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1. Breakthrough at Reykjavik (1987 TV Movie)
Drama
in 1985 the leaders of the East and the West come together to reduce their nuclear stockpiles.
Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: Timothy West, Robert Beatty, Shane Rimmer, Anthony Bate
Votes: 7
2. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
3. Murder of a Moderate Man (1985– )
250 min | Thriller
An Interpol agent investigates arms dealing in the Middle East.
Stars: Denis Quilley, Susan Fleetwood, James Grout, Raad Rawi
Votes: 19
4. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
5. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
TV-G | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
Stars: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Votes: 25,035
6.
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Episode:
Part 4
(1977)
TV-G | Biography, Drama, History
Christ is condemned and crucified, dying on the cross, but he is resurrected on the third day.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 153
7. 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: 39,560
8.
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Episode:
Part 1
(1977)
TV-G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
After Joseph and Mary's betrothal, Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 561
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 720,358 | Gross: $56.95M
10. 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
11. Suez 1956 (1979 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
In 1956, the British Prime Minister Anthony Eden grapples with the Suez Crisis, which brings an end to his political career.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Michael Gough, Robert Stephens, Richard Vernon, Wensley Pithey
Votes: 9
12. Counterstrike (1969– )
50 min | Sci-Fi
Simon King, an alien agent from the Inter Galactic Council, is sent to Earth on a mission to stop unscrupulous refugees from a dying planet from wiping out Mankind and taking over the planet Earth.
Stars: Jon Finch, Sarah Brackett, Katie Fitzroy, Fraser Kerr
Votes: 26
13.
The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode:
Target!
(1976)
50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Ministry agents are dropping dead of natural causes either on leave, or just about to go. Discovering a pattern, all clues lead back to the training range where Purdey has just scored a 99%... See full summary »
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Keith Barron
Votes: 109
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 4
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Cybermen take over the base again, apparently to stop the humans using the Z-Bomb, but then the Doctor realises they intend to use it themselves to destroy Earth.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Robert Beatty
Votes: 593
15. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 24,967
16. Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Stars: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell
Votes: 4,503
17. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
18. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
"Orson Welles' Great Mysteries" was a United Kingdom hosted anthology mystery and supernatural series, hosted by Orson Welles.
Stars: Orson Welles, Christopher Lee, Dean Stockwell, Joan Collins
Votes: 234
19. The Human Jungle (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Roger Corder, a gifted and compassionate psychologist, treats the mental disorders of his patients through a mix of Freudian and Laingian techniques.
Stars: Herbert Lom, Michael Johnson, Sally Smith, Mary Yeomans
Votes: 179
20.
Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Episode:
The Way Back
(1978)
Not Rated | 49 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Former resistance leader Roj Blake witnesses a massacre and is subsequently framed for a series of fictional crimes by the totalitarian Federation.
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Gareth Thomas, Sally Knyvette, Michael Keating, Robert Beatty
Votes: 339
21. Minder (1979–1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster
Votes: 2,840
22. Thriller (1973–1976)
TV-14 | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
"Thriller" was an anthology series of self-contained episodes, with genres ranging from murder mystery to suspense to psychological and supernatural horror.
Stars: Donna Mills, Gary Collins, Derek Francis, Michael Jayston
Votes: 980
23. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
24.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 2
(1966)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor's warnings are ignored and the Cybermen take over the base, hampering the crew's efforts to help Zeus IV.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, David Dodimead, Dudley Jones, Robert Beatty
Votes: 571
25. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
26. Man and Superman (1982 TV Movie)
Drama
A story of modern London life, where the ordinary man strives to maintain his position as a gentleman, and the ordinary woman is concerned with marriage.
Directors: Patrick Dromgoole, Alex Kirby | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Lisa Harrow, James Grout, Timothy Ackroyd
Votes: 26
27. The Flying Doctor (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Richard Denning, Jill Adams, Alan White, Peter Madden
Votes: 35
28.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In December 1986, a new planet appears in the Solar System which turns out to be a long-lost twin of Earth's named Mondas. Its inhabitants are the Cybermen.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Dudley Jones, David Dodimead
Votes: 630
29. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
M | 158 min | Action, Adventure, War
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 62,968
30. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,505
31. Odd Man Out (1947)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, F.J. McCormick
Votes: 11,429
32. 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
33. Wire Service (1956–1957)
60 min | Drama
Adventures of three globetrotting reporters working for an international wire service.
Stars: Dane Clark, George Brent, Mercedes McCambridge, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 43
34. Tales of Hans Anderson (1952–1955)
30 min | Family
Stars: Christopher Lee, Robert Beatty, Signe Hasso, Elsa Marianne von Rosen
Votes: 11
35.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Ghost Squad
(1959)
30 min | Crime
Maguire infiltrates a dockyard gang who are smuggling out freight boxes.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Robert Beatty, Russell Napier, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Michael Brennan
Votes: 19
36.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Radio Active
(1959)
30 min | Crime
Thieves steal a car that has a box of radio-active bars in it, and its a race against time to track it down.
Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Hector Ross, Ian Fleming
Votes: 17
37. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
38.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Key Witness
(1959)
30 min | Crime
A criminal pursues a murder witness through London streets in order to kill him and so stop him testifying.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Robert Beatty, Richard Bebb, Barrie Cookson, Patrick Troughton
Votes: 19
39.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Rat Trap
(1959)
30 min | Crime
Dockland gang murder a policeman but are caught thanks to a sandwich board.
Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Robert Beatty, Sydney Tafler, Howard Williams, Thomas Gallagher
Votes: 24
40. The 25th Hour (1967)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, War
In World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Grégoire Aslan, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 2,185
41. Court Martial (1965–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama
During World War II, this crack team from the Judge Advocate General's office investigates crime all over Europe and then proceeds to the court-martial.
Stars: Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Kenneth J. Warren, Angela Browne
Votes: 69
42. The Gathering Storm (1974 TV Movie)
75 min | Biography, Drama
The story of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Angharad Rees, Lesley Dunlop
Votes: 269
43. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall
Votes: 86
44.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Robbery with Violence
(1959)
30 min | Crime
Gang of robbers hold up a jeweler's shop and hole up in an apartment while the police go to work.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Robert Beatty, Harold Lang, Robert Rietty, Yvonne Romain
Votes: 21
45.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Mechanical Watchman
(1959)
30 min | Crime
A silent mechanical alarm alerts to police to a thieves stealing high class furs, removing identifying marks and settling remodeled versions.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Peter Allenby, Delphi Lawrence
Votes: 21
46.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 3
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With the Doctor out of action, it is up to Polly, Ben and Barclay to stop Cutler using the Z-Bomb and devastating half the world.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Christopher Matthews, Christopher Dunham
Votes: 566
47.
Dial 999 (1958–1959)
Episode:
Night Mail
(1959)
30 min | Crime
A gang tries to steal diamonds from the Glasgow to London postal train.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Robert Beatty, Sydney Tafler, Brian Peck, Robert Rietty
Votes: 22
48. Labyrinth (1986)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.
Director: Jim Henson | Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson
Votes: 149,783 | Gross: $12.73M
49. 49th Parallel (1941)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman
Votes: 7,678
50. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall
Votes: 7,518