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1. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,519
2. 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: 8,886
3. The Living Daylights (1987)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 105,842 | Gross: $51.19M
4. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 3,897
5. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 28,815
6. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 309
7. Manhunt (1970)
60 min | Drama, History, War
In 1942, British pilot Jimmy Briggs crashes his aeroplane in occupied France and immediately finds himself on the run from the Nazis.
Stars: Alfred Lynch, Cyd Hayman, Peter Barkworth, Philip Madoc
Votes: 154
8. Death in Venice (1971)
GP | 130 min | Drama, Romance
While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Votes: 23,036 | Gross: $0.15M
9. 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: 381
10. 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: 347
11. The Singing Detective (1986)
70 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall
Votes: 4,807
12. The Witches (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.
Directors: Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Annie Girardot, Francisco Rabal, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 1,974
13. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
14. 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: 244
15. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 374
16. The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–1974)
Not Rated | 55 min | Adventure, Family
A thoroughbred horse in 19th century England is adopted by a widowed doctor and befriended by his children. The horse helps the children as they have weekly adventures and encounters with various characters.
Stars: William Lucas, Charlotte Mitchell, Roderick Shaw, Judi Bowker
Votes: 466
17. Shoestring (1979–1980)
50 min | Drama
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 446
18. More Than a Miracle (1967)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In 17th century Italy, a Spanish prince, who's searching for a bride, falls in-love with a beautiful local peasant girl.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Georges Wilson, Leslie French
Votes: 1,539
19. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971–1973)
13+ | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
Stars: Peter Vaughan, Peter Barkworth, Douglas Wilmer, Ronald Hines
Votes: 342
20. Play School (1964–1988)
20 min | Family
Stories, fun, and things to make and do for pre-school children.
Stars: Carol Chell, Brian Cant, Julie Stevens, Johnny Ball
Votes: 111
21. Interpol Calling (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Follows inspector Paul Duval as he tracks his targets and risks his life in a global race against time.
Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Roland Bartrop, George Pastell
Votes: 125
22. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 52
23. 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: 246
24. The Scapegoat (1959)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An English schoolteacher meets his lookalike, a French count; and unwillingly swaps identities with him.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey, Irene Worth
Votes: 2,441
25. The Singer Not the Song (1961)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In a small Mexican town, a Catholic priest (Sir John Mills) and a local bandit (Sir Dirk Bogarde) clash, but the brave priest ultimately wins the outlaw's respect.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylène Demongeot, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 699
26. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 70
27. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
28. Jason King (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure
A playboy novelist, who has had a spell of work with an intelligence agency as a sideline, leaves, but finds himself performing new missions around the world.
Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Anne Sharp, Ronald Lacey, Dennis Price
Votes: 333
29. Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
Stars: David Buck, Mark Moss, Freddie Jones, Robert Hunter
Votes: 111
30. Mogul (1965–1972)
50 min | Drama
Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).
Stars: Geoffrey Keen, Philip Latham, Ray Barrett, Robert Hardy
Votes: 92
31. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
32. Young Toscanini (1988)
109 min | Biography, Drama
A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a young man.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophie Ward, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 351
33. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
34. Supernatural (1977)
50 min | Horror
Chilling anthology series where membership to the secret society, The Club of the Damned, is granted through telling horror stories.
Stars: Andre Van Gyseghem, Billie Whitelaw, Ian Hendry, Charles Kay
Votes: 168
35. Orders to Kill (1958)
93 min | Drama, Thriller, War
American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 737
36. Fraud Squad (1969–1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A well-remembered police procedural drama from the late 1960s, this show showcases the exploits of Detective Inspector Gamble (Patrick O'Connell) and his aide, Detective Sergeant Vicky ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick O'Connell, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Ralph Nossek, Elizabeth Weaver
Votes: 43
37. The Frighteners (1972–1973)
26 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Frighteners was a British psychological suspense anthology series that ran for 1 series consisting of 13 self contained episodes.
Stars: Ian Holm, Tom Bell, Rudolph Walker, Ian Hendry
Votes: 71
38. Villette (1970– )
45 min | Drama
A younger English woman who finds herself without any prospects travels to the continent on a bold journey. She finds a home in a girls school where she becomes a teacher. Romance and intrigue ensue.
Stars: Judy Parfitt, Peter Jeffrey, Mona Bruce, Bryan Marshall
Votes: 11
39. Lady Killers (1980–1981)
60 min | Crime, Drama
British drama about famous murder cases involving women.
Stars: Robert Morley, Andrew Johns, Charles Kay, Lewis Fiander
Votes: 44
40. Target (1977–1978)
50 min | Action, Crime
A small team of detectives solve crimes of a varied nature in Southampton.
Stars: Patrick Mower, Philip Madoc, Brendan Price, Vivien Heilbron
Votes: 64
41. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
42. 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
43. Perfect Scoundrels (1990–1992)
60 min | Comedy
Perfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing there best To separate various people from their money/
Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Ian Bartholomew, G.B. Zoot Money
Votes: 51
44. Man of the World (1962–1963)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Michael Strait is a high-flying photo-journalist and a real Man of the World. His business takes him to every corner of the world and every corner of society and with his eye for trouble it proves to be an irresistible combination.
Stars: Craig Stevens, Tracy Reed, Paul Maxwell, Ricardo Montez
Votes: 57
45. 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: 31
46. Uncle Silas (1989)
148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Maud Ruthyn, a lovely and sensitive girl, is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas Ruthyn, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to ... See full summary »
Stars: Beatie Edney, Jane Lapotaire, Tim Woodward, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 163
47. Invitation to the Wedding (1983)
PG | 90 min | Comedy
During a wedding rehearsal, an English bride-to-be and an American who was just standing in for the groom accidentally get married. She doesn't mind the idea at first, but things get bumpy very soon.
Director: Joseph Brooks | Stars: Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Paul Nicholas, Elizabeth Shepherd
Votes: 42
48. 4 Play (1989–1991)
Drama
Stars: Anton Rodgers, Kenny Ireland, Claire Hackett, Ian McElhinney
Votes: 20
49. The Rescue Squad (1963)
54 min | Family
Six children lose a toy plane in a high ruined tower.
Director: Colin Bell | Stars: Christopher Brett, Shirley Joy, Malcolm Knight, Gareth Tandy
Votes: 8
50. The Informer (1966–1967)
60 min | Drama
A disgraced ex-lawyer, now released from prison, uses his accumulated knowledge to earn a living from both sides of the law.
Stars: Ian Hendry, Neil Hallett, Jean Marsh, Heather Sears
Votes: 69