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1. Staying Alive (1996– )
Drama
Downbeat drama set in a Nurses' Home.
Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Jessica Hynes, Paul Higgins, Tom Beard
Votes: 14
2.
Casualty (1986– )
Episode:
Lifelines
(1987)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The emergency services are called upon when a small group of potholers get into trouble underground. Meanwhile back at Holby Kuba is accused of stealing a patients wallet, and there is ... See full summary »
Director: Sharon Miller | Stars: Bernard Gallagher, Derek Thompson, Brenda Fricker, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 18
3. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin
Votes: 2,659
4.
London's Burning (1988–2002)
Episode:
Episode #4.2
(1991)
51 min | Drama
Kelly's pregnancy forces the reluctant George to make some decisions and Blue Watch are called to a horrific fire in a music recording studio.
Director: John Reardon | Stars: Sean Blowers, Rupert Baker, Samantha Beckinsale, Ross Boatman
Votes: 12
5. Bodyguards (1996– )
Action
An elite group of British bodyguards guard vulnerable VIPs against threats.
Stars: Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, John Shrapnel, Pip Torrens
Votes: 99
6.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Big Boy's Rules
(1995)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
DC Carver and DC Skase look into the hi-jacking of a lorry and realise that their investigation is being shadowed by a violent gang.
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: Mark Wingett, Iain Fletcher, Shaun Scott, Graham Cole
Votes: 28
7. A Christmas Carol (1984 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward
Votes: 18,348
8. British Men Behaving Badly (1992–2014)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy
Two early thirties best friends live together while having completely different personalities. While their girlfriends try to help them take on more responsibilities the boys seldom respond well and usually end up drinking together.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Quentin, Leslie Ash, Neil Morrissey
Votes: 8,658
9.
The Detectives (1993–1997)
Episode:
Acting Constables
(1993)
28 min | Comedy, Crime
The constables are drafted in as police advisers on a drama production, but while they're on the scene a real murder takes place.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Eddie Webber, Anthony Head, Robert Powell, Jasper Carrott
Votes: 36
10. Sean's Show (1992–1993)
30 min | Comedy
Comedian Sean Hughes is plucked from obscurity and trapped in a TV reconstruction of his Muswell Hill flat, where his everyday bumblings are exposed to the gaze of a studio audience
Stars: Sean Hughes, Michael Troughton, Eileen Way, Victor McGuire
Votes: 143
11.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
The Right Man for the Job
(1993)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Sgt. Boyden deals with the aftermath of an accident where a suspected stolen car crashes while being pursued.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: Tony O'Callaghan, Stephen Beckett, Andrew Paul, Tom Butcher
Votes: 32
12. The Detectives (1993–1997)
50 min | Comedy, Crime
In the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong.
Stars: Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, George Sewell, Frank Windsor
Votes: 1,612
13. Mitch (1984)
60 min | Drama
Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
Stars: John Thaw, David Calder, Clare Higgins, Gawn Grainger
Votes: 31
14. Pinocchio (1978– )
30 min
In the BBC's 1978 Pinocchio TV series, a wooden puppet comes to life and embarks on a whimsical journey to become a real boy.
Stars: Derek Smith, Rhoda Lewis, Roy Macready, Neil Fitzwiliam
Votes: 17
15. Wycliffe (1993–1998)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Cornwall, Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who works along with his colleagues DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane, investigates murder cases with his trademark determination and clinical accuracy.
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters, Jimmy Yuill, Tim Wylton
Votes: 1,098
16. Get Well Soon (1997)
30 min | Comedy
The comic everyday lives of a group of patients, doctors, nurses and ancillary staff at a National Health Service hospital during the post-war period.
Stars: Matthew Cottle, Eddie Marsan, William Osborne, Michael Troughton
Votes: 19
17.
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
18.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
Strangers Home
(1997)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Karen Drew marries John Leigh three weeks after meeting but John is murdered and robbed in their honeymoon hotel while Karen is out walking. All the wedding guests were strangers who ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Wareing | Stars: Sidney Livingstone, Josephine Butler, Anthony Green, Pat Rossiter
Votes: 66
19. London's Burning (1988–2002)
50 min | Drama
The lives of firefighters at Blackwall Fire Station.
Stars: Glen Murphy, Richard Walsh, Ben Onwukwe, Shirley Greenwood
Votes: 948
20.
British Men Behaving Badly (1992–2014)
Episode:
My Brilliant Career
(1992)
PG | 23 min | Comedy
Dermot gets a job a Deborahs restaurant. Meanwhile Gary tries to tell George and Anthea, that they may lose their job.
Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Harry Enfield, Martin Clunes, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin
Votes: 115
21.
Mitch (1984)
Episode:
Something Private
(1984)
Drama
The unusually caring reporter goes to a village where a 10-year old boy has been murdered, but the locals are not very sociable - even with each other.
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: John Thaw, Clare Higgins, Alan Bodenham, Niven Boyd
Votes: 13
22. Without a Clue (1988)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective, Dr. Watson.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony
Votes: 11,122 | Gross: $8.54M
23. Wizbit (1986–1988)
Family, Fantasy
A magical children's series about an alien magician called Wizbit who comes to Earth for a year and a day to learn all about our planet. Wizbit, a giant yellow magicians hat, mainly solved puzzles in the city of Puzzleopolis.
Stars: Gary Martin, Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Vicky Licorish
Votes: 64
24.
The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode:
Hearts and Minds
(1978)
TV-PG | 53 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A burglar is found dead at the home of Professor Busby, though nothing appears to have been stolen. Government official Bellcourt tells Regan and Carter that Busby was working on pills to ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Eric Morecambe
Votes: 133
25. 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
26. Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993–1994)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Timothy Spall, Trevor Cooper, Lesley Sharp, Danniella Westbrook
Votes: 29
27. 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: 4,114
28. Kinvig (1981)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Lazy, unambitious repairman and UFO enthusiast Des Kinvig encounters a spaceship captained by the beautiful Miss Griffin from Mercury. Or is it all just the fantasy of a man having a quiet breakdown?
Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 83
29.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
Creature of the Xux
(1981)
25 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Des and Jim suspect that their local councilor Mr Horsley is really a replicant created by the evil Xux.
Director: Les Chatfield | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 9
30. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale
Votes: 3,695
31.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
The Humanoid Factor
(1981)
24 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Des has a nightmare of humanoid replicas of Mr Horsley emerging from the burning council building. At the same time Mr Horsley's nephew is creating a new line of shop dummies.
Director: Les Chatfield | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 7
32.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
The Mystery of Netta
(1981)
24 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Netta shows a sudden and obsessive interest in the subject of alien spacecraft. When Des and Jim discover that she has invited a strange being to tea, they become rather alarmed.
Director: Les Chatfield | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 7
33.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
Double, Double...
(1981)
25 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When his wife Nell tells him she saw a man in the neighborhood who looked like him, Des has a dream where Miss Griffin warns him that the Xux have created a clone to replace.
Director: Les Chatfield | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 7
34.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
The Big Benders
(1981)
25 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Des and Jim fear that the Xux are going to inflict spoon-bending mental powers on humanity in order to create chaos.
Director: Les Chatfield | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 7
35.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
Where Are You Miss Griffin?
(1981)
26 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Miss Griffin has not been in the shop for a few days. Des has a home-medicine induced vision of his alien friends telling him that she has disappeared on her last mission. All evidence points to the local park.
Director: Les Chatfield | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 7
36.
Bodyguards (1996– )
Episode:
A Choice of Evils
(1997)
45 min | Action
New bodyguard Ian Worrell is being blackmailed to let assassins succeed in taking out their target. Will he choose his family or his protectees?
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, John Shrapnel, Pip Torrens
Votes: 9
37.
Kinvig (1981)
Episode:
Contact
(1981)
26 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Lazy repairman Des Kinvig's life changes when he imagines meeting a glamorous alien from Mercury, who looks a lot like his latest customer Miss Griffin.
Directors: Les Chatfield, Brian Simmons | Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 7
38. U.F.O. (1993)
79 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
While performing at Blackpool Pier, comedian Roy Brown is beamed aboard a spaceship of feminist aliens. He is put on trial for misogyny, found guilty, and condemned to annual pregnancies for 30 years.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Sara Stockbridge, Mandi Symonds, Roger Lloyd Pack
Votes: 347
39. Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990)
PG | 106 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
A tycoon's children and creditors compete for his money in an athletic contest.
Director: Willy Bogner | Stars: Roger Moore, Shari Belafonte, Simon Shepherd, Uwe Ochsenknecht
Votes: 1,101
40. Matilda's England (1979– )
60 min | Drama
Trilogy by William Trevor charting the changes in English society in the mid-twentieth century, seen through the memories of middle-aged Matilda looking back on her idyllic pre-war childhood.
Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Pat Keen, Georgine Anderson, Holly de Jong
41. An Honourable Retirement (1979 TV Movie)
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Alan Bodenham, Victoria Burgoyne, Pat Keen, John Le Mesurier
42.
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993–1994)
Episode:
Mr. Chairman
(1994)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Timothy Spall, Trevor Cooper, Sylvester McCoy, Cathryn Bradshaw
43.
Get Well Soon (1997)
Episode:
Tucker's Gambit
(1997)
Comedy
Director: Christine Gernon | Stars: Eddie Marsan, Matthew Cottle, William Osborne, Michael Troughton
44.
Pinocchio (1978– )
Episode:
Part 4
(1978)
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Derek Smith, Rhoda Lewis, Roy Macready, Neil Fitzwiliam
45.
Sean's Show (1992–1993)
Episode:
Episode #2.7
(1993)
Comedy
Director: Sylvie Boden | Stars: Sean Hughes, Victor McGuire, Michael Troughton, Eileen Way
46.
Matilda's England (1979– )
Episode:
The Tennis Court
(1979)
Drama
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, June Hooper, Nigel Pratt, Holly de Jong
47.
Matilda's England (1979– )
Episode:
The Summer House
(1979)
Drama
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Geoffrey Greenhill, June Hooper, Pat Keen
48.
Matilda's England (1979– )
Episode:
The Drawing Room
(1979)
Drama
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Rowland Davies, Georgine Anderson, Pat Keen
49.
Staying Alive (1996– )
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(1997)
Drama
Director: David Skynner | Stars: Claudette Barnard, Tom Beard, Alan Bodenham, Jenny Bolt
50.
Wizbit (1986–1988)
Episode:
Badbit
(1988)
25 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Phil Bishop | Stars: Alan Bodenham, Paul Daniels, Adrian Hedley, Rob Inglis