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1. Silent Witness (1996– )
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward
Votes: 12,755
2. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,793
3. Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A soap opera set in a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales.
Stars: Christopher Chittell, Lucy Pargeter, Mark Charnock, Dominic Brunt
Votes: 3,532
4. Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (1987 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. When police cannot find a body and doubt the story, Miss Marple enlists professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go undercover.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Joan Hickson, Juliette Mole, David Beames, Mona Bruce
Votes: 2,475
5. Rebus (2000–2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Edinburgh, the mercurial Detective Inspector John Rebus's investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters.
Stars: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Jennifer Black, Gregor Gillespie
Votes: 2,250
6. Afterlife (I) (2005–2006)
TV-14 | 668 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy in this chilling TV series.
Stars: Lesley Sharp, Andrew Lincoln, Kate Duchêne, Anna Wilson-Jones
Votes: 2,236
7. Bergerac (1981–1991)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White
Votes: 2,231
8. The Last Detective (2003–2007)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
Stars: Peter Davison, Sean Hughes, Rob Spendlove, Charles De'Ath
Votes: 1,925
9. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,727
10. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster
Votes: 1,119
11. Wycliffe (1993–1998)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Cornwall, Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who works along with his colleagues DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane, investigates murder cases with his trademark determination and clinical accuracy.
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters, Jimmy Yuill, Tim Wylton
Votes: 1,098
12. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In 1930s England, a man from an aristocratic family takes up the pseudonym Albert Campion and, with the help of his ex-burglar manservant, solves mysteries.
Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt, Moray Watson
Votes: 1,013
13. Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
Stars: William Simons, Patrick Malahide, Belinda Lang, Tim Dutton
Votes: 758
14. Where the Heart Is (1997–2006)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama
A warm hearted drama series that follows the lives of the people of Skelthwate, and their local health centre.
Stars: Lesley Dunlop, Christian Cooke, Philip Middlemiss, William Travis
Votes: 570
15. Shoestring (1979–1980)
50 min | Drama
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 448
16. Summer's Lease (1989– )
220 min | Drama, Mystery
While on a family holiday in Tuscany, Molly Pargeter becomes preoccupied with the disappearance of their villa's owner and his connections to the local waterboard mafia much to the chagrin of her staid husband and swinger father.
Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 403
17. 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: 394
18. Enemy at the Door (1978–1980)
TV-14 | 650 min | Drama, War
During the Second World War, the inhabitants of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, try to cope with the German occupation.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall, Antonia Pemberton, Simon Cadell
Votes: 394
19.
Rebus (2000–2004)
Episode:
Black and Blue
(2000)
TV-PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The first of the REBUS programs introduces the Scottish Detective Inspector John Rebus as he untangles the various strands of the interwoven web of criminal intrigues from Leith, Edinburgh ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: John Hannah, Jim Norton, Ewan Stewart, Sara Stewart
Votes: 298
20. All Passion Spent (1986)
158 min | Drama
After decades as a politician's wife, 85-year-old Lady Slane retires to a cottage after her husband dies. Struggling to rediscover her identity, she contends with intrusive family members.
Stars: Wendy Hiller, Harry Andrews, Maurice Denham, Phyllis Calvert
Votes: 287
21. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
90 min | Drama, Romance
A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.
Stars: Stuart Davidson, Colin Matthews, Alexander-Klaus Stecher, Patrik Fichte
Votes: 284
22.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Trust Me
(2005)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1992, 18-year-old Hannah Taylor was kidnapped, and now a body, once believed to be hers, is proven to be another girl's. Hannah's mother, Madeline, an ex-alcoholic G.P., is prickly but ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 283
23. Love on a Branch Line (1994– )
198 min | Comedy, Drama
A civil servant is sent to dismantle a research unit at an eccentric lord's mansion. He meets the lord's daughters, who make him feel at home, causing him to reevaluate his future plans.
Stars: Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden
Votes: 246
24.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Spare Parts
(2008)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The trial of Ricky Hanson starts, and the members of UCOS are scheduled to appear as witnesses. Hanson is the man who killed Jack Halford's wife, but he's on trial for attempting to murder ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 220
25.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
The War Against Drugs
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Having lapsed into alcoholism, Brian is booked into a rehabilitation clinic run by an order of monks. A chance remark by Father Bernard leads Brian to telephone Sandra late at night to tell... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 220
26. Winter Solstice (2003 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, Romance
Elfrida Phibbs thought she was retiring from her London life to a "geriatric bolthole" in the country. She soon finds herself compassionately tending to her neighbor Oscar, who has suffered... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Sinéad Cusack, Jan Niklas, Geraldine Chaplin, Emilia Streets
Votes: 219
27.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
It Smells of Books
(2010)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 2007 lecturer Richard Symes fell off a roof at the university where he taught and died. An open verdict was recorded but Brian feels that suicide was unlikely as Symes had just taken a ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 218
28.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Creative Problem Solving
(2005)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A friend of Jack Halford has a diamond that would appear to have been stolen.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 216
29.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
A Face for Radio
(2008)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The UCOS team investigates the death 10 years ago of popular disc jockey Johnny Deacon who died in a fire when the radio station was set alight. The police knew it was arson, but were never... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Anthony Calf
Votes: 216
30.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Meat Is Murder
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Thirty-three years after the corpse of Dr. Simon Lockhart was found in his butcher's shop at Smithfield the body of Harry Eldridge is discovered - cut into pieces. The doctor used to gamble... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 208
31.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Death of a Timeshare Salesman
(2009)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Five years earlier Dean Scott was found dead of shot-gun wounds and suicide was the verdict. Now ex-hooker Alice Hill tells the team she was at Dean's house at the time and believes he was ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 198
32.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Coming Out Ball
(2010)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Would-be Euro MP Fintan MacEntee, a former member of the Irish Republican Front, approaches Sandra regarding Barbara, teen-aged daughter of a wealthy arms manufacturer Kenneth Linden-Warner... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 196
33.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Whilst Strickland's friend Alistair Dudley is entertaining them on his cruiser at a marina, the team see Leanne Sweeting harangue another boat owner Lawrence Fisher. In 2001 a collision ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 189
34.
Silent Witness (1996– )
Episode:
Body of Work: Part 1
(2006)
TV-14 | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Harry is shocked when his former university girlfriend, Penny Harris, is brought in dead. She drove her car into a tree and the police initially suspect suicide but the autopsy reveals that... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Emilia Fox, Tom Ward, Sarah Thurstan, William Gaminara
Votes: 179
35.
Silent Witness (1996– )
Episode:
Body of Work: Part 2
(2006)
TV-14 | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nikki and Harry continue to investigate the death of Penny Harris. Harry is shocked to learn that she had apparently at some point in her life had a child but her husband denies any ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Tom Ward, Emilia Fox, William Gaminara, Suzan Sylvester
Votes: 163
36.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Picking It Up
(1981)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering alcoholic Jim Bergerac, a sergeant in the Jersey police force, returns to the island after a period of absence during which he has recovered from injuries sustained on the job. ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold
Votes: 160
37.
Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode:
Look to the Lady: Part 1
(1989)
TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Campion and Lugg help protect a prominent family's name, fortune, and a priceless heirloom from thieves, cutthroats, and witchcraft.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Jefford
Votes: 155
38. The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978)
Biography, History
The series encompasses Darwin's university days to the 1859 publication of his book "On the Origin of Species" and his death and is based on Darwin's own letters, diaries, and journals, ... See full summary »
Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Andrew Burt, Peter Settelen, David Ashton
Votes: 153
39.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
Final Curtain
(1993)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An egotistical Shakespearean ham actor gathers his dysfunctional extended family in his mansion on his 75th birthday for the reading of his will.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Michael Elwyn, David Cary, Belinda Lang
Votes: 141
40. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 139
41.
Rebus (2000–2004)
Episode:
The Naming of the Dead
(2007)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Edinburgh prepares to play host to the World Trade Summit, an unidentified body is found in the grounds of the conference hotel. And soon after development minister Ben Webster is found ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Ken Stott, Jimmy Yuill, Claire Price, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 132
42.
Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode:
Look to the Lady: Part 2
(1989)
TV-14 | 54 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After capturing the neighborhood witch in the act of haunting a woodland glade, Campion learns the name of the gang leader who is trying to steal the Gyrth's chalice. Campion is captured ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 119
43.
Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode:
Hand in Glove
(1994)
TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A divorced and disliked man living in a nobleman's estate is found in a sewer ditch after someone rolled a concrete pipe on his head.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: William Simons, Dominic Snowdon, Sandy Welch, Barbara Jefford
Votes: 117
44. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby
Votes: 115
45.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
The Dead Flautist
(1994)
TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Amateur flautist Tony Miller is found shot with his own gun on land belonging to the wealthy Bottrell family, and the first verdict is that he committed suicide. However the disappearance ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Emily Hamilton, Ben Mangham, Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters
Votes: 108
46.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
The Scapegoat
(1994)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Every Halloween a life-size effigy of a man is strapped to a blazing wheel and sent into the sea - a ritual ridding the community of evil via the use of a 'scapegoat, in lieu of a human ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: John McEnery, Catherine McCormack, Christopher Ashley, Jimmy Yuill
Votes: 99
47.
The Last Detective (2003–2007)
Episode:
The Dead Peasants Society
(2007)
69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running a life insurance scam.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Peter Davison, Edward MacLiam, Steve Chaplin, Vicky Hall
Votes: 98
48.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Campaign for Silence
(1981)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hard-up former military man Furneaux is working on a book about his experiences as a prisoner in the Korean war, when his young ghost writer is killed and the manuscript stolen, after which... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, Terence Alexander, Ian Hendry
Votes: 93
49.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After an army sergeant is found stabbed to death wearing a woman's dress, Rumpole is assigned to defend the accused murderer.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Jones, Neil Stacy
Votes: 85
50.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
All for Love
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Bonetti, a violent criminal, escapes from a prison van during a routine transfer and re-commences his career as a drugs racketeer. Wycliffe is convinced that Jane Hardy, a seemingly ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: John Bleasdale, David Brocklehurst, Robin Browne, Jack Shepherd
Votes: 83