stars: Norman Fisher, Jacob Bronowski, Alan Bullock, Julian Huxley
Votes: 8
16. A Man and Two Women (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Valérie Stroh | Stars: Valérie Stroh, Lambert Wilson, Diane Pierens, Olivia Brunaux
Votes: 77
17. Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Talk-Show
Apostrophes is a French literary television program produced and hosted by Bernard Pivot, broadcast live on Antenne 2 between January 10, 1975, and June 22, 1990, every Friday evening at 9:... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Claude-Jean Philippe, Gilles Lapouge, Jean d'Ormesson
Votes: 48
18. My Friend Victoria (2014)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
At age eight, Victoria spends a night in the home of a wealthy white family; years later, she encounters them again and her life is changed forever.
Director: Jean-Paul Civeyrac | Stars: Guslagie Malanda, Nadia Moussa, Catherine Mouchet, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 347
19. Adoration (2013)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance
A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville
Votes: 36,730 | Gross: $0.32M
20. Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
115 min | Sci-Fi
Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion.
Director: David Gladwell | Stars: Julie Christie, Christopher Guard, Leonie Mellinger, Debbie Hutchings
Votes: 367
21. Novela (1963–1978)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Nélida Quiroga, Luisa Sala, Pablo Sanz, Víctor Valverde
Votes: 33
22. The Grass Is Singing (1981)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In the 1940s, a city girl moves from America to her husband's failing farm in Southern Rhodesia in colonial Africa. Unhappy and unhinged, she starts an affair with their black servant which leads to tragedy.
Director: Michael Raeburn | Stars: Karen Black, John Thaw, John Kani, Patrick Mynhardt
Votes: 194
23. HARDtalk Extra (2004– )
Talk-Show
Independently produced arts and culture strand of the HARDtalk brand.
Stars: Gavin Esler, Paddy O'Connell, Mishal Husain, Razia Iqbal
Votes: 31
24. The Book Programme (1973–1980)
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Robert Robinson, Michael Billington, Germaine Greer, Clive James
26. Cover to Cover (1986–1988)
Talk-Show
Book review programme.
Stars: Jill Neville, Nicholas Shakespeare, Colin MacCabe, A.N. Wilson
27. Mère fille, pour la vie (2005 Video)
63 min | Documentary
Covers different types of women - more mother than woman, more woman than mother, extreme mothers, failing mothers - and the many moments in a woman's life, in particular when the woman becomes a mother or when the woman loses her mother.
Director: Paule Zajdermann | Stars: Noëlle Châtelet, Marguerite Duras, Caroline Eliacheff, Annie Ernaux
28. The Truth About Billy Newton (1961 TV Movie)
90 min
Director: Brandon Acton-Bond | Stars: Tim Pearce, Malcolm Gerard, Ann Firbank, Michael Alexander
30. Tigerlek (1969 TV Movie)
Director: Kåre Santesson | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Gerd Hagman, Curt Masreliez, Per Myrberg
31. Rakkauskirje (1984 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Titta Karakorpi | Stars: Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Salme Karppinen, Johanna Mustonen, Tom Wentzel
32. Readers and Writers Roadshow (2001–2003)
30 min | Talk-Show
Literary discussion series, hosted from a different venue each week.
Stars: Kate Mosse, Alexander Waugh, Sarah Waters, Philip Pullman
33. Avisa'ns quan arribi el 2000 (1997–1999)
Talk-Show
Stars: Jordi Beltran, Albert Vinyoli, Lluís Pasqual, Quim Monzó
34.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
Play with a Tiger
(1967)
Drama
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Barbara Jefford, John Turner, Michael Gough, Patricia Lawrence
35.
Un siècle d'écrivains (1995– )
Episode:
Doris Lessing
(1997)
49 min | Documentary
Director: Paule Zajdermann | Stars: Doris Lessing, Bernard Rapp, Emmanuel Salinger
36.
Studio 4 (1962)
Episode:
The Grass Is Singing
(1962)
Drama
Director: Owen Leeming | Stars: Fred Hugh, Walter Brown, Johnny Sekka, Brian Vaughan
37.
Blackmail (1965–1966)
Episode:
Care and Protection
(1966)
Drama
Charles and Millie Raynor are a feckless couple who both have lovers who pay them for sex.Their daughter Mary goes to the police to tell them she needs "care and protection" in an attempt ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Faith Brook, John Bryans, Ernest Clark, Michael Craig
38.
Half Hour Story (1967– )
Episode:
Between Men
(1967)
Drama
Director: Nicholas Ferguson | Stars: Maxine Audley, Ursula Howells
39.
Love Story (1963–1974)
Episode:
The Habit of Loving
(1963)
Drama
Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: Juliet Hunt, Lana Morris, Eric Portman, Lionel Stevens
40.
HARDtalk Extra (2004– )
Episode:
Doris Lessing
(2005)
Talk-Show
Stars: Gavin Esler, Doris Lessing
41.
Trossos (1985– )
Episode:
Episode dated 20 March 1987
(1987)
Director: Vicenç Villatoro | Stars: Vicenç Villatoro, Doris Lessing
42.
The Book Programme (1973–1980)
Episode:
Episode #2.9
(1974)
Documentary
Director: Martin L. Bell | Stars: Robert Robinson, Doris Lessing, Nicol Williamson
43.
The Martians and Us (2006– )
Episode:
The End of the World as We Know It
(2006)
Documentary
Director: Laura Humphreys | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Brian Aldiss, John Christopher, Kodwo Eshun
44.
Blackmail (1965–1966)
Episode:
Please Do Not Disturb
(1966)
Drama
Director: Marc Miller | Stars: Peter Blythe, Pinkie Johnstone, Jim Norton, Jennifer Clulow
45.
The Brains Trust (1955–1996)
Episode:
Episode #1.247
(1960)
Talk-Show
Stars: Jacob Bronowski, Alan Bullock, Norman Fisher, Doris Lessing
47.
Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Episode:
Doris Lessing
(1981)
Talk-Show
Director: Jean-Luc Leridon | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Michel Braudeau, Doris Lessing, Ivan Nabakov
48.
Imagine (2003– )
Episode:
Doris Lessing: The Hostess and the Alien
(2008)
TV-14 | Biography, History
Arts and culture program. Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, is both 'hostess' and 'alien' - the hostess, who presents a public face to the world, and the private... See full summary »
Director: Jill Nicholls | Stars: Alan Yentob, Doris Lessing
49.
Readers and Writers Roadshow (2001–2003)
Episode:
Episode dated 8 January 2003
(2003)
Talk-Show
Stars: Doris Lessing, Kate Mosse
50.
Maupassant (1963– )
Episode:
Bachelors
(1963)
49 min | Drama
Labarbe, Bardon and Sergeant-Major Varajou: each of these three bachelors has a remarkable experience, though perhaps Varajou's is the most remarkable of all.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Sydney Arnold, Michael Barrington, Reginald Beckwith, Walter Brown