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1. 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: 94
2. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
3. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 92
4. To theatro tis Defteras (1970–2004)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Spyros Konstadopoulos, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Trifon Karatzas, Iakovos Psarras
Votes: 68
5. Estudio 1 (1965–2016)
Drama
Stars: Ana María Vidal, Fernando Delgado, José Bódalo, Luisa Sala
Votes: 91
6. The Playboy of the Western World (1962)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, fall under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day, captivating everyone when he claims he murdered his father.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Siobhan McKenna, Gary Raymond, Elspeth March, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 141
7. Theatre Night (1985–1990)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays.
Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Robert Lang, Natalie Ogle, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 58
8. The Robert Herridge Theater (1960–1961)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Robert Herridge, Michael Kane, Robert Dryden, John Fiedler
Votes: 23
9. Encounter (1952–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both CBC and ABC. In Canada, the series was known as "General Motors Presents". The one-hour dramas were either ... See full summary »
Stars: Austin Willis, Barry Morse, Katharine Blake, James Doohan
Votes: 46
10. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
11. The Playboy of the Western World (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: John Hurt, Sinéad Cusack, Pauline Delaney, Joe Lynch
Votes: 33
12. CBS Television Workshop (1952– )
30 min | Drama
A short-lived American anthology series, lasting for about 3 months. Its first episode was an adaptation of the novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes. The show featured early ... See full summary »
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sidney Poitier
Votes: 64
13. Riders to the Sea (1960 TV Movie)
28 min | Drama, Family
Maurya, who lives in a village on the coast of Ireland, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and five sons to the sea. With a sense of foreboding, she predicts that by nightfall she will have no living sons remaining.
Director: George R. Foa | Stars: Sybil Thorndike, Sean Connery, Olive McFarland, Jan Kenny
Votes: 29
14. Riders to the Sea (1987)
47 min | Drama
Maurya, who lives in a village on the coast of Ireland, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and five sons to the sea. With a sense of foreboding, she predicts that by nightfall she will have no living sons remaining.
Director: Ronan O'Leary | Stars: Geraldine Page, Amanda Plummer, Sachi Parker, Barry McGovern
Votes: 18
15. Paris or Somewhere (1994 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
A confessed killer wanders into a small community in the Canadian prairies.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Callum Keith Rennie, Molly Parker, Chris Owens, Charlene Fernetz
Votes: 73
16. The Playboy of the Western World (1986 TV Movie)
126 min | Comedy
J.M. Synge's comedy set in an Irish public house in the early twentieth century.
Director: Garry Hynes | Stars: Brid Brennan, Bairbre Ní Chaoimh, Paddy Dooney, Máirtín Jaimsie
17. Playboy of the Western World (1983 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 118 min
A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter ... See full summary »
Directors: Vincent Dowling, William R. Payne | Stars: Maggie Affelder, Madylon Branstetter, John Q. Bruce, Bairbre Dowling
Votes: 12
19. Riders to the Sea (1937)
40 min | Short
In this story of Western Ireland, the most famous work of Irelands greatest dramatist John Millington Synge is brought to the screen by Ulster's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst. ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Sara Allgood, Ria Mooney, Shelah Richards, Kevin Guthrie
Votes: 17
20. Shoestring Theatre (1959–1964)
Drama
Stars: Kay Tremblay, Powys Thomas, Gerald Rowan, Margaret Cunningham
21. Playboy of the Western World (1946 TV Movie)
Drama
A strange youth impresses the women of a remote Irish pub spot by claiming he has murdered his father.
Stars: Patrick Boxill, Adrian Byrne, Edward Byrne, Joyce Chancellor
22. Teatro de siempre (1966–1979)
Drama
Stars: Alicia Hermida, Nicolás Dueñas, Jesús Enguita, Juan José Otegui
23. Playboy of the Western World (1964)
Drama
A strange youth impresses the women at a remote Irish pub spot by claiming to have murdered his father.
Stars: Kate Binchy, James Caffrey, Eileen Colgan, Tony Doyle
24. Ruiters naar de zee (1962 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Theo Op de Beeck, Nady Hiroux, Vera Veroft, Herman Vinck
25. I sandhed en helt (1955 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Edvin Tiemroth | Stars: Frits Helmuth, Elith Pio, Clara Østø, Ego Brønnum-Jacobsen
26. Der Held der westlichen Welt (1959 TV Movie)
A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Palitzsch, Manfred Wekwerth | Stars: Barbara Berg, Ekkehard Schall, Martin Flörchinger, Peter Kalisch
27. Hjälten på den gröna ön (1967 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Kurt-Olof Sundström | Stars: Rolf Bengtsson, Dennis Dahlsten, John Elfström, Karl Erik Flens
28. Le baladin du monde occidental (1971 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
Directors: Pierre Bureau, Georges Douking | Stars: Anna Douking, Jean-Pierre Andréani, Harry-Max, Lucien Barjon
29. Helten på den grøne øya (1971 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A Man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Finn Kvalem | Stars: Nils Ole Oftebro, Kjell Stormoen, Per Gjersøe, Eva von Hanno
30. Cavalgada para o Mar (1957 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Artur Ramos | Stars: Fernanda Montemor, Aura Abranches, Lourdes Norberto, Tomás de Macedo
31. De rider mod havet (1954 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama
Maurya from a remote Irish island has lost her husband, five sons and a brother to the sea. She now pleas for her last son, Bartley, not to sail. TV adaptation of J.M. Synge's lyrically tragic one act play from 1904.
Director: Edvin Tiemroth | Stars: Bodil Ipsen, John Wittig, Clara Østø, Tove Maës
32. Academy Theatre (1949– )
30 min | Drama
Little-known actors perform live stage dramas.
Stars: Mark Roberts, Michael Higgins, Anne Jackson, Ian MacDonald
33. Jahaci put mora (1969 TV Movie)
37 min | Drama
Director: Ognjenka Milicevic | Stars: Ljiljana Krstic, Neda Spasojevic, Donka Ignjatovic, Tanasije Uzunovic
34. Dei rid mot havet (1960 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Gerhard Knoop | Stars: Finn Bernhoft, Astrid Folstad, Else Frogner, Bonne Gauguin
35. Ritten till havet (1962 TV Movie)
Director: Ralf Långbacka | Stars: Halvar Björk, Berta Hall, Inger Liljefors, Monica Nielsen
36. Laakson varjo (1965 TV Movie)
35 min
Director: Seppo Vallgren | Stars: Veikko Honkanen, Marja-Leena Syvänen, Turo Unho, Oiva Lohtander
37. Le baladin du monde occidental (1957 TV Movie)
Director: Marcel Bluwal | Stars: Roger Crouzet, Lucien Raimbourg, Rosy Varte, Nadine Basile
38. The Shadow of the Glen (1948 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
On a dark and stormy night in County Wicklow a Tramp, seeking shelter from the wind and rain, knocks on the door of the loneliest cottage in Glen Malure, and finds himself at an impromptu wake.
Stars: E.J. Kennedy, Joyce Chancellor, Cyril Cusack
39. The Heart's a Wonder (1978 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
The film is based on John Millington Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World. Christy Mahon comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him ... See full summary »
Stars: Dearbhla Molloy, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Ann O'Dwyer, Derry Power
40. U senci klisure (1969 TV Movie)
36 min | Drama
Director: Ognjenka Milicevic | Stars: Mija Aleksic, Stojan 'Stole' Arandjelovic, Slavka Jerinic, Branko Milicevic
41. Ein wahrer Held (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A Man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Lietzau | Stars: Horst Frank, Carla Hagen, Carl Kuhlmann, Josef Sieber
Votes: 12
42. The Shadow of the Glen (1954 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
On a dark and stormy night in County Wicklow a Tramp, seeking shelter from the wind and rain, knocks on the door of the loneliest cottage in Glen Malure, and finds himself at an impromptu wake.
Stars: Stephen Boyd, Ric Felgate, Liam Gaffney, Siobhan McKenna
43. The Shadow of the Glen (1959 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Dermot Kelly, Peggy Marshall, Brian O'Higgins, P.G. Stephens
44. I fjelldalens skygge (1968 TV Movie)
35 min
On a small mountain farm far from people lives a married couple. Nora is young and longs away from poverty, loneliness and cravings. Dan is old, jealous and traditional.
Director: Jon Heggedal | Stars: Sverre Hansen, Tom Tellefsen, Ingebjørg Sem, Harald Heide Steen
45. Die Nebelschlucht (1982 TV Movie)
Director: Herwig Kipping | Stars: Uwe Kockisch, Dagmar Manzel, Peter Hölzel, Peter Jahoda
46. I sandhed en helt (1967 TV Movie)
49 min | Comedy, Drama
A boy tells that he has killed his father - and becomes the hero of the village for a day. TV adaptation of Synge's grotesque Irish comedy from 1907.
Director: Edvin Tiemroth | Stars: Christoffer Bro, Hans W. Petersen, Puk Schaufuss, Gyda Hansen
47. Kavalarides tis thalassas (1975 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Tasos Georgiou | Stars: Despoina Bebedeli, Adriani Maleni, Lina Zeniou Papa
48.
Academy Theatre (1949– )
Episode:
In the Shadow of the Glen
(1949)
Drama
On a dark and stormy night in County Wicklow a Tramp, seeking shelter from the wind and rain, knocks on the door of the loneliest cottage in Glen Malure, and finds himself at an impromptu wake.
Director: Mark Hawley | Star: Anne Jackson
49.
CBS Television Workshop (1952– )
Episode:
Riders to the Sea
(1952)
Drama
Maurya, who lives in a village on the coast of Ireland, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and five sons to the sea. With a sense of foreboding, she predicts that by nightfall she will have no living sons remaining.
Director: Norris Houghton | Star: Cathleen Nesbitt
50.
Estudio 1 (1965–2016)
Episode:
El farsante más grande del mundo
(1969)
Drama
Stars: Nicolás Dueñas, Antonio Medina, Vicente Soler, Clara Suñer