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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: 39,561
2. 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
3. The Brothers (1972–1976)
50 min | Drama
Robert Hammond has died while "doing the deed" with his secretary and mistress Jennifer, and now his three sons have inherited the family trucking company, and each one will try to run the business in his own way.
Stars: Jean Anderson, Robin Chadwick, Jennifer Wilson, Derek Benfield
Votes: 147
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: 395
5. 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
6. Blue Peter (1958– )
25 min | Family
The British children's magazine program, which has been running since the late 1950s, targets children between the ages of 6 and 14.
Stars: John Noakes, Peter Purves, Valerie Singleton, Simon Groom
Votes: 617
7. 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
8. The World of Wooster (1965–1967)
30 min | Comedy
The ongoing adventures of young English gentleman Bertie Wooster, from which he is usually required to be extricated by his intelligent and resourceful valet, Jeeves.
Stars: Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Eleanor Summerfield, Derek Nimmo
Votes: 53
10. Compact (1962–1965)
30 min | Drama
BBC series set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine.
Stars: Frances Bennett, Robert Desmond, Ronald Allen, Louise Dunn
Votes: 21
11. Epitaph for a Spy (1963– )
30 min | Thriller
Taking some photographs lands Vadassy, a Latvian on holiday, in a very great deal of trouble.
Stars: Colin Jeavons, Henry Oscar, Burnell Tucker, William Fox
12. Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
45 min | Comedy
This satirical sketch show, a successor to the BBC's "That Was the Week That Was" (1962), ran from November 1964 to April 1965. Picking up where they had left off on TW3, David Nathan and ... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Hudd, David Frost, John Bird, Doug Fisher
Votes: 11
13. Viewpoint (1959–1973)
Religious discussion series.
Stars: John Thompson, John Huxtable, Gary Watson, Leslie Smith
15. Tunes of Glory (1963– )
150 min | Family
Stars: Royal Military School Of Music Band, Basil Brown, Brian Horrocks, Royal Regiment Of Artillery Band
16. Meeting Point (1957– )
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Alan Gibson, Jim Douglas Henry, John Betjeman, Tom Salmon
17.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Days to Come
(1966)
95 min | Drama
Set in the future where people live in peace in a sealed bubble, they are divided into four levels - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and deviants who cannot conform to the society. Elizabeth is from a ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Judi Dench, Dinsdale Landen, Bernard Archard, Michael Gough
Votes: 15
18.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Days in the Trees
(1967)
85 min | Drama
A frail old woman meets a middle-aged man - her estranged son, whom she hasn't seen for five years.
Directors: Waris Hussein, John Schlesinger | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, George Baker, Frances Cuka, Brian Badcoe
Votes: 11
19.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Long Distance Piano Player
(1970)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Play For Today began with Alan Sharp's script about a man whose marriage is under strain when he undertakes a piano-playing marathon over four days. Starring Ray Davies, it remains in the BBC archives only as a black and white copy.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Ray Davies, Lois Daine, Norman Rossington, James Hazeldine
Votes: 32
20.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
In Camera
(1964)
85 min | Drama
In this adaptation of a Jean-Paul Sartre play, three people find themselves sharing a room together with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Harold Pinter, Jane Arden, Katherine Woodville, Jonathan Hansen
Votes: 79
21.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
A Bit of Ol' Moggy
(1964)
Crime, Drama
Director: Robin Nash | Stars: Geoffrey Adams, Peter Byrne, Paul Elliott, Jimmy Gardner
22.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
Child Hunt
(1964)
Crime, Drama
Director: David Askey | Stars: Geoffrey Adams, Peter Byrne, Nicholas Donnelly, Paul Elliott
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Executioners
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor has obtained a Time and Space Visualizer, which has a TV screen that can show scenes in the past to order. Lincoln, Shakespeare and the Beatles are selected. They land on a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 650
24.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Flight Through Eternity
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS crew's attempts to escape from the Daleks take them to the top of the Empire State Building and a 19th century sailing ship.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 612
25.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Journey Into Terror
(1965)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in a haunted house where the Doctor and his friends are confronted by Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster...and then the Daleks appear.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 602
26.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Death of Doctor Who
(1965)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With Vicki trapped on board the Dalek time machine, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara decide to make their stand on the planet Mechanus.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 602
27.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Death of Time
(1965)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While Ian and Vicki are threatened by a Mire Beast, the Doctor and Barbara meet up with the Aridians...who are then ordered to hand them over to the Daleks.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 601
28.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Planet of Decision
(1965)
TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and his friends are taken into the Mechanoid City but their troubles are far from over...especially when the Daleks launch an attack.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 618
29.
The World of Wooster (1965–1967)
Episode:
Jeeves and the Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace
(1966)
Comedy
Bertie's nephews, Claude and Eustace, foist themselves upon his hospitality, and cause no end of trouble.
Director: Michael Mills | Stars: Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Timothy Carlton, Fabia Drake
Votes: 5
30.
The Brothers (1972–1976)
Episode:
The Knock on the Door
(1976)
Drama
The board are in an uproar over rights issues. Brian rejects Jane's budget. After meeting Barbara, Jane realizes that Mary's true feelings for Jennifer are masked. Lord Winter sides with ... See full summary »
Director: Mary Ridge | Stars: Jean Anderson, Patrick O'Connell, Richard Easton, Robin Chadwick
31.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Patrick Campbell, Barbara Evans
32.
Epitaph for a Spy (1963– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1963)
Thriller
Director: Dorothea Brooking | Stars: Colin Jeavons, Sandra Alfred, Robert Crewdson, John DeVaut
33.
Epitaph for a Spy (1963– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1963)
Thriller
Director: Dorothea Brooking | Stars: Colin Jeavons, Sandra Alfred, Robert Crewdson, William Fox
34.
Epitaph for a Spy (1963– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1963)
Thriller
Director: Dorothea Brooking | Stars: Colin Jeavons, Sandra Alfred, Robert Crewdson, Peter Ducrow
35.
Epitaph for a Spy (1963– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1963)
Thriller
Director: Dorothea Brooking | Stars: Colin Jeavons, Sandra Alfred, Robert Crewdson, Peter Ducrow
37.
Viewpoint (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Exception
(1964)
Stars: R.T. Brooks, Andrew Cruickshank, Mary O'Farrell, John Woodnutt
38.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Josephine Blake, Eleanor Bron, Doug Fisher
39.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Doug Fisher, David Frost
40.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Barbara Evans, Doug Fisher
41.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Josephine Blake, Eleanor Bron, Doug Fisher
42.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Michael Crawford, Doug Fisher
43.
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1964)
Comedy
Director: Ned Sherrin | Stars: John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Barbara Evans, Doug Fisher
44.
Blue Peter (1958– )
Episode:
Episode #7.29
(1964)
20 min | Family
Director: Edward Barnes | Stars: Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton
45.
Blue Peter (1958– )
Episode:
Episode #7.30
(1964)
25 min | Family
Director: Rosemary Gill | Stars: Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton
46.
Blue Peter (1958– )
Episode:
Episode #7.31
(1964)
25 min | Family
Director: Rosemary Gill | Stars: Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton
47.
Blue Peter (1958– )
Episode:
Episode #7.32
(1964)
25 min | Family
Director: Rosemary Gill | Stars: Christopher Trace, Valerie Singleton
48.
Story Parade (1964–1965)
Episode:
The World That Summer
(1965)
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Michael Gwynn, Sally Home, Noel Hood, Jane Merrow
49.
Meeting Point (1957– )
Episode:
Persecution 1963
(1963)
Documentary
Stars: George Scott, Peter Benenson, Michael Scott
50.
Tunes of Glory (1963– )
Episode:
The Cavalry
(1963)
30 min | Family
Director: Bryan Sears | Stars: Brian Horrocks, Royal Military School Of Music Band, Basil Brown, Queen's Own Hussars Band