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1. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,897
2. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
3. The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
30 min | Drama
A drama anthology series hosted by actress Loretta Young. In addition to hosting the series, she played the lead in various episodes.
Stars: Loretta Young, John Milton Kennedy, John Newland, Robert Foulk
Votes: 304
4. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
5. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
6. 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
7. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
8. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
9. The Scales of Justice (1962–1967)
Crime, Drama
Series of courtroom dramas introduced by criminologist Edgar Lustgarten.
Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Michael Hordern, Kenneth Benda, Carleton Hobbs
Votes: 79
10. Out of This World (1962)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK).
Stars: Boris Karloff, Piers Keelan, Raymond Adamson, Bill Mills
Votes: 58
11. Harpers West One (1961–1963)
60 min | Drama
The life and loves of a big department store in the West End of London.
Stars: Jan Holden, Jane Muir, Philip Latham, Vivian Pickles
12. Deadline Midnight (1960–1961)
60 min | Drama
A series about life on a London daily newspaper.
Stars: Armine Sandford, Jeremy Young, Glyn Houston, Bruce Beeby
Votes: 9
13. The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962)
45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Fleming and Andromeda are recaptured by the British government but then kidnapped along with Professor Dawnay by the forces of Intel, headed by Kaufman and the evil Gamboule, and are taken ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Halliday, Susan Hampshire, Mary Morris, Noel Johnson
Votes: 58
14. Glencannon (1959– )
30 min | Comedy
Glencannon is the chief engineer on the old Inchcliff Castle. Each week he connived to get rich on some outlandish scheme. Montgomery is the only 1 who is really on to him and is forever ... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Patrick Allen, Charles Carson, Barry Keegan
Votes: 30
15. Knight Errant Limited (1959–1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Adam Knight's agency is there to help people in all kinds of ways.
Stars: Kay Callard, John Turner, Richard Carpenter, Hugh David
Votes: 14
16. The Main Chance (1964)
61 min | Drama
A wealthy young layabout tries to double cross the master-crook who has engaged him to do a job.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Grégoire Aslan, Tracy Reed, Edward de Souza, Stanley Meadows
Votes: 69
17. The Pursuers (1961–1962)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Bollinger pursues criminals and scoundrels on the mean streets of London with the aid of his trusty German Shepherd dog.
Stars: Louis Hayward, Gaylord Cavallaro, Robert Gallico, Geoffrey Hibbert
Votes: 18
18. Police Surgeon (1960)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Ian Hendry, John Warwick, Howard Daley, Blaise Wyndham
Votes: 17
19. Hour of Mystery (1957)
60 min | Mystery
Hour of Mystery is an hour-long UK mystery anthology television series. Donald Wolfit introduced each of the episodes, which aired on the ITV (TV Network) in 1957.
Stars: Donald Wolfit, Kevin Stoney, Gladys Henson, Tony Quinn
20. The Mail Van Murder (1957)
29 min | Crime, Short
Scotland Yard detectives pursue a murderous gang of robbers who held up a mail truck, killing the driver in the process.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Hy Hazell, Dennis Castle, Gordon Boyd
Votes: 55
21. Huckleberry Finn (1952)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Stars: Colin Campbell, Orlando Martins, Shaun Sutton, Jeremy Spenser
22. Inside Story (1960– )
60 min | Drama
Stars: Robert Brown, Mary Peach, Brian Phelan, Billy Milton
24. Electrode 93 (1957– )
30 min | Sci-Fi
Stars: Jennifer Wilson, Greta Gynt, David Langton, George Pravda
25. Death to the First Lady (1956– )
30 min | Thriller
Stars: John Loder, Maureen Connell, Dermot Walsh, Kenneth Hyde
26. The Princess and the Woodcutter (1952 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Andrew Downie, Marion Studholme, Frank Tickle, Aimée Delamain
28. Appointment with Drama (1955– )
Drama
A dramatic anthology series.
Stars: Natasha Parry, Denholm Elliott, Gerald Lawson, Mark Dignam
29.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Episode:
The Main Chance
(1964)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A disgraced ex-RAF pilot is enlisted into a smuggling scheme by an electronically sophisticated smuggler, who has a room full of computers and recording devices. The pilot is to take stolen... See full summary »
Director: John Knight | Stars: Grégoire Aslan, Tracy Reed, Edward de Souza, Stanley Meadows
Votes: 46
30.
The Scales of Justice (1962–1967)
Episode:
Moment of Decision
(1963)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A woman yearning for a child takes a baby from a wealthy family.Her husband sees this as a financial opportunity.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Ray Barrett, Patricia Healey, Viola Keats
Votes: 31
31.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Hollow Crown
(1956)
60 min | Drama
Director: John Knight | Stars: Linda Gray, Valerie Hanson, Peter Illing, Ronald Lewis
32.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Arrow to the Heart (I)
(1952)
99 min | Drama
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, John Boyd-Brent, Michael Brennan, Cita Crichton
33.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Right Thing
(1956)
60 min | Drama
When someone is killed in a road accident, Bob Slater wants to "do the right thing". But will he?
Director: John Knight | Stars: Patrick Barr, John Breslin, Pauline Jameson, David Lander
34.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Crescent Moon
(1961)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A General fakes his own death and arranges his daughter to be kidnapped in an attempt to thwart his wife's plan to grab his entire fortune. Unfortunately, the girl falls into the wrong hands and needs to be rescued by Steed.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee, Nicholas Amer, Patience Collier
Votes: 33
35.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
The Deadly Air
(1961)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a revolutionary, but experimental, vaccine is stolen from a top-secret laboratory and a volunteer who was administered a dose dies, Keel and Steed agree to be human guinea pigs for the next test.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee, Ingrid Hafner, Keith Anderson
Votes: 31
36.
Glencannon (1959– )
Episode:
Chinaman's Chance
(1959)
Comedy
Director: John Knight | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Patrick Allen, Charles Carson, Barry Keegan
37.
Glencannon (1959– )
Episode:
Scot from Scotland Yard
(1959)
Comedy
Director: John Knight | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Patrick Allen, Charles Carson, Barry Keegan
38.
Glencannon (1959– )
Episode:
The Masked Monster
(1959)
Comedy
Director: John Knight | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Patrick Allen, Charles Carson, Percy Herbert
39.
Glencannon (1959– )
Episode:
The Milk Blossom
(1959)
Comedy
Director: John Knight | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Patrick Allen, Charles Carson, Barry Keegan
40.
Glencannon (1959– )
Episode:
The Wailing Lady of Limehouse
(1959)
Comedy
Director: John Knight | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Patrick Allen, Charles Carson, Barry Keegan
41.
The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961)
Episode:
The Accused
(1958)
30 min | Drama
A serial strangler is at large in a community where two determined women attempt to raise awareness of the correlation that salacious pictures have on sex crimes.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Loretta Young, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Bonnie Phillips
42.
Out of This World (1962)
Episode:
Divided We Fall
(1962)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
It's 2033 and Eddy the world's most respected supercomputer is detecting strange rebellious thoughts in 'The Syns' which are synthetic human beings.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marc Ashlyn, John Barcroft, Ann Bell
43.
Out of This World (1962)
Episode:
Pictures Don't Lie
(1962)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Radio research worker Nathen picks up signals coming from a spaceship hovering near Earth and succeeds in communicating with his 'opposite number' aboard the ship. Speech and pictures are ... See full summary »
Director: John Knight | Stars: Boris Karloff, Roger Avon, Blake Butler, Norman Claridge
Votes: 9
44.
Police Surgeon (1960)
Episode:
Easy Money
(1960)
Drama
Called on to give evidence in connection with a young man arrested for robbery, Dr Geoffrey Brent gives his opinion - but one that is far-removed from that expected by the arresting officer.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Ian Hendry, Joseph Tomelty, Michael Crawford, Robin Wentworth
Votes: 10
45.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Honeymoon Postponed
(1961)
Drama
Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Trevor Bannister, Alison Bayley, David Brierly, Patience Collier
46.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Clip Joint People
(1960)
Drama
Director: John Knight | Stars: Peter Sallis, Lois Daine, Joan Newell, Maurice Good
47.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Hail the Conquering Hero
(1960)
Drama
Director: John Knight | Stars: Graham Crowden, Dudley Foster, Ronald Fraser, Patsy Rowlands
48.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Tune on an Apron-String
(1961)
Drama
Director: John Knight | Stars: Mark Eden, Priscilla Morgan, Marian Spencer
49.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Mother
(1956)
Drama
After a five month trudge through Poland the Kosky family have reached an Austrian labour camp. Their hopes to emigrate to Canada take a desperate turn when Mrs Kosky is diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Katherine Kath, George Pravda, Gordon Tanner, Bill Nagy
50.
No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
Episode:
The Image of Frank Brown
(1963)
Crime, Drama
Directors: John Knight, Richard Sidwell | Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Alex Scott, Russell Waters