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1. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode: Getting Sam Home (1983)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy

Three old chums agree to take the ailing Sam on one last trip to see his flousy girl-friend, Lily Bless Her, in the middle of the night. While enjoying the delights of Lilly, Sam departs for another world with a very happy smile on his face. The problem for his pals is how to get Sam back home before morning without his wife awakening.

Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Lynda Baron, Olive Pendleton, Peter Russell, Muriel Rogers

Votes: 142

2. Summer's Lease (1989– )
Episode: A Battlefield (1989)

Drama, Mystery

Molly puts together the clues connecting Buck, Nancy and the local waterboard but her snooping draws threats from the unhappy ex-pats. Meanwhile, Haverford tests his chances with his forgetful former flame.

Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach

Votes: 71

3. Summer's Lease (1989– )
Episode: The Urbino Trail (1989)

Drama, Mystery

As the end of the holiday draws nearer, Molly realizes that the answer to her mystery is at the end of the Piero della Francesca Trail. As Molly sets off on her trip of discovery, Haverford's night of passion ends in farce.

Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach

Votes: 70

4. Summer's Lease (1989– )
Episode: Villa to Let (1989)

Drama, Mystery

Molly Pargeter arranges for her family to travel to a summer rental in Tuscany. During that time, she meets a variety of locals but is most fascinated by the Ketterings, who own the house. Molly's father, Haverford Downs, joins them.

Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Leslie Phillips

Votes: 73

5. Summer's Lease (1989– )
Episode: Where the Water Goes (1989)

Drama, Mystery

The villa "La Felicita" is hit by a water shortage.

Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington, Rosemary Leach

Votes: 72

6. 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

7. Natural World (1983– )

60 min | Documentary

Strand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.

Stars: David Attenborough, Barry Paine, John Shrapnel, Andrew Sachs

Votes: 776

8. Goggle Eyes (1993– )

40 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Kitty (Honeysuckle Weeks) struggles to accept her divorced mother embarking upon a new relationship; her attempts to thwart this relationship are hampered by her younger sister's acceptance of this "new dad" in their lives.

Stars: Alun Armstrong, Honeysuckle Weeks, Victoria Shalet, Alexandra Milman

Votes: 72

9. Tender Is the Night (1985)
Episode: 1917 (1985)

Drama

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Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, John Heard, Sean Young

Votes: 8

10. Chronicle (1966–1991)

50 min | Documentary, History

Series tracing new developments in historical research.

Stars: Magnus Magnusson, John Julius Norwich, David Drew, Barry Cunliffe

Votes: 17

11. Sunday Premiere (1986–1988)
Episode: A Dead Man on Leave (1986)

After escaping prison, Percy returns to England and destiny.

Director: Jim O'Brien | Stars: Paul McGann, Cherie Lunghi, Jane Wood, Dave Hill

Votes: 11

12. 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: 39,556

13. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode: The Man from Oswestry (1976)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

Compo is missing Blamire, we learn from him, that Cyril Blamire has gone to live in Oswestry, after hearing a lady he is interested in has become a widow. Clegg has received a letter from ... See full summary »

Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, John Comer

Votes: 81

14. Perspectives (2011– )
Episode: Hugh Laurie: Down by the River (2011)

Documentary

Hugh laurie travels from texas to new orleans interpretending songs to found about the roots and history of blues, and all this wile wearing hats.

Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Joe Henry, Tom Jones, Hugh Laurie, Irma Thomas

Votes: 76

15. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,211,847 | Gross: $130.10M

16. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Heroes (1978)

Drama, War

The unit have to patrol the lines, and soon their losses mount. Triggers is shot down and crash lands in No Man's Land.

Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton

Votes: 7

17. Oppenheimer (1980)

Not Rated | 420 min | Biography, Drama, History

Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.

Stars: Sam Waterston, John Carson, Christopher Muncke, Jana Shelden

Votes: 721

18. The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)

50 min | Drama, Adventure, Crime

When British Engineer Barry Collier is injured in an accident in Cyprus his brother David flies out only to find he has died. It soon becomes apparent that Barry Collier was involved with ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter McEnery, Alexandra Bastedo, Stefan Gryff, Paul Maxwell

Votes: 110

19. The World About Us (1967–1987)

60 min | Documentary

A documentary series with a broad remit of geography, anthropology, and natural history subjects.

Stars: Hugh Falkus, David Attenborough, Barry Paine, Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Votes: 36

20. Free Color (2020)

70 min | Documentary

Carlos Cruz-Diez is one of the most prominent and influential Kinetic-Optic artists of our times. At 94 years of age, Cruz-Diez pursues an avant-garde challenge: to free color from form. ... See full summary »

Director: Alberto Arvelo | Stars: Ana Asenjo, Seamus Blackley, Liu Bolin, Jonathan Cohen

Votes: 42

21. The Regiment (1972– )

50 min | Drama, History, War

Following the career of Richard Gaunt, (Christopher Cazenove), of the Cotswolds Regiment, from leaving the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst as a Lieutenant, through the Boer War to service as a Captain on the North West Frontier.

Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Denis Lill, Wendy Allnutt, Bernard Brown

Votes: 11

22. The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)
Episode: The Eyes of Love (1979)

Drama, Adventure, Crime

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Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: Peter McEnery, Alexandra Bastedo, Brian Blessed, Stefan Gryff

Votes: 8

23. Tender Is the Night (1985)

180 min | Drama

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen,... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Young, John Heard

Votes: 190

24. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Five Doctors (1983)

TV-G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor and his previous incarnations are brought to the Death Zone on his homeworld Gallifrey as part of a renegade Time Lord's scheme.

Directors: Peter Moffatt, John Nathan-Turner, Pennant Roberts | Stars: Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Richard Hurndall

Votes: 1,458

25. The Chinese Detective (1981–1982)
Episode: Release (1981)

Crime, Drama

A released prisoner, a smashed window and a terrified wife lead Detective Sergeant John Ho to discover that past crimes breed present strife and future violence.

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: David Yip, Derek Martin, Arthur Kelly, John Bott

Votes: 7

26. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Forward Action (1978)

Drama, War

Mounting aerial losses cause their commanding general to order the flight into forward action, to engage the Germans and protect the reconnaissance aircraft. Alan gets a Lewis gun fitted to his aircraft, and a new French engine.

Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton

Votes: 12

27. Oppenheimer (1980)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (1980)

Not Rated | Biography, Drama, History

The dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring the war to an end, but Oppenheimer's new status as a national hero is short-lived.

Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Sam Waterston, Milton Johns, Alexander Knox, Edward Hardwicke

Votes: 24

28. The King's Speech (2010)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 708,304 | Gross: $138.80M

29. Q5 (1969–1980)

30 min | Comedy

Spike Milligan's groundbreaking yet largely unknown surreal comedy sketch series that inspired Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Stars: Spike Milligan, John Bluthal, Alan Clare, David Lodge

Votes: 137

30. Unknown Things (2007)

90 min | Drama

An antiques dealer in London is obsessed with the wife of one of his clients and seeks out ever-more unusual collectible mechanical objects to be near her for longer.

Director: Bruno Coppola | Stars: Paul Rhys, Elsa Zylberstein, Adam Henderson, David Hayman

Votes: 22

31. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Knockback: Part 2 (1985)

TV-14 | 180 min | Drama

Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the ... See full summary »

Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Pauline Collins, Derrick O'Connor, Michelle Mulvany, Timothy Jessel

Votes: 7

32. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Officers and Gentlemen (1978)

Drama, War

Alan is recommended for a commission, but does not receive a lot of support from either the other officers or the NCOs, apart from Triggers, who recommended him. His conduct in shooting down observation balloons affects the result.

Director: John Sichel | Stars: Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton

Votes: 9

33. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode: Mending Stuart's Leg (1976)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

Sid and Ivy never had children, and Ivy is disappointed in the way their life has turned out due, she feels, to Sid's lack of ambition. She wants Sid to fix the café roof. Compo and Clegg ... See full summary »

Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Reginald Barratt

Votes: 77

34. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Dawn Attack (1978)

Drama, War

Alan is still in occupied territory, and plans an escape. A German attack on Sainte Marie means all but one of their planes are destroyed, and several men are killed.

Director: John Sichel | Stars: Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton

Votes: 10

35. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Guardian Angel (1978)

Drama, War

Alan is still adjusting to being commissioned. An American arrives, to try and get support for a sale to the RFC of his parachutes.

Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton

Votes: 9

36. 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: 899

37. Stephen Fry in America (2008)

60 min | Documentary

English actor-comedian Stephen Fry travels through the US regions by London cab.

Stars: Stephen Fry, Russell Means, Ted Turner, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 1,774

38. Galahad of Everest (1991 TV Movie)

87 min | Documentary

Brian Blessed recreates the 1924 George Mallory climb of Everest

Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Brian Blessed, Chris Bonington, The Dalai Lama, Reinhold Messner

Votes: 26

39. Shoestring (1979–1980)
Episode: An Uncertain Circle (1979)

50 min | Drama

Marion Cutler asks Eddie to trace her boyfriend, Nick Forrest, who has disappeared from the coastal caravan park where he was staying, though Steve the owner denies all knowledge of Forrest... See full summary »

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther

Votes: 29

40. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–1978)
Episode: Learning to Fly (1978)

46 min | Comedy

Courtesy of granddad Spencer, who visits from Australia, Frank gets the flying lesson he always craved. Alas, an airplane is a very dangerous place for his natural clumsiness - as his ... See full summary »

Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Frederick Jaeger, Dick Bentley

Votes: 82

41. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Stunt or Die! (1978)

Drama, War

Charles is training new pilots in the south of England but rules forbid him teaching anything potentially dangerous. New pilots cannot even fly in slightly adverse weather conditions. ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Tim Woodward, Michael Cochrane, Anne Kristen, Sarah Porter

Votes: 9

42. 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: 393

43. Wings (1977–1978)

50 min | Drama, War

A young Englishman born into a blacksmith's family wants to be a flier in one of the new fangled flying machines. He struggles to show a man of his class deserves a chance to be a pilot and... See full summary »

Stars: Michael Cochrane, Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, David Troughton

Votes: 161

44. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode: Caught on a Train (1980)

80 min | Drama

Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His train trip is made more complicated by two women also assigned to his train compartment. One is an ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck, Michael Sheard

Votes: 370

45. Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode: One Way Out (1989)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

James Carlisle is a successful architect who sees his children every weekend following his divorce from Lyn. When Lyn falls in love with the unstable Bernard, James is forced to take drastic action.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Bob Peck, Denis Lawson, Samantha Bond, Lesley Nightingale

Votes: 23

46. Shoestring (1979–1980)
Episode: The Partnership (1979)

50 min | Drama

Sonia, the Radio West receptionist, is concerned for her friend, travel agent Jenny Kelson, whom she sees apparently being threatened by a young man. Eddie photographs and follows him, ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther

Votes: 23

47. The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)
Episode: A Lamb to Slaughter (1979)

Drama, Adventure, Crime

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Director: Terence Williams | Stars: Peter McEnery, Alexandra Bastedo, Stefan Gryff, Godfrey James

Votes: 8

48. Fortunes of War (1987)
Episode: Greece: October 1940 (1987)

58 min | Drama, War

October 1940. Unwittingly betrayed by Prince Yakimov, Guy's name has appeared on a Gestapo "death list." The Pringle flat has been ransacked and the Jewish refugee, Sasha Drucker, has ... See full summary »

Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay

Votes: 27

49. Oppenheimer (1980)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1980)

Not Rated | Biography, Drama, History

Oppenheimer is now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, but his left-wing politics mean that he is constantly watched by the FBI and others.

Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Sam Waterston, Manning Redwood, Ed Devereaux, Edward Hardwicke

Votes: 27

50. Oppenheimer (1980)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1980)

Not Rated | Biography, Drama, History

Oppenheimer's extra-marital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.

Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Sam Waterston, Jana Shelden, David Baxt, John Morton

Votes: 26