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1. A Handful of Dust (1988)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Beale, Jackson Kyle
Votes: 2,321 | Gross: $1.56M
2. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
3. Crossroads (1964–1988)
30 min | Drama
The four-or-five-times-a-week adventures of a motel owner and her son, daughter and staff. Drama was never far away from the ringing of the reception bell.
Stars: Noele Gordon, Roger Tonge, Susan Hanson, Jane Rossington
Votes: 415
4. The Taming of the Shrew (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 127 min | Comedy, Romance
The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Simon Chandler, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Frank Thornton
Votes: 398
5. 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
6. 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
7. Love for Lydia (1977– )
Not Rated | 780 min | Drama, Romance
A coming-of-age story perceived from the acts and feelings of Edward Richardson, a junior journalist who falls deeply in love with the enchanting and reckless Lydia Aspen, heiress of the welthy but on-decline Aspen family.
Stars: Mel Martin, Christopher Blake, Sherrie Hewson, Peter Davison
Votes: 242
8. Canned Laughter (1979 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Rowan Atkinson's character trying to fall asleep.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Sue Holderness, Joan Scott, John J. Carney
Votes: 208
9. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 139
10. The Haunting of M. (1979)
98 min | Horror
An Eastern European family finds itself haunted by the spirit of a dead suitor.
Director: Anna Thomas | Stars: Sheelagh Gilbey, Nini Pitt, Evie Garratt, Alan Hay
Votes: 124
11. Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
Stars: David Buck, Mark Moss, Freddie Jones, Robert Hunter
Votes: 111
12. Napoleon and Love (1974)
469 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatized account of Napoleon's love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine, liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Holm, Billie Whitelaw, Peter Bowles, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 86
13.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1985)
TV-G | 114 min | Music, Musical
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
Directors: Michael Attenborough, Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Gary Bond, Jeremy Clyde, Gabrielle Drake
Votes: 84
14. Shadow of the Noose (1989– )
Crime, Drama
Drama centering on the cases of the celebrated London barrister of the Victorian era, Edward Marshall Hall.
Stars: Jonathan Hyde, Michael Feast, Terry Taplin, Leslee Udwin
Votes: 45
15.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
Sweeney Todd
(1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A fiendish barber in early 19th century London has many dark secrets in his past and also in his present day activities.
Director: Reginald Collin | Stars: Freddie Jones, Peter Sallis, Russell Hunter, Lewis Fiander
Votes: 43
16. Double Exposure (1977)
TV-14 | 81 min | Thriller
James Compton is paid by wealthy Howard Townsend to photograph his mistress Simone . Intimate photo sessions lead to an affair. Simone is kidnapped and he is being blackmailed over the affair by the kidnappers. Some violent scenes.
Director: William Webb | Stars: Anouska Hempel, David Baron, Alan Brown, Robert Russell
Votes: 39
17.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Prince Florizel of Bohemia discovers a secret club where desperate men gamble with their lives, and vows to bring it to an end.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Alan Dobie, Bernard Archard, Hildegard Neil, David Collings
Votes: 30
18. The Nation's Health (1983)
95 min | Drama
Drama filmed in a documentary style to show the many problems within a typical NHS hospital.
Stars: Vivienne Ritchie, Julian Fox, Ian McDiarmid, P.H. Moriarty
Votes: 17
19.
Love for Lydia (1977– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1977)
Not Rated | 48 min | Drama, Romance
Now sporting a stylish bob, Lydia grows bolder. Concerned about her niece's social isolation, Aunt Bertie urges Richardson to take Lydia to an upcoming charity dance and supplies the tickets for a party of six.
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Beatrix Lehmann, Rachel Kempson, Michael Aldridge, Mel Martin
Votes: 17
20. Six Days of Justice (1972–1975)
52 min | Drama
Drama deals with a magistrates' court, which usually is their first encounter with the law in the U.K. The stories evolve around the types of crimes that are presented there from parking ... See full summary »
Stars: George Waring, Meadows White, Rex Robinson, Ishaq Bux
Votes: 13
21.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Access to the Children
(1973)
64 min | Comedy, Drama
Malcolmson (Joss Ackland) spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Joss Ackland, Mary Peach, Hildegard Neil, Peter Clay
Votes: 13
22. Sadie, It's Cold Outside (1974–1975)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Rosemary Leach, Bernard Hepton, Donald Sumpter, Janine Duvitski
Votes: 12
23.
Napoleon and Love (1974)
Episode:
Rose
(1974)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Marseilles, 1795. Broke and unemployed, Napoleon seeks the hand of Desiree, a relative of his sister-in-law, who possesses a substantial dowry. When her parents reject him, he leaves for ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Collin | Stars: Ian Holm, Billie Whitelaw, T.P. McKenna, Christopher Neame
Votes: 11
24. Take Three Women (1982– )
50 min | Drama
Stars: Susan Jameson, Gregory Woodward, Angela Down, Liza Goddard
Votes: 5
25. The Mr. Men Musical (1985 TV Movie)
The Mr. Men Musical is presented by The Uppity Stage Company Limited in association with Hiss and Boo Productions Limited. Music and Lyrics by Malcolm Sircom.
Directors: Stephen Barry, Grant Hossacks, Millie Taylor | Stars: Paul Bennet, Jenny Cadisch, Alan Hay, Brenda Longman
26. Romance (1977– )
50 min | Romance
Television adaptations of six books by well-known romantic novelists.
Stars: George Pravda, Edward Fox, Simon MacCorkindale, Lynn Farleigh
27. Sweeney Todd (1970 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Reginald Collin | Stars: Freddie Jones, Peter Sallis, Russell Hunter, Lewis Fiander
28. Martha (II) (1979)
20 min | Short, Drama
Wealthy middle aged widower, Martha Warton falls in love with a young man 25 years her junior to the dismay of her sister, Rosemary Heal. Set in the 1920's, it questions the sensibilities of the time.
Director: Nick Dance | Stars: Hal Dyer, Jack Gittings, Alan Hay, Edward Newborn
29.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman
(1976)
60 min | Drama
A pair of childhood sweethearts have their peaceful life interrupted when a vulgar woman from her dreams show up in reality.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Anna Massey, William Lucas, Diana Bishop, Frederick Bennett
30.
Romance (1977– )
Episode:
Emily
(1977)
60 min | Romance
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Gemma Craven, Stewart Bevan, Ronald Pickup, Patsy Trench
31.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
That Sinking Feeling
(1973)
60 min | Drama
At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Jenny Twigge, Frank Thornton, James Cossins, Geoffrey Bayldon
32.
Sadie, It's Cold Outside (1974–1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1975)
Comedy
Sadie believes 23 years in the same house is long enough, and decides her and Norman should move.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Bernard Hepton, Janet Davies, Dorothy Frere
33.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3399
(1980)
30 min | Drama
Director: Michael Hart | Stars: Roger Tonge, Jane Rossington, Graham Rees, Lynn Dalby
34.
The Nation's Health (1983)
Episode:
Chronic
(1983)
82 min | Drama
Director: Les Blair | Stars: Vivienne Ritchie, Michael Ely, Ian McDiarmid, Richard Leech
35.
Shadow of the Noose (1989– )
Episode:
Turn Again
(1989)
53 min | Crime, Drama
When does winning cost the LAWYER? Edward Marshall Hall finds out when he wins a case of libel for an actress against a newspaper.
Director: Matthew Robinson | Stars: Jonathan Hyde, Terry Taplin, Michael Feast, Leslee Udwin
36.
Six Days of Justice (1972–1975)
Episode:
Case for Committal
(1973)
Drama
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Keith Ashton, Alan Bennion, John Boxer, Ishaq Bux
37.
Take Three Women (1982– )
Episode:
Kate
(1982)
Drama
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Susan Jameson, Michael Troughton, Stephan Chase, Gregory Woodward
38.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3418
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: Keith Farthing | Stars: Kathy Staff, Tony Adams, Claire Faulconbridge, Sue Lloyd
39.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3420
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: Michael Hart | Stars: Sue Lloyd, Victor Winding, Maxine Gordon, Roy Boyd
40.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3419
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: Michael Hart | Stars: Noele Gordon, Roger Tonge, Tony Adams, Claire Faulconbridge
41.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3400
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: Michael Hart | Stars: Noele Gordon, Philip Voss, Sue Lloyd, Tony Adams
42.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3486
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: David Dunn | Stars: Noele Gordon, Tony Adams, Claire Faulconbridge, Susan Hanson
43.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3487
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: David Dunn | Stars: Paul Henry, David Squire, Tony Adams, Claire Faulconbridge
44.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3635
(1982)
30 min | Drama
Director: David Dunn | Stars: Ronald Allen, Carl Andrews, Sandor Elès, Susan Hanson
45.
Crossroads (1964–1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.3694
(1982)
30 min | Drama
Director: Peter Croft | Stars: Ronald Allen, Frances White, Georgina Coombs, Pamela Vezey