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1. The Crown (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith
Votes: 257,735
2. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench
Votes: 189,235 | Gross: $87.24M
3. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Long-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,125
4. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,716
5. Holby City (1999–2022)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.
Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs, Bob Barrett
Votes: 2,680
6. Keeping Faith (2017–2021)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.
Stars: Eve Myles, Bradley Freegard, Mark Lewis Jones, Hannah Daniel
Votes: 5,847
7. Hinterland (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption.
Stars: Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Alex Harries, Hannah Daniel
Votes: 15,143
8. Stella (2012–2017)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A series set in the fictional village of Pontyberry in the South Wales Valleys centered on the lives of a single mother in her forties, who earns a living doing the locals' ironing, and her family and friends.
Stars: Ruth Jones, Karen Paullada, Craig Gallivan, Justin Davies
Votes: 2,073
9. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.
Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason
Votes: 526
10. One Chance (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- Britain's Got Talent (2007).
Director: David Frankel | Stars: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney
Votes: 13,142 | Gross: $0.09M
11. The Indian Doctor (2010–2013)
Not Rated | 680 min | Drama, History
In a comedy-drama set in the 1960s, a South Wales coal mining community is changed forever following the death of the local doctor, whose replacement comes as quite a shock to the villagers.
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Jacob Oakley, Mali Harries
Votes: 1,598
12. Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
25 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Suspense and mystery-themed anthology series.
Stars: Frank Duncan, James Bolam, Maria Aitken, Zena Walker
Votes: 257
13. Dangerfield (1995–1999)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
The life and times of a small-town family practitioner and police surgeon.
Stars: Roderick Smith, Nadim Sawalha, Nicola Cowper, Bill Wallis
Votes: 197
14. Pobol y Cwm (1974– )
25 min | Drama
A Welsh-language TV soap (the longest running BBC television soap) set in the small Welsh town of Cwmderi, in the heart of the South Wales valleys.
Stars: Sophie Mensah, Gwenfair Vaughan, Lois Meleri Jones, Siw Hughes
Votes: 112
15. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 96
16. Undertaking Betty (2002)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman, whose husband is cheating on her, and an undertaker, who has been in love with her since their childhood, decide to fake her death so they can be together.
Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts
Votes: 5,128
17. 35 Diwrnod (2014– )
49 min | Mystery
The body of Jan Richards, on a well-off suburban housing estate. 35 days back,Jan moves to the estate. From that day until her death, 35 days later, a look into her past and why was she on this estate.
Stars: Bethan Bevan, Lois Jones, Mark Flanagan, Ifan Huw Dafydd
Votes: 165
18. The Tuckers (2020–2022)
22 min | Comedy
A look at the life of The Tuckers, a close-knit, extended family of lovable rogues.
Stars: Steve Speirs, Lynn Hunter, Joshua McCord, Alexandria Riley
Votes: 364
19. The Bench (2001– )
Crime, Drama
Legal drama based in a magistrates court in Wales.
Stars: Mark Lewis Jones, Brian Hibbard, Eiry Thomas, Eluned Jones
Votes: 75
20. High Hopes (2002– )
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Sitcom set and made in Wales. Fagin, a budding Welsh "entrepreneur" with a dodgy past, takes in two tear-aways as apprentices. The series follows their daily lives, relationships and ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Blythe, Steve Meo, Margaret John, Keiron Self
Votes: 145
21. Dirty Tricks (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
Edward fancies himself to be a cunning manipulator, but is so tragically self-deluded that he can't see he's being used by his wealthy friends as a sex-tool and a dupe. Banality ensues.
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Martin Clunes, James Bolam, George Potts, Julie Graham
Votes: 188
22. A Mind to Kill (1994–2002)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain looks back fondly to the days when policing involved chasing villains, playing rugby and drinking beer. However, he has come to realize that contemporary... See full summary »
Stars: Philip Madoc, Ffion Wilkins, Sharon Morgan, Gillian Elisa
Votes: 424
23. Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, History
One mans quest for a lost missionary in the African jungle becomes a journey of his own self discovery
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Nigel Hawthorne, Kabir Bedi, Edward Fox
Votes: 272
24. Arthur's Dyke (2001)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Twenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the walk, but this time they are joined by a forty year old wife and mother who is in the midst of a mid-life crisis.
Director: Gerry Poulson | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Robert Daws, Richard Graham, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 315
25. Brendon Chase (1980–1981)
30 min | Adventure, Family
TV adaptation of the classic children's novel by 'BB' - three young brothers run away from their aunt and live in the forest of Brendon Chase.
Stars: Craig McFarlane, Howard Taylor, Paul Erangey, Rosalie Crutchley
Votes: 144
26. The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the brilliant but immensely controversial David Lloyd George, who was the final Liberal Party Prime Minister of the UK.
Stars: Philip Madoc, Lisabeth Miles, William Thomas, Kika Markham
Votes: 47
27. The Blackheath Poisonings (1992)
180 min | Crime, Drama, History
The investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord among two feuding families tied together in business and marriage, living under the same roof.
Stars: Christine Kavanagh, Ian McNeice, Zoë Wanamaker, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 181
28. Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
96 min | Comedy
The film is set in Wales and concerns itself with the aristocracy who are taxing to common people to ruin. Naturally, a certain member of said aristocracy decided that all this is not on, ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Francis | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Paul Rhys, Joely Richardson, Dafydd Hywel
Votes: 188
29. The Dawson Watch (1979–1980)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Les Dawson has a team of assistants and a computerised system in "Dawson Control", enabling him to put together footage and reports on the problems of modern society.
Stars: Les Dawson, Roy Barraclough, Gordon Peters, Daphne Oxenford
Votes: 19
30. Border Cafe (2000)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Dreams meet reality at a meeting place on the borders of Lancashire, Cheshire and Wales.
Stars: Elizabeth Carling, Sean Gallagher, Georgia Mackenzie, Antony Strachan
Votes: 78
31. Stanley and the Women (1991– )
202 min | Drama
Stanley Duke is a middle aged advertising executive who's life is turned upside down when his son is diagnosed schizophrenic. To make matters worse Stanley's home is suddenly invaded by of his past and current wives amongst other women.
Stars: John Thaw, Geraldine James, Sheila Gish, Penny Downie
Votes: 30
32. The Christmas Stallion (1992 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Drama
Sixteen year old Gwen Davies adores the horses she and her grandfather have raised on the beautiful Welsh Mountains. However, when her grandfather dies her uncle must either sell the farm ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Edwards | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, Lynette Davies, Siân MacLean, Patrick Loomer
Votes: 120
33. Rhinoceros (1999 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
Ex-footballer Flynn (Robson Green) is thrown together with his estranged wife Alison when their mentally handicapped son goes AWOL from his training centre home. As roguish Flynn and ... See full summary »
Director: David Tucker | Stars: Robson Green, Niamh Cusack, Raymond Pickard, Joy Richardson
Votes: 97
34. Coming Up Roses (1986)
PG | 93 min | Comedy
The last cinema in a small town in South Wales closes. This means for the projectionist Trevor and ice cream vendor Mona that they are out of job. They come up with a new idea: They want to... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Bayly | Stars: Olive Michael, Richard Lewis, Edward Lewis, Michael Lewis
Votes: 79
35. Pen Talar (2010– )
Drama
Pen Talar, Rhydycaeau, Tywi Valley, 10 year old Defi Lewis home and the centre of his universe. The perfect, Arcadian childhood - blissful innocence. But a darkness lurks on the horizon ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Mali Harries, Richard Harrington, Ryland Teifi, Eiry Thomas
Votes: 26
36. Other People's Children (2000– )
50 min | Drama
When civil servant Elizabeth Brown becomes involved with divorcee Tom Carver, little does she realise that his daughter Dale is watching their every move. Adapted from the novel by Joanna Trollope.
Stars: Lesley Manville, Denis Lawson, Serena Gordon, Frank Harper
Votes: 28
37. The Unknown Soldier (1998– )
180 min | Drama
An unidentified English soldier in World War I strives to recover his voice, health, identity and memory with the help of a nurse.
Stars: Gary Mavers, Juliet Aubrey, Aislín McGuckin, Frederick Treves
Votes: 39
38. Y Pris (2007–2008)
Crime, Drama
The series follows the tangled lives of a group of West-Walian gangsters. The drama centres on Lyn Edwards, who has responsibility thrust upon his shoulders when his father is taken ill. ... See full summary »
Stars: Mari Ann Bull, Matthew Gravelle, Aled Pugh, Jâms Thomas
Votes: 22
39. Perfect Day: The Millennium (2006 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
A prequel to the 2005 British television movie A Perfect Day, tells the story of a group of university friends who get together in a remote Welsh cottage to celebrate the new Millennium.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Josephine Butler, Anthony Calf, Mark Donovan, Michael Fenton Stevens
Votes: 81
40. Milwr Bychan (1987)
105 min | Drama
A young Welsh soldier on duty in northern Ireland shoots a terrorist in self defense and is used as scapegoat by the political system.
Director: Karl Francis | Stars: James Donnelly, Bernard Latham, Robert Pugh, Dafydd Hywel
Votes: 54
41. The Angry Earth (1989)
107 min | Drama
Gwen, the oldest woman in Britain looks back over her unique life
Director: Karl Francis | Stars: Sue Roderick, Mark Lewis Jones, Maria Pride, Dafydd Hywel
Votes: 25
42. The Mouse and the Woman (1980)
105 min | Drama
The story of a man who is as handy with his fists as with his poetic fantasy. His masculinity fascinates Gilda, the wife of the owner of the mine. Gilda is something of a seductress. A ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Francis | Stars: Karen Archer, Robert Blythe, John Cassady, Huw Ceredig
Votes: 10
43. Come Home Charlie and Face Them (1990)
177 min
Dramatisation of R.F. Delderfield's novel about a young bank clerk in North Wales who gets involved in complicated relationships and criminal activities.
Stars: Tom Radcliffe, Dafydd Hywel, Peter Sallis, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 19
44. Mortimer's Law (1998– )
50 min | Crime, Drama
City lawyer Rachel Mortimer takes a job as coroner in rural Wales.
Stars: Amanda Root, Nicholas McGaughey, Gwenyth Petty, Shirley King
Votes: 13
45. Wales Playhouse (1990–1996)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Richard Harrington, Melanie Walters, Andrew Lennon, William Thomas
46. Richard Burton's Christmas Story (1991 TV Movie)
Family
Director: Alan Clayton | Stars: Sharon Barry, Delyth Boekel, Bowen George, Dafydd Hywel
47. Harpur and Iles (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Mystery
Two British detectives must rescue a mobster's son from kidnappers before the boy's father takes his revenge.
Director: Jim Hill | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Aneirin Hughes, Patrick Robinson, Jim Carter
Votes: 26
48. Off to Philadelphia in the Morning (1978– )
50 min | Drama
BBC drama about the life of the Welsh composer Joseph Parry.
Stars: William Squire, Gerald James, Rachel Thomas, Siân Phillips
Votes: 5
49. Gwaed ar y Ser (1975)
56 min | Horror
Shadrach and the school choir apply murderous plans in order to prevent local celebrities from appearing in the village hall concert.
Director: Wil Aaron | Stars: Grey Evans, Hywel Gwynfryn, Dafydd Iwan, Dyfan Roberts
Votes: 15
50. The Mimosa Boys (1985 TV Movie)
Drama
The Welsh Guards are ordered to the Falklands, and for four young Guardsmen the prospect of 'a cruise to the South Atlantic on the QE2' is exciting.
Director: John Hefin | Stars: Dorien Thomas, Alun ap Brinley, Glyn Baker, Owen Teale