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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: 39,549
2. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,104
3. 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: 314
4. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 393
5. The Tripods (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Masters using their giant Tripods. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places ... See full summary »
Stars: John Shackley, Ceri Seel, Jim Baker, Robin Hayter
Votes: 1,571
6. Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Jean Darblay is assigned to Hartley, Lancashire. Initially facing scepticism from sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish, she gradually earns their respect and admiration as their new female boss at the police station.
Stars: David Ellison, Noel Collins, Stephanie Turner, Anna Carteret
Votes: 283
7. Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
60 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
A rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists.
Stars: The Ladybirds, Pan's People, Jimmy Savile, Legs & Co
Votes: 1,126
8. Tomorrow's World (1965–2016)
30 min | Documentary
Long running BBC TV series looking at what's new in science and technology.
Stars: Judith Hann, Raymond Baxter, Michael Rodd, Peter Macann
Votes: 123
9. Lorna Doone (1976– )
55 min | Drama, Romance
Lorna Doone is a swashbuckling tale of love, rivalry and revenge. As a child, John Ridd watches as his father is killed by the feared clan, the Doones, and swears to avenge his death. Years... See full summary »
Stars: Emily Richard, John Sommerville, Patrick Troughton, Ian Hogg
Votes: 40
10. The Enigma Files (1980– )
50 min | Crime
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis is tasked with investigating unsolved crimes.
Stars: Tom Adams, Duggie Brown, Sharon Maughan, Carole Nimmons
Votes: 24
11. Comedy Playhouse (1961–2017)
30 min | Comedy
Anthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.
Stars: Frank Thornton, John Le Mesurier, Robert Dorning, Bernard Cribbins
Votes: 70
12. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
13. Mastermind (1972– )
30 min | Game-Show
A long-running series in which members of the public sit in a black chair to answer questions on a specialist subject and general knowledge.
Stars: Magnus Magnusson, Charles Key, Paul Ponder, Daniel Appleby
Votes: 706
14. Quiller (1975– )
50 min | Drama
The exploits of British Agent Quiller as he carries out his various assignments for the secret agency known only as "The Bureau".
Stars: Michael Jayston, Moray Watson, Sinéad Cusack, Nigel Stock
Votes: 45
15. Rings on Their Fingers (1978–1980)
30 min | Comedy
Sandy wants to get married, but her boyfriend Oliver is not yet ready to make such a huge step--at first.
Stars: Diane Keen, Martin Jarvis, Tim Barrett, Barbara Lott
Votes: 30
16. The Doctors (1969–1972)
30 min | Drama
The series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Leech, Justine Lord, Pamela Duncan, John Barrie
Votes: 21
17. In Concert (1970– )
56 min | Music
Intimate concerts for the new breed of singer-songwriter.
Stars: Oscar Peterson, Richie Havens, Tony Joe White, James Taylor
Votes: 16
18. Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–1982)
120 min | Family, Talk-Show
Saturday morning children's show which as well as having music and guests also had kids phone in and swap toys with each other.
Stars: Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, John Craven, Maggie Philbin
Votes: 121
19. Goodbye Darling (1979–1981)
50 min
A series of eight plays on the theme of lost love.
Stars: Neville Jason, Sheila Gish, Renée Asherson, Stella Tanner
Votes: 15
20. The Chinese Puzzle (1974)
25 min | Adventure, Family
Stars: Deborah Makepeace, William Fox, Ric Young, William Abney
Votes: 8
21. Alexei Sayle's Stuff (1988–1991)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.
Stars: Alexei Sayle, Tony Millan, Angus Deayton, Owen Brenman
Votes: 162
22. Play for Tomorrow (1982)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An anthology of six plays that offered predictions of the future ranging from 1997-2016. Made by the same team behind the more regarded Play For Today, it lasted for a single series.
Stars: Gavin Campbell, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Robin Ellis, Tracey Childs
Votes: 29
23. Music on 2 (1965–1973)
Documentary, Music
Stars: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
24. Conversations with a Stranger (1983 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: John Stride, Rula Lenska, Santiago Varela
25. An Evening with... (1968–1971)
A celebrity selects personal choices of prose and poetry in front of a theatre audience.
Stars: Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Constance Cummings, Patrick Garland, Tyrone Guthrie
26.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Z for Zachariah
(1984)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Pippa Hinchley, David Daker, Angela Galbraith
Votes: 114
27.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
(1981)
69 min | Comedy, Drama
On August the 15th, 1945, after the official surrender of the Empire of Japan, Admiral Matome Ugaki led the last Special Attack Force pilots across the Pacific, to crash into American ships... See full summary »
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: John Blythe, Harold Goodwin, Don Henderson, Peter Sallis
Votes: 8
28.
Play for Tomorrow (1982)
Episode:
Cricket
(1982)
51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Coanwood Cricket Club hold their selection committee for the weekend's match, paranoid that they're being kept under surveillance. Is the committee a front for something more sinister, and can everyone be trusted?
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Malcolm Terris, Terence Halliday, Jeremy Child, Paul Antony-Barber
Votes: 8
29.
Comedy Playhouse (1961–2017)
Episode:
The Jugg Brothers
(1970)
30 min | Comedy
Two brothers work as caretakers in a block of flats in London. They pass their time by competing for the perks of the job.
Stars: Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant, Fanny Carby, Queenie Watts
30.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Moving on the Edge
(1984)
64 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her husband and family.
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: Eleanor Bron, Gary Raymond, Rosalie Crutchley, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 10
31.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Original Pilot
(1982)
TV-PG | 32 min | Comedy
Set in Elizabethan times, Prince Edmund plots to kill McAngus after the King gives him all of Edmund's Scottish lands.
Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, John Savident, Elspet Gray, Robert Bathurst
Votes: 436
32.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
A Sense of Guilt
(1974)
Crime, Drama
Director: Ian Wyatt | Stars: James Appleby, Velvey Attwood, Ralph Ball, Peter Byrne
33.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Meglos: Part One
(1980)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Romana and K-9 arrive on the forest planet Tygella, where the native Tygellans now live in a underground city, due to the carnivorous plants. Where the Doctor finds he has been ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Bill Fraser, Frederick Treves
Votes: 459
34.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Android Invasion: Part One
(1975)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah return to Earth in the present day to find a strangely deserted village and woods stalked by white-clad figures.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Milton Johns, Peter Welch
Votes: 556
35.
The Enigma Files (1980– )
Episode:
Investigation of a Copper
(1980)
50 min | Crime
Nick Lewis and fellow officer Joe Mackie find themselves under investigation from Criminal Investigations when a convicted prisoner gives their names to DCI Lowson
Director: Christopher Baker | Stars: Tom Adams, Sharon Maughan, Duggie Brown, Alyson Spiro
36.
Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
Episode:
Doors
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Longton becomes involved in the case of a young foster mother accused of shoplifting.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Anna Carteret, David Ellison, Noel Collins, Mark Botham
Votes: 26
37.
Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
Episode:
John the Lad
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Longton inquires after John Morton, a dangerous young man who has returned to Hartley.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Anna Carteret, David Ellison, Noel Collins, Mark Botham
Votes: 11
38.
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–1982)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1976)
Family, Talk-Show
Noel Edmonds interviews Doctor Who (1963) stars Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen and they answer telephone calls from viewing children.
Director: Ian Oliver | Stars: Noel Edmonds, John Craven, Keith Chegwin, Tom Baker
39.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Shall I Be Mother?
(1983)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Susan and Jenny are aged 13 and 14 and in care. Jenny's mother has died, Susan hasn't seen hers for years Both influence the close, stormy relationship that develops between the two girls.
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Eva Griffith, Cassie Stuart, Sheila Grant, Sara Clee
40.
Quiller (1975– )
Episode:
Political Jungle
(1975)
Drama
A revolution has taken place in St Christabel and the communists have been ousted. An oil refinery may now be returned to Britain but they also want aristocrat's granddaughter Arabella who has been kidnapped.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Michael Jayston, Moray Watson, Gemma Jones, James Laurenson
41.
Rings on Their Fingers (1978–1980)
Episode:
Ladies Man
(1980)
30 min | Comedy
Having to deliver a package to his boss, Oliver gets seen by his colleagues with a succession of different women, including Pauline, who really fancies him. Sandy thinks he's having various affairs as do his workmates.
Stars: Diane Keen, Martin Jarvis, Tim Barrett, Julie Dawn Cole
42.
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (1988–1991)
Episode:
Six Bodybuilders of the Italian Renaissance
(1989)
Comedy
Director: Marcus Mortimer | Stars: Alexei Sayle, Angus Deayton, Tony Millan, Jan Ravens
Votes: 7
43.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.44
(1981)
36 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Final appearance of all girl dance group Legs and Co
Director: John Bishop | Stars: Simon Bates, Altered Images, Rod Stewart, Eddie Furey
44.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.45
(1981)
36 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Debut of mixed gender dance group Zoo
Stars: Peter Powell, Modern Romance, The Police, Steve Earle
45.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.46
(1981)
Music, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Dave Lee Travis, Robert 'Kool' Bell, Haircut 100, Nick Heyward
46.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.47
(1981)
35 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Director: Gordon Elsbury | Stars: Steve Wright, Modern Romance, Julio Iglesias, The Pretenders
47.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.48
(1981)
35 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Director: Gordon Elsbury | Stars: Mike Read, The Jets, Earth Wind & Fire, Toyah Willcox
48.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.49
(1981)
36 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
David 'Kid' Jensen presents, featuring Bad Manners, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Fun Boy Three, Godley and Creme, The Human League, Julio Iglesias and Zoo.
Stars: Kid Jensen, Soft Cell, Status Quo, Duran Duran
Votes: 9
49.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.50
(1981)
35 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Director: Gordon Elsbury | Stars: Jimmy Savile, Showaddywaddy, Madness, Dollar
50.
Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
Episode:
Episode #18.51
(1981)
36 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
Director: Gordon Elsbury | Stars: Simon Bates, Duran Duran, Cliff Richard, Chas & Dave