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1. The Bill (1984– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Long-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,118
2. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
Stars: Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately
Votes: 4,037
3. Brookside (1982–2003)
25 min | Drama
The everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool in the north of England.
Stars: Dean Sullivan, Paul Byatt, Claire Sweeney, Alexandra Fletcher
Votes: 951
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. The Duke (2020)
R | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook, James Wilby
Votes: 13,242
6. When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981)
50 min | Drama, History
Set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the 2 World Wars, this story follows the life of ex-sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family as they deal with the aftermath of the Great War, the Great 1920s Depression and trade union activists.
Stars: James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale
Votes: 488
7. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,346 | Gross: $3.28M
8. Our Friends in the North (1996)
TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, History
Drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.
Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Gina McKee, Daniel Craig
Votes: 2,378
9. Jane Eyre (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
After placing an ad for employment as a governess, Jane Eyre (Samantha Morton) journeys to Thornfield Hall to inquire about a possible position. She is hired by the housekeeper, Mrs. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Deborah Findlay, Laura Harling, Joanna Scanlan, Ben Sowden
Votes: 3,290
10. Max Headroom (1985 TV Movie)
57 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the dystopic near future, a crusading TV reporter investigates news stories with the help of a wisecracking computer version of himself.
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nickolas Grace, Hilary Tindall, William Morgan Sheppard
Votes: 2,281
11. Spender (1991–1993)
50 min | Action, Drama
Jimmy Nail plays Spender, a Northeast England police detective with marital problems.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Denise Welch
Votes: 357
12. Super Gran (1985–1987)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The adventures of a super-powered granny who fights crime in her community.
Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Alan Snell
Votes: 573
13. Rag Nymph (1997– )
180 min | Drama, History
In 1854 Newcastle, 10-year-old Millie's mother dies in a brothel, leaving her to be taken in by 'Raggie Aggie'. On the streets, spirited Millie faces the city's corrupting influences again.
Stars: Val McLane, Alec Newman, Christine Anderson, Tracey Wilkinson
Votes: 581
14. The Black Velvet Gown (1991 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Stone | Stars: Bob Peck, Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, Brendan P. Healy
Votes: 658
15. Purely Belter (2000)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Two teenage boys will do anything to get money to buy season tickets for their local team.
Director: Mark Herman | Stars: Chris Beattie, Greg McLane, Charlie Hardwick, Tracy Whitwell
Votes: 1,997
16. Dramarama (1983–1989)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A series of plays for children which featured the supernatural frequently and science fiction occasionally.
Stars: Denyse Alexander, Ian Kirkby, Christopher Biggins, Bill Wallis
Votes: 137
17. John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Mark McGann, Kim Miyori, Kenneth Price, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 240
18. Almost Married (2014)
TV-MA | 97 min | Comedy
When Kyle returns from his stag-do with a sexually transmitted disease, he's left unable to have sex with his fiancée Lydia in the run-up to their wedding.
Director: Ben Cookson | Stars: Philip McGinley, Mark Stobbart, Emily Atack, Smug Roberts
Votes: 821
19. Scene (1968–2007)
24 min | Drama, Family
Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
Stars: Nick Ross, Ken Jones, Mark Draper, Paddy Feeny
Votes: 31
20. In Our Name (2010)
93 min | Drama
Suzy's a British soldier, born and bred, but fitting back into civilian life after fighting in Iraq isn't easy. Haunted by the responsibility she feels for the death of an Iraqi child, she ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Mel Raido, Chloe Jayne Wilkinson, Andrew Knott
Votes: 513
21. Barriers (1981– )
30 min | Drama, Family
Following the death of his parents Billy discovers that he was adopted so begins searching for both his real family and the truth.
Stars: Benedict Taylor, Paul Rogers, Patricia Lawrence, Christoph Lindert
Votes: 81
22. Harrigan (2013)
97 min | Action, Crime
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime-ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes involved in. saving what little decency and community life exists. It's the winter of ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Woods | Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Gillian Kearney, Ronnie Fox, Craig Conway
Votes: 660
23. And a Nightingale Sang (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Romance lifts a sister from a lively family in working-class Newcastle during World War II.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Phyllis Logan, Tom Watt, Joan Plowright, John Woodvine
Votes: 75
24. Badger (1999–2000)
50 min | Drama, Crime
Drama series about a police wildlife liaison officer and others who help him fight wildlife crime set in the rural county of Northumberland.
Stars: Jerome Flynn, Adrian Bower, Kevin Doyle, Phillippa Wilson
Votes: 42
25. For the Greater Good (1991)
150 min | Drama
Three politicians try to reform Britain's brutal prison system. Before they can do so, the tabloid press destroys their careers by publishing exposés of their sex lives.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Roy Dotrice, Nicholas Jones, Nicholas Woodeson
Votes: 43
26. New Voices (1991–1997)
Drama
Multi-part series of individual drama stories from up and coming directors.
Stars: Martin Crocker, David Thomas, Val McLane, Paul McNeilly
Votes: 8
27. A Brother's Tale (1983– )
60 min | Drama
Gordon Taylor is a Yorkshire-based teacher whose brother Bonny is a football star on the run from the press, his fickle fans and the knowledge that his talent has burnt out.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Kevin McNally, Belinda Lang, Annie Hulley
28. Behind the Bike Sheds (1983–1985)
20 min | Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
The musical slapstick adventures of the pupils of Fulley Comprehensive school.
Stars: Paul Charles, Jenny Jay, Adam Sunderland, Andrew Jones
Votes: 19
29. The Storyteller (II) (1999 Video)
60 min | Documentary
Video version of the life of one of England's best-loved authors, from the company behind TV's "The Catherine Cookson Story".
Stars: Mike Neville, Catherine Cookson, Jeffrey Archer, Barbara Taylor Bradford
Votes: 8
30. The Shepherd's Children (2010)
15 min | Short, Drama
Alison, a loving mother and caring wife details her life about her and her family's afflictions with heroin addiction and the destruction it causes. A series of events involving pleas from ... See full summary »
Director: Toby Robson | Stars: Val McLane, Jacqueline Phillips, Jamie Robson, Jason Savin
Votes: 5
31.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
United Kingdom
(1981)
145 min | Comedy, Drama
Todays theme is the United Kingdom.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Val McLane, Ricky Tomlinson, Anthony Hebron, Colin Welland
Votes: 29
32.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
A Home from Home
(1986)
51 min | Comedy, Drama
The magnificent seven are forced to camp out in Thornley Manor. Wayne is given the cold shoulder by the other lads and is forced to start thinking seriously about how to regain his popularity.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Gary Holton, Christopher Fairbank, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roach
Votes: 87
33.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
Another Country
(1986)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
When work at the Manor is stopped because it is a listed building, the hapless brickies decide to go to the local village, where they are treated with suspicion.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Kevin Whately, Pat Roach, Tim Healy, Gary Holton
Votes: 88
34.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
Cowboys
(1986)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Plumber Harry Blackburn is mad about country and western music, and when he joins the boys Oz regales him with his tales of Nashville and Merle Haggard. The truth comes out about Dennis' ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: Pat Roach, Kevin Whately, Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank
Votes: 95
35.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
Hasta La Vista
(1986)
51 min | Comedy, Drama
The lads are impatient to be off to Spain, but just as they reach the departure lounge, things begin to go wrong. Posing as tourists, they find themselves sharing a plane with the Spennymoor and District Senior Citizens Society.
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: Gary Holton, Christopher Fairbank, Pat Roach, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 76
36.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(1986)
51 min | Comedy, Drama
In a rare moment of tenderness, Oz makes an attempt to save his marriage and get to know his son. Wayne has marital worries as well, but Dennis seems to be getting on fine with girlfriend Christine.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Gary Holton, Tim Healy
Votes: 92
37.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
No Sex Please, We're Brickies
(1986)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Work at Thornley Manor is over and the lads take a break before leaving for Spain. Oz uses the opportunity to visit home and hits on the barmy idea of kidnapping his son, determined to ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Bamford, Anthony Garner | Stars: Tim Healy, Gary Holton, Jimmy Nail, Kevin Whately
Votes: 83
38.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
The Return of the Seven: Part 1
(1986)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
The boys have returned from Germany and gone their separate ways. Dennis has set up his own business, Oz has been to the Falklands and back, Neville is unemployed, Wayne has entered a ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Christopher Fairbank, Timothy Spall, Gary Holton, Tim Healy
Votes: 115
39.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
The Return of the Seven: Part 2
(1986)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Dennis returns to Newcastle where he meets up with Oz. Unhappy at not being met at the airport, Ally is even less pleased to find his Jaguar has had a run-in with a skip.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Timothy Spall, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 95
40.
Badger (1999–2000)
Episode:
Setts, Lies and Videotape
(1999)
Drama, Crime
An investigation into a protection racket leads McCabe and Cassidy to a property development where a badger sett is under threat from badger-baiters.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Jerome Flynn, Adrian Bower, Chris Armstrong, Martin Ball
41.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Sun Hill Karma
(1987)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
WPC Martella applies for a position in the Bermuda police force, but after being punched during a fight, and failing to prevent a suicide jumper, she feels she is not up to the job and withdraws her application.
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jon Iles
Votes: 45
42.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Kid
(1993)
Action, Drama
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
43.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Golden Striker
(1992)
Action, Drama
A top-notch footballer has disappeared. Spender is told to find him without letting anyone know he is missing.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
44.
When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981)
Episode:
Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
(1976)
53 min | Drama, History
To the annoyance of her husband Arthur, Jessie has been nominated for the Labour Party executive and Jack antagonizes Dolly - who sees an ulterior motive - in backing her. Jessie's ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: James Bolam, Susan Jameson, John Nightingale, Malcolm Terris
Votes: 13
45.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Vital Statistics
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
The pressure is on from on-high to increase the number of arrests. Meanwhile, a baby goes missing with her babysitter - and Reg is busy organizing a disco.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Eric Richard, Graham Cole, Andrew Paul, Seeta Indrani
Votes: 41
46.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Big T for Trouble
(1988)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Jackie's outrageous lies always get her into trouble, but she can't escape her job as a bridesmaid in pink.
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Nicola Ramsey, Valerie Holliman, Martin Cochrane, Juliet Waley
47.
Barriers (1981– )
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(1982)
Drama, Family
Through a local villager Billy learns that Karl Gruber was responsible for the boat explosion. He decides to return to the Salzburg music academy, not just to resume flute lessons but also in the hope of luring Gruber out into the open.
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Benedict Taylor, Paul Rogers, Patricia Lawrence, Robert Coyle
48.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the Fancy Dress Fanciers
(1987)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Supergran is invited to Empress Rita von Chisleton's annual fancy dress party, but the Scunner isn't. But when a lot of stolen dresses ends up at the party by mistake, the Scunner and his boys get to dress up after all.
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 6
49.
New Voices (1991–1997)
Episode:
Oh! I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside...
(1991)
30 min | Drama
Director: Mike Connor | Stars: Val McLane, Rachel Ambler, Claire Wilkes, Alex Hall
50.
Rag Nymph (1997– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1997)
Drama, History
When Millie's mother is incarcerated she is taken in by Aggie the rag woman and her helper Ben. The local pimp has his eyes on both Millie and her mother. Millie is sent to a convent school to keep her safe.
Director: David Wheatley | Stars: Val McLane, Dave Johns, Fleur Bennett, Perdita Weeks
Votes: 13