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1. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Sport
A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen
Votes: 9,373
2. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,295
3. Counterpoint (1967)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, War
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 1,049
4. The Ragman's Daughter (1972)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A cheese warehouse worker with wife and two kids hates his dull life. He reminisces about the time he met the late love of his life and the days they spent riding around on his motorbike and her horse committing petty thievery.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Simon Rouse, Victoria Tennant, Patrick O'Connell, Jane Wood
Votes: 134
5. Timeshift (2002–2017)
60 min | Documentary
Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.
Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin
Votes: 74
6. 2nd House (1973–1976)
45 min | Talk-Show
BBC Arts program derived from Full House (1972).
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Edwin Mullins, Roger McGough, Struan Rodger
Votes: 18
7. CBS Reports (1959– )
60 min | Documentary, News
A pioneering TV news program that tackled social and political issues through investigative journalism and in-depth reporting.
Stars: Eric Sevareid, Harry Reasoner, Howard K. Smith, Walter Cronkite
Votes: 44
8. Premiere (1977–1980)
30 min | Drama
A series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.
Stars: Phil Daniels, Johnny Allan, David Parfitt, Brian Poyser
Votes: 9
9. X-Rated (2004)
60 min | Documentary
A history of movies which have been certified with adult ratings by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) from 1951 when the 'X' Certificate was invented, right up until the present day of '18' and 'R18'.
Stars: Neil Pearson, Ken Penry, Tom Dewe Mathews, John Waters
Votes: 45
10. British Film Forever (2007)
90 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Jessica Hynes, Timothy Spall, Nick Moran, Ronald Neame
Votes: 112
11. The Book Show (2006–2013)
Talk-Show
Stars: Mariella Frostrup, Alexander McCall Smith, Jenny Colgan, Anthony Horowitz
Votes: 18
12. Cast & Crew (2002– )
40 min | Documentary
Members of the cast & crew of old movies are reunited to discuss the film retrospectively, and also revisit some original locations.
Stars: Kirsty Wark, Alan Sillitoe, Stephen Frears, Shirley Anne Field
Votes: 11
13. Read All About It (1974–1979)
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Christopher Booker, Ronald Harwood, Antonia Fraser
14. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
Drama | Announced
A new cinematic adaptation to the Alan Sillitoe short story.
Director: Matan Tal
15. Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993– )
48 min | Documentary
A five-part history of British cinema in the 1960s presented by American director Richard Lester.
Stars: Richard Lester, Michael Caine, Roman Polanski, Julie Christie
Votes: 87
16. Writers and Places (1980– )
30 min | Documentary
Bernard Malamud in conversation with Robert Robinson.
Stars: Robert Robinson, William Styron, Frederic Raphael, Brian Moore
17. English FIle (1983–2008)
Family
Stars: Henry Kelly, Judy Bennett, Leslie Glazer, Charles Collingwood
18. Reading the Decades (2002)
60 min | Documentary
A look at the stories behind the bestselling books in 40 years of post-war Britain, examining what their success says about the decade in which they came out.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Jilly Cooper, Terry Pratchett, Jackie Collins
19. Burn Hollywood Burn (2007– )
30 min | Documentary
A four-part TV series exploring the lives and tragic deaths of four Welsh personalities who sought fame and fortune in Hollywood. Starlet Peg Entwistle gained notoriety in 1932 by becoming ... See full summary »
Stars: Tony Earnshaw, Philip Kemp, Kevin Brownlow, David Robinson
20.
Premiere (1977–1980)
Episode:
Pit Strike
(1977)
Drama
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Brewster Mason, Jennie Linden, Johnny Allan, Bernard Hill
21.
Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993– )
Episode:
A Very British Picture
(1993)
Documentary
Stars: Richard Lester, Lindsay Anderson, Dirk Bogarde, E.R. Braithwaite
Votes: 24
22.
Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993– )
Episode:
Northern Lights
(1993)
Documentary
Stars: Richard Lester, Lindsay Anderson, Michael Caine, Julie Christie
Votes: 25
23.
CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode:
Britain: Blood, Sweat and Tears Plus 20 Years
(1961)
60 min | Documentary, News
Stars: Eric Sevareid, Alan Sillitoe, Shelagh Delaney, Arnold Wesker
24.
2nd House (1973–1976)
Episode:
An Anthology for November
(1973)
Talk-Show
Directors: Jonathan Miller, Ben Rea | Stars: Elizabeth Begley, Melvyn Bragg, Georges Brassens, Jeananne Crowley
25.
Read All About It (1974–1979)
Episode:
Episode #2.8
(1975)
Talk-Show
Director: Nigel Williams | Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Lawrence Daly, Angela Huth, Bernice Rubens
26.
British Film Forever (2007)
Episode:
Hardship, Humour and Heroes: The Story of British Realism
(2007)
90 min | Documentary, History
Director: Angus Cameron | Stars: Jessica Hynes, Phil Davis, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach
Votes: 10
27.
Cast & Crew (2002– )
Episode:
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
(2002)
Documentary
Stars: Kirsty Wark, John Dankworth, Shirley Anne Field, Freddie Francis
28.
Cast & Crew (2002– )
Episode:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
(2002)
Documentary
Stars: Kirsty Wark, Desmond Davis, Julia Foster, Antony Gibbs
29.
Timeshift (2002–2017)
Episode:
The Third Programme: High Culture for All in Post-War Britain
(2005)
40 min | Documentary
Documentary about the birth of the BBC's Third Programme (which later became Radio 3). From 1946, the Third Programme embodied the post-war ideal that High Culture could be brought to ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Jardine | Stars: Francine Stock, Asa Briggs, Nicholas Kenyon, George Steiner
30.
X-Rated (2004)
Episode:
The Films That Shocked Britain
(2004)
Documentary
Stars: Neil Pearson, Robin Askwith, Catherine Breillat, Tom Dewe Mathews
Votes: 22
31.
Reading the Decades (2002)
Episode:
Reading the 1950s
(2002)
Documentary
Stars: Stephen Fry, David Attenborough, Quentin Blake, Melvyn Bragg
32.
Burn Hollywood Burn (2007– )
Episode:
Rachel Roberts
(2007)
Documentary
The sad story of the tumultuous life of acclaimed Welsh actress Rachel Roberts, a star of stage, screen and television, who committed suicide in Hollywood on November 6 1980.
Director: David Howard | Stars: Isla Blair, Ted Craig, Tony Earnshaw, Lisa Eichhorn
33.
The Book Show (2006–2013)
Episode:
Episode #3.17
(2009)
Talk-Show
Stars: Mariella Frostrup, Charles Elton, Wendy Holden, Marina Lewycka