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1.
Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981)
Episode:
Fire Drill
(1980)
Family, Comedy, Drama
The village is planning a big bonfire celebration and Mr. Braithwaite offers his old scarecrow to be burned - Worzel Gummidge. John and Sue help Worzel build another scarecrow to be burned ... See full summary »
Director: James Hill | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Jeremy Austin, Charlotte Coleman, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 28
2. Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001–2003)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Two Thousand Acres of Sky tells the story of single mum Abby Wallace, who escapes her inner city lifestyle with her two children to a small Scottish village.
Stars: Michelle Collins, Paul Kaye, Michael Carter, George Anton
Votes: 288
3.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–1999)
Episode:
Playing God
(1999)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cordelia's old adversary DCS Fergusson hires her to look into his daughter's boyfriend, but nothing is ever as straightforward as that in this agency.
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Struan Rodger, Anna Madeley
Votes: 55
4.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Cold Fusion: Part 2
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The anti-terrorist squad has Boyd's HQ under lock-down, and the team is quarantined until the substance that affected Felix can be identified.
Director: Richard Standeven | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 135
5. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
TV-14 | 983 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 3,118
6.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Cold Fusion: Part 1
(2005)
TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder case that Spencer worked on whilst at the Atomic Energy Constabulary is under review. DNA evidence that's been untestable until now looks set to reveal the murderer of two anti ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Standeven | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall
Votes: 137
7.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
An Unwanted Woman: Part Two
(1992)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a 92-year old lady dies, Reg becomes suspicious that there was more to it than old age, and begins an investigation into the slightly sinister elderly retired community surrounding her.
Director: Jenny Wilkes | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen
Votes: 29
8. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Tara Fitzgerald
Votes: 6,447
9.
Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode:
The Potter's Field
(1998)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A year after Brother Ruald answers his vocation and becomes a monk at Shrewsbury, a body, believed to be his deserted wife, is unearthed near his cottage.
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Michael Culver, Julian Firth
Votes: 183
10.
The Famous Five (1978–1979)
Episode:
Five Go Off to Camp: Episode One
(1978)
25 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
The Famous Five goes camping and nearby is a train tunnel where a spook train travels back and forth. Along with their friend Jock, the boys decide to sneak out at night to check it out.
Director: James Gatward | Stars: Marcus Harris, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Michele Galagher
Votes: 25
11.
Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981)
Episode:
Worzel's Nephew
(1980)
Family, Comedy, Drama
With the Peters family away on holiday and Mike laid up with a sore ankle, Mr. Braithwaite hires a new farmhand: a Cockney lad who speaks in rhyming slang. The boy turns out to be Worzel's ... See full summary »
Director: James Hill | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Jeremy Austin, Charlotte Coleman, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 30
12. Moving Story (1994–1995)
60 min | Comedy
Comedy drama centred around a group of removal men, and their mishaps as they move the contents of people's houses to their new homes. A spin-off by Jack Rosenthal from his film The Chain (1984).
Stars: Warren Clarke, Phil Davis, Con O'Neill, Ronny Jhutti
Votes: 51
13. The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983)
25 min | Family, Fantasy
When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.
Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Zoe Loftin, Giles Harper, Heidi Mayo
Votes: 70
14.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
An Unwanted Woman: Part One
(1992)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Reg is suspicious when a 92 year old woman dies, he also has to look into who's pushing people off their bicycles at a Castle.
Director: Jenny Wilkes | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Madeleine Christie, Diane Keen
Votes: 29
15. The Stretch (2000 TV Movie)
176 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Career criminal Terry Greene receives a life sentence for a murder he did not commit. His wife Sam faces a decision: to abandon the criminal empire he has established or to assume control of it.
Director: Frank W. Smith | Stars: Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson, Luke Goss, Phil Atkinson
Votes: 44
16.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Means of Evil: Part One
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Wexford is confronted with a murder in a vegetarian family and wonders how many kinds of mushrooms there are.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen
Votes: 63
17.
Murder in Mind (2001–2003)
Episode:
Neighbours
(2001)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Squires move in next door to a couple and start making their lives a suburban nightmare. Eventually, the husband's patience starts wearing out and he decides to take action.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Kevin Whately, Caroline Goodall, John Thomson, Denise Van Outen
Votes: 53
18.
The Famous Five (1978–1979)
Episode:
Five Go Off to Camp: Episode Two
(1978)
25 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
Despite warnings from a Mr. Andrews, Julian and Dick sneak back to the old goods station - but this time catch a glimpse of a spook train. Convinced something sinister is behind the trains ... See full summary »
Director: James Gatward | Stars: Marcus Harris, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Michele Galagher
Votes: 24
19. Murder in Mind (2001–2003)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Each episode of this anthology drama has a murderous theme with twist being that the action is followed from the point of view of the killer.
Stars: Tim Healy, Jackie Fielding, Keeley Hawes, David Suchet
Votes: 353
20.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
An Unkindness of Ravens: Part One
(1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DCI Wexford investigates the disappearance of Rodney Williams, whose body is found in a wood. Wexford unearths further mysteries connected to the case.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen
Votes: 36
21. The Famous Five (1978–1979)
25 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
Modern adaptation of Enid Blyton's adventure stories about Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog.
Stars: Marcus Harris, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Michele Galagher
Votes: 594
22.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Talking to Strange Men
(1992)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Creevey has recently separated from his wife Jennifer and is still obsessed with her and Peter Mullin, the new man in her life. Many years ago his sister Cherry had been murdered and ... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: John Duttine, Mel Martin, Ralph Brown, Nicholas Haley
Votes: 25
23.
Murder in Mind (2001–2003)
Episode:
Memories
(2002)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gifted surgeon finds his cozy family life threatened by a recurring nightmare which preys on his psyche and hints at hidden trauma from the past.
Director: Nick Jones | Stars: Neil Pearson, Adrian Irvine, Rebecca Lacey, Anne Stallybrass
Votes: 34
24. Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981)
60 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
Children's series about the adventures of Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee), a scarecrow who comes to life.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Jeremy Austin, Charlotte Coleman, Norman Bird
Votes: 1,107
25.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Orchard Walls
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bright young teenage girl is 'farmed out' to relatives in the rural West Country during the Battle of Britain and makes many astute observations about life there.
Director: Gwennan Sage | Stars: Honeysuckle Weeks, Marsha Fitzalan, John McGlynn, Sylvia Syms
Votes: 66
26.
Murder in Mind (2001–2003)
Episode:
Swan Song
(2002)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A nightclub singer urges her lover to murder her rich husband. A series of clues quickly leads the police to conclude the lover's guilt and he is convicted. But events take an unexpected turn.
Director: Frank W. Smith | Stars: Samantha Robson, Michael Greco, Danny Webb, Arthur White
Votes: 26
27. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–1999)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cordelia Gray is the reluctant owner of a ramshackle investigation agency following the suicide of her boss. Watching over her as she hunts down clues in the murky and sinister world of ... See full summary »
Stars: Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Struan Rodger, Jeff Nuttall
Votes: 326
28.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Thornapple
(1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Twelve-year-old James lives with his parents and sister. He has a scientific mind and a load of jars, all containing poisons which he has manufactured from plants in the garden - his ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Freddie Findlay, Neil Daglish, Susan Penhaligon, Katie Havelaar Cook
Votes: 24
29.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Mouse in the Corner: Part One
(1992)
TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tom Peterlee, a member of a large family who live in three adjoining cottages, is murdered. Eva, his mother is quite cavalier in reaction to his death in Wexford's opinion and other family ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Walker | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Diane Keen
Votes: 40
30.
Knights of God (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(1987)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Gervase and Julia are imprisoned in the Wasteland headquarters.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 5
31.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
From Doon with Death: Part One
(1991)
TV-14 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Margaret Parsons, a fairly ordinary housewife who, with her water board official husband Ron, has recently moved to Kingsmarkham, is found murdered in a field. Mrs. Parsons led an extremely... See full summary »
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Geoffrey Bateman, Amanda Redman
Votes: 55
32.
Murder in Mind (2001–2003)
Episode:
Flame
(2001)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A firefighter discovers that his wife is having an affair with his colleague and is approached by a "problem-solver" , who offers him a solution.
Director: Nick Jones | Stars: Steve McFadden, Keith Allen, Sharon Maiden, Ryan Philpott
Votes: 52
33.
Murder in Mind (2001–2003)
Episode:
Motive
(2001)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One evening a man kills his baby-sitter. He convinces his wife to go along with it. She is the daughter of one of his workers. Is that the motive behind the crime?
Director: Frank W. Smith | Stars: Reece Dinsdale, Susannah Harker, David Ross, Angela McHale
Votes: 49
34.
Knights of God (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1987)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Gervase and Julia learn more about the Order and each other. Mordrin is determined to find the leader of the Resistance and has mysterious plans for Gervase- but will be be foiled by Julia's plan?
Director: Michael Kerrigan | Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 5
35.
Knights of God (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1987)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Julia's fate seems certain as Mordrin steps up the pressure. Gervase's love for her is challenged and he has to make a horrifying decision.
Director: Michael Kerrigan | Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 5
36.
Knights of God (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1987)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Hugo sends Williams on a mission, as Mordrin is persuaded to let Gervase have his own way.
Director: Michael Kerrigan | Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 5
37.
Knights of God (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1987)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Hugo sets in motion a plan to be rid of Mordrin while Owen and Beth plead with Arthur to release Gervase.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 5
38. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson
Votes: 694
39.
Knights of God (1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1987)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Hugo's plans develop as Mordrin's promise to Gervase is broken.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 5
40. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,118
41. Knights of God (1987)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the year 2020, Britain is divided into North and South. The Royal Family has been deposed and in its place rule the Knights of God, a harsh militaristic religious order headed by Prior ... See full summary »
Stars: George Winter, John Woodvine, Julian Fellowes, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 111
42. Night Mail II (1987 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Bob Franklin | Star: Alan Dobie
Votes: 29
43.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 1
(1994)
TV-14 | 180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When wealthy middle-aged divorcée Alice Fielding, marries a handsome younger man, her best friend Nesta, who has fallen on hard times, begins to resent her.
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Jane Gurnett, Leslie Phillips, Leonard Preston, Arthur White
Votes: 119
44.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 2
(1994)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alice is concerned at Nesta's sudden disappearance, particularly in view of veiled comments Nesta had made about a mysterious man friend. She traces Nesta's mail to a seedy hotel in ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Eleanor David, Mark Frankel, Joanna Kanska, Melanie Kilburn
Votes: 70
45.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Vanity Dies Hard: Part 3
(1994)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alice Fielding is shocked when her friend, Dr. Harry Blunden tells her that Nesta was having an affair with her husband Andrew. He vehemently denies it telling Alice he hated the woman and ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Mark Frankel, Leslie Phillips, Anne Jameson, Eleanor David
Votes: 67
46. Jim's Gift (1996 TV Movie)
96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A young boy receives a magical VCR with the power to replay the past and preview the future--and his comfortable middle-class existence is thrown into complete chaos.
Director: Bob Keen | Stars: Jean Boht, Doug Bradley, Daniel Burke, Jennifer Calvert
Votes: 71
47. Russian Roulette (1975)
PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When his prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assasination scheme.
Directors: Lou Lombardo, Anthony Squire | Stars: George Segal, Cristina Raines, Bo Brundin, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 514
48. Gulliver's Travels (1977)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Lemuel Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival Blefuscu.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Meredith Edwards
Votes: 653
49. The Saturday Banana (1978– )
Family
Bill Oddie's Saturday morning variety show
Stars: Bill Oddie, Susanna Martelli, Susan Tully, Bill Gamon
Votes: 8
50.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Double
(1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two identical women, one virginal and good and the other sexy and seductive, vie for the affections of a young stockbroker,
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Camilla Power, Jason Flemyng, Lalor Roddy, Michelle Newell
Votes: 95