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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: 39,562
2. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
Stars: Peter Sallis, Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, Robert Fyfe
Votes: 3,661
3. Pride and Prejudice (1980)
TV-PG | 53 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
Stars: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson, Priscilla Morgan
Votes: 2,491
4. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,546
5. Pennies from Heaven (1978–1979)
450 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his life in full song-and-dance numbers.
Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 1,209
6. Poldark (1975–1977)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1783, Ross Poldark returns from the American wars to his native Cornwall to right wrongs and reunite with the love of his life.
Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Clive Francis, Jill Townsend
Votes: 1,198
7.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 3
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Carrington is holding the astronauts at a secret location but when he takes the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier there they find they have been kidnapped.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Ronald Allen
Votes: 528
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Moonbase: Episode 1
(1967)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on the Moon in the year 2070. When Jamie is injured, the other travellers are forced to seek the help of a moonbase afflicted with a space plague.
Director: Morris Barry | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze
Votes: 522
9.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 4
(1970)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Liz has been captured by Reegan's men and the Doctor begins to suspect Taltalian is more involved than he appeared.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, William Dysart
Votes: 521
10.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 7
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Carrington is planning to expose the aliens on live television and call for an interplanetary war and the Brigadier must rescue the Doctor and Liz in time to stop him.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, John Abineri
Votes: 520
11.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 6
(1970)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor speaks with the alien captain and learns the astronauts sent to Earth were ambassadors. However, before he can alert the authorities he is kidnapped by Reegan.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Ronald Allen
Votes: 513
12.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Moonbase: Episode 2
(1967)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and his friends attempt to convince the Moonbase crew that the Cybermen are responsible for the disappearances and find a cure for the plague.
Director: Morris Barry | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Patrick Barr
Votes: 496
13.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Moonbase: Episode 4
(1967)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With the Cybermen preparing to launch a full attack, the Doctor and his friends must keep the Moonbase and the Gravitron out of their hands until help arrives from Earth.
Director: Morris Barry | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Patrick Barr, Frazer Hines, André Maranne
Votes: 490
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Moonbase: Episode 3
(1967)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Cybermen take over the Moonbase and begin using the Gravitron to attack Earth but Polly, Ben and Jamie come up with a way to fight back.
Director: Morris Barry | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Patrick Barr, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze
Votes: 480
15. 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
16. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972–1973)
177 min | Crime, Mystery
When one of the members of the Bellona Club passes away, Lord Wimsey is brought in to determine the time of death for testamentary purposes.
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terence Alexander, Anna Cropper, Donald Pickering
Votes: 338
17. Wogan (1982–1992)
35 min | Talk-Show
Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.
Stars: Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Hunniford
Votes: 314
18. Brimstone and Treacle (1976 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
The Bates sadly care for their severely disabled daughter Pattie. Martin arrives at their door claiming to be her college friend. He charms them into accepting him as a lodger and carer for Pattie. But Martin is not all he seems.
Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Michael Kitchen, Patricia Lawrence, Michelle Newell
Votes: 313
19. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
20. The Comedy of Errors (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy
Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Unfortunately, Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will ... See full summary »
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Charles Gray, Nicolas Chagrin, Nick Burnell
Votes: 224
21. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser
Votes: 213
22. Dombey & Son (1983)
295 min | Drama
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
Stars: Julian Glover, Shirley Cain, Zelah Clarke, Kenton Moore
Votes: 199
23. Doomwatch (1970–1972)
50 min | Sci-Fi, Drama
Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific Work. Under the leadership of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist, the Doomwatch team struggled, for ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, Joby Blanshard, Simon Oates, Vivien Sherrard
Votes: 198
24. The Borgias (1981)
50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The ruthless Rodrigo Borgia intends to become Pope and will not let anything stand in his way.
Stars: Oliver Cotton, Maurice O'Connell, Louis Selwyn, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 195
25. The Glittering Prizes (1976)
471 min | Drama
Twenty years in the lives of some Cambridge undergraduates, who all find that the real world of a changing Britain is a hard place.
Stars: Tom Conti, Barbara Kellerman, Mark Wing-Davey, Clive Merrison
Votes: 171
26. Supernatural (1977)
50 min | Horror
Chilling anthology series where membership to the secret society, The Club of the Damned, is granted through telling horror stories.
Stars: Andre Van Gyseghem, Billie Whitelaw, Ian Hendry, Charles Kay
Votes: 169
27. Testament of Youth (1979)
275 min | Drama, Romance, War
Vera Brittain's world falls to pieces around her as, one by one, the young men of her circle are caught up in the Great War.
Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Emrys James, Jane Wenham, Peter Woodward
Votes: 161
28. The Diary of Anne Frank (1987)
112 min | Biography, Drama, History
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Stars: Katharine Schlesinger, Emrys James, Elizabeth Bell, Emma Bowe
Votes: 140
29. 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
30. Casanova (1971)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
While he is in prison, Giacomo Casanova recalls many of his past romances and adventures.
Stars: Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington, Zienia Merton, Christine Noonan
Votes: 127
31.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Kisses at Fifty
(1973)
69 min | Comedy, Drama
A fifty-year-old factory worker leaves his wife of many years for another woman.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Bill Maynard, Rosemarie Dunham, Marjorie Yates, Lori Wells
Votes: 99
32. Heidi (1974)
30 min | Drama, Family
Left in the care of her gruff grandfather in the Swiss mountains, young Heidi wants to make the best of things.
Stars: Emma Blake, Hans Meyer, Flora Robson, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Votes: 97
33. To Encourage the Others (1972 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Charles Bolton, Billy Hamon, Roland Culver, Philip Stone
Votes: 81
34. The Edwardians (1972–1973)
50 min | Drama, History
This series covers the turning points in 9 different figures during the Edwardian era of the United Kingdom - Henry Royce and Charles Rolls - of Rolls Royce fame; Horatio Bottomly founder ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Thorley Walters, Judy Parfitt, Timothy West, Ron Moody
Votes: 77
35. The Prisoner of Zenda (1984)
180 min | Adventure
An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
Stars: Malcolm Sinclair, Pauline Moran, John Woodvine, Jonathon Morris
Votes: 74
36. Oxbridge Blues (1984– )
75 min | Drama
A collection of stories by the author Frederic Raphael.
Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Norman Rodway, Ciaran Madden, Kate Fahy
Votes: 71
37. Telford's Change (1979)
50 min | Drama
Telford had worked for many years in a bank, and had progressed to a senior role which involved him travelling overseas. He decided that he wanted a change, so he applied for the job of ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Barkworth, Hannah Gordon, Albert Welling, Veronica Sowerby
Votes: 70
38.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Comedians
(1979)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Six wannabe stand-up comedians attend an evening class run by Eddie Waters. Eddie is a professional comic and he's determined to teach them that comedy is much more than just jokes.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Bill Fraser, Jonathan Pryce, David Burke, Linal Haft
Votes: 66
39.
Supernatural (1977)
Episode:
Night of the Marionettes
(1977)
49 min | Horror
When a noted English literary critic visits the villa in Switzerland where the novel "Frankenstein" was written, he begins to wonder whether the inspiration for the novel came from Mary ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Kathleen Byron, Vladek Sheybal, Pauline Moran
Votes: 64
40. Theatre Night (1985–1990)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays.
Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Robert Lang, Natalie Ogle, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 58
41. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
42.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
The Really Masculine Purse
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Seymour has a new invention for men and volunteers Compo to test the product, which causes minor havoc through the village.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Joe Gladwin
Votes: 49
43.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Dried Dates and Codfanglers
(1987)
TV-14 | Comedy
Compo accidentally discards his long treasured "gift" from Nora Batty. Seymour demonstrates his new home security device.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Joe Gladwin
Votes: 48
44. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.
Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift
Votes: 47
45.
Pride and Prejudice (1980)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1980)
TV-PG | 54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Mr. Bingley comes to live in the neighborhood, Mrs. Bennet considers him the rightful property of one of her five unmarried daughters.
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson, Priscilla Morgan
Votes: 47
46.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
The Ice-cream Man Cometh
(1987)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Compo's craving for an ice cream prompts Seymour to design an vendor's side car cooler to put Compo into business.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Joe Gladwin
Votes: 46
47. Not in Front of the Children (1967–1970)
30 min | Comedy
Typical married couple from the sixties and their various mishaps with three growing children.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Jill Riddick, Ronald Hines, Hugo Keith-Johnston
Votes: 43
48.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Who's Feeling Ejected Then?
(1987)
TV-14 | 27 min | Comedy
Seymour tempts Compo to play guinea pig in his latest invention endeavor by giving him the title "executive in charge of testing", and promising to invite Nora Batty to the public demonstration.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Joe Gladwin
Votes: 43
49.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Merry Christmas, Father Christmas
(1986)
TV-PG | 36 min | Comedy
The village is preparing for Christmas. Marina wants Norman to smuggle a present to Howard. Seymour wants to rent Compo out as a roof top Father Christmas.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Thora Hird
Votes: 42
50.
Pride and Prejudice (1980)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1980)
TV-PG | 54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mr. Collins, who will in time inherit Longbourn, seeks a reconciliation with the Bennet family. He intends to choose one of the girls for a wife.
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson, Priscilla Morgan
Votes: 41