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1. A Passage to India (1984)
PG | 164 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox
Votes: 20,918 | Gross: $27.19M
2. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,590
3. When the Wind Blows (1986)
16+ | 84 min | Animation, Drama, War
A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston, James Russell
Votes: 12,664 | Gross: $0.01M
4. The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, History, Romance
The sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Geraldine James, Wendy Morgan, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 2,423
5. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 900
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 7,076 | Gross: $0.54M
7. The Nun's Story (1959)
Approved | 149 min | Drama
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 11,714 | Gross: $12.80M
8. A Perfect Spy (1987)
374 min | Thriller
The rise and fall of Magnus Pym and his career through intelligence. From chance meetings with people will be important to him in the future to a life in Czechoslovakia, Pym weaves his way through the complicated world of espionage.
Stars: Ray McAnally, Rüdiger Weigang, Alan Howard, Peter Egan
Votes: 999
9. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
10. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
11. Madame Sousatzka (1988)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Music
Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy
Votes: 1,616 | Gross: $3.55M
12. Joseph Andrews (1977)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Lady Booby alias "Belle" (Ann-Margret), the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby (Peter Bull), has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews (Peter... See full summary »
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid
Votes: 681 | Gross: $0.84M
13. Secret Ceremony (1968)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother, and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Mia Farrow, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 2,649
14. 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
15. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 139
16. 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
17. Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Not Rated | 350 min | Drama, History, Romance
The events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.
Stars: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, David Waller, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 457
18. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 132
19. Wogan (1982–1992)
35 min | Talk-Show
Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.
Stars: Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Hunniford
Votes: 314
20. 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
21. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
22. She's Been Away (1989)
103 min | Drama
Locked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Geraldine James, James Fox, Jackson Kyle
Votes: 221
23. Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
R | 92 min | Drama
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Judy Geeson, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 266
24. The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)
Drama
A filmed theatre production of four of Shakespeare's historical plays condensed down into a trilogy.
Stars: David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Donald Burton, Alan Tucker
Votes: 84
25. 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
26. Tell Me Lies (1968)
118 min | Documentary, Drama
A variety of British views on the Vietnam War.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Mark Jones, Pauline Munro, Eric Allan, Robert Langdon Lloyd
Votes: 110
27. Murder by the Book (II) (1987 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
Poirot has been murdered! Did Dame Agatha Christie do it?
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Wilson, Michael Aldridge
Votes: 106
28. Playing Shakespeare (1982)
Documentary
John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.
Stars: John Barton, David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Alan Howard
Votes: 224
29. The Heat of the Day (1989 TV Movie)
106 min | Drama
In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent who has found out her lover is a spy. He promises to not arrest him if she'll have a relationship with him.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Michael Gambon, Patricia Hodge, Michael York, Ralph Michael
Votes: 91
30. The Wandering Jew (I) (1933)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy
Conrad Veidt stars as the Jew who urges Roman authorities to crucify Jesus and release Barabbas. As a punishment, he is condemned by God to wander the Earth for many centuries, enduring ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Marie Ney, Basil Gill, Cicely Oates
Votes: 128
31. Quiet Wedding (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy several comedic adventures before their wedding day.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Marjorie Fielding, A.E. Matthews, David Tomlinson
Votes: 156
32. The Pedestrian (1973)
PG | 98 min | Drama
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Peter Hall, Maximilian Schell, Gila von Weitershausen
Votes: 288
33. The London Programme (1975–2008)
60 min | News
London Regional Current Affairs programme. Some weeks political, some weeks cultural. Greg Dyke was the Deputy Editor.
Stars: Trevor Phillips, Godfrey Hodgson, John Taylor, Andrew Phillips
Votes: 54
34. Monitor (1958–1965)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Fortnightly arts show from the BBC, covering the worlds of theatre, film, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music.
Stars: Huw Wheldon, Jonathan Miller, John Berger, Robert Robinson
Votes: 98
35. The Cherry Orchard (1962 TV Movie)
130 min | Comedy
Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevsky (Peggy Ashcroft) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Dorothy Tutin, Judi Dench
Votes: 65
36. Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of thieves descend upon an Indian palace to steal a collection of valuable paintings.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Larry Pine, Saeed Jaffrey, Victor Banerjee
Votes: 139
37. Cream in My Coffee (1980 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Musical
Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Lionel Jeffries, Shelagh McLeod, Peter Chelsom
Votes: 185
38. Twelfth Night (1939 TV Movie)
150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Viola (Peggy Ashcroft) and Sebastian (Basil Langton) are look-a-like fraternal twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes... See full summary »
Director: Michel Saint-Denis | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Redgrave, Esmond Knight, George Hayes
Votes: 23
39. Six Centuries of Verse (1984– )
Rediscover the music of the spoken word as John Gielgud (Arthur) conducts a grand tour of English-language poetry through the centuries. Compiled by poet and literary critic Anthony Thwaite... See full summary »
Stars: John Gielgud, Julian Glover, Ian Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 18
40. Rhodes (1936)
Approved | 90 min | Biography
This rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.
Directors: Berthold Viertel, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Walter Huston, Oscar Homolka, Basil Sydney, Frank Cellier
Votes: 223
41. We Serve (1942)
30 min | Short, War
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Esma Cannon, Joyce Carey, Penelope Dudley-Ward
Votes: 26
42. The Tempest (1939 TV Movie)
90 min | Fantasy
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
Directors: Dallas Bower, Antony Tudor | Stars: Alan Wheatley, Oliver Burt, John Abbott, Basil Langton
Votes: 9
43. Stage by Stage (1954–1955)
Drama
Stars: Jessie Evans, June Shields, Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Bayldon
44. Révolution d'octobre (1967)
98 min | Documentary
Director: Frédéric Rossif | Stars: John Gielgud, Suzanne Flon, Pierre Vaneck, André Reybaz
45. Sunshine in Soho (1956)
33 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Burt Hyams | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Anthony Ireland, Peter King
Votes: 8
46. The Tempest/II (1939 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
Directors: Dallas Bower, Antony Tudor | Stars: Alan Wheatley, Oliver Burt, John Abbott, Basil Langton
47. Channel Incident (1940)
8 min | Short
During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to search for her husband, a British soldier... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Gordon Harker, Robert Newton, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 31
48. Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre (1991 TV Special)
Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Jeremy Brett, Alistair Cooke, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 16
49. En direct de... (1956–1974)
Documentary
Stars: Pierre Tchernia, Georges de Caunes, Jean Thévenot, Max Favalelli
50. Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1964 (1965 TV Special)
25 min | Short, Documentary
Stars: Peter Haigh, Bernard Delfont, Morecambe & Wise, Eric Morecambe