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1. Inside Out (1985– )
Drama
Two female ex-convicts try to set up an employment agency.
Stars: Lou Wakefield, Gwyneth Strong, Michael Thomas, Philip Sayer
Votes: 7
2. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 6,182
3.
Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode:
A Question of Loyalty
(1977)
55 min | Drama, History, War
The Gestapo infiltrate the Lifeline organization with German officer Ernst Stoller posing as an escaped airman. Monique falls for the infiltrator.
Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Angela Richards, Clive Arrindell, Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis
Votes: 64
4. A Fine Romance (1989)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Louisa Phillips and Michael Trent are a once married couple who are still tied together by their job of co-hosting a travel show. This will they or won't rom-com was filmed in the scenic hot spots of Europe.
Stars: Margaret Whitton, Ernie Sabella, Kevin Moore, Dinah Lenney
Votes: 79
5.
The Manions of America (1981)
Episode:
Part I
(1981)
90 min | Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Forrest, Peter Gilmore
Votes: 18
6. Secret Army (1977–1979)
50 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.
Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond
Votes: 1,618
7. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,726
8. The Voyage of Charles Darwin (1978)
Biography, History
The series encompasses Darwin's university days to the 1859 publication of his book "On the Origin of Species" and his death and is based on Darwin's own letters, diaries, and journals, ... See full summary »
Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Andrew Burt, Peter Settelen, David Ashton
Votes: 153
9. 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: 1,541
10. Kids (1979)
60 min | Drama
Series based around a fictional assessment centre for children who have been taken into care and their own individual stories. The stories themselves are based on real life cases.
Stars: Caroline Mortimer, James Hazeldine, Neil Nisbet, Sarah Neville
Votes: 13
11.
Shoestring (1979–1980)
Episode:
Mocking Bird
(1980)
50 min | Drama
Young women are being mugged around the city and the perpetrator, a caller with an Ulster accent, keeps ringing Eddie and taunting him for his inability to catch him. The police are called ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 21
12.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Shutdown
(1983)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama
Stali presses a reluctant Dzerzhinsky to execute Reilly as the Cheka chief resists Stalin's efforts to dismantle 'The Trust.'
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Laura Davenport
Votes: 63
13. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
TV-MA | 720 min | Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell
Votes: 1,692
14.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Ninety Per Cent Proof
(1983)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a court case in which he is trying to prove that Jerry LeFevre burnt down the Bishops Rock Hotel for the insurance, Jim is approached by glamorous Irene Maybank, who says her husband... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Anthony Steel, Carol Royle
Votes: 67
15.
Between the Lines (1992–1994)
Episode:
The Chill Factor
(1992)
Crime, Drama
DCC Dunning has been suspended, but Clark suspects Deakin may be at the bottom of it.
Director: Alan Dossor | Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle
Votes: 28
16. Between the Lines (1992–1994)
50 min | Crime, Drama
British police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.
Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle
Votes: 632
17. Strangers (1978–1982)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
The eccentric police detective George Kitchener Bulman is reluctantly transferred to a station in the North of England.
Stars: Don Henderson, Dennis Blanch, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane
Votes: 111
18. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.
Stars: Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan, Rob Edwards, Lucy Aston
Votes: 236
19. The Professionals (1977–1983)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice
Votes: 3,662
20. 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: 4,497
21. Vanity Fair (1987)
35 min | Drama
In the time of Napoleon, Becky Sharp, a poor orphan girl, schemes for money and position. Her most-used stepladder is her old school friend, Amelia Sedley. Both women marry soldiers, and both of them are affected by the Battle of Waterloo.
Stars: Eve Matheson, Rebecca Saire, Simon Dormandy, Jack Klaff
Votes: 92
22. Boogie Outlaws (1987– )
50 min
Stars: Isla Blair, David Schofield, Ian Hogg, Francesca Brill
Votes: 6
23.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Old Boy Net
(1983)
Not Rated | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A seemingly respectable old school couple arrested for running a brothel for upper-class clients are reluctant to help in their own defense.
Director: Tony Smith | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray
Votes: 86
24.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Awaydays
(1993)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
An elderly ex-copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel. DC Lines investigates.
Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Kevin Lloyd, Stephen Beckett, Lynne Miller, Christopher Ellison
Votes: 33
25.
Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981)
Episode:
The Golden Hind
(1981)
30 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
A fish and chips shop opens in town and Worzel becomes good friends with Jolly Jack, the ship's figurehead that stands out front. The friendship runs aground when the rakish seaman meets ... See full summary »
Director: James Hill | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Jeremy Austin, Charlotte Coleman, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 18
26.
By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
Episode:
The Edge of the Sword
(1983)
Drama, History, War
"June 1644" "Edge of the Sword" Civil War-wounded veteran Sir Martin Lacey is determined to make his castle Annescott a haven for stranded Royalist soldiers. The place has been raided by ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Emlyn Price, Michael Shallard, Will Kenton
Votes: 9
27. Brazil (1985)
R | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 211,309 | Gross: $9.93M
28. The Optimist (1983–1985)
30 min | Comedy
Meet The Optimist. A guy who has big dreams in life yet creates problems and confusion wherever he goes. He means well, but in this dialogue-free comedy series he manages to leave a trail of chaos across Hollywood and London.
Stars: Enn Reitel, Christine Garner, Robert Sidaway, Me Me Lai
Votes: 20
29.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
The Skin of Our Teeth
(1983)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play about mankind's triumph over chaos, which wildly altered dramatic conventions in freely shifting between modern-day New Jersey and the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack O'Brien | Stars: Tom Lacy, Harold Gould, Jeffrey Combs, Sada Thompson
Votes: 66
30.
Cribb (1980–1981)
Episode:
The Horizontal Witness
(1980)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Joe Calhoun, a key player in London's vice world, is found dead in one of his own brothels. Unreliable witness Charlie Vokins, who had a score to settle with him, claims to know the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Alan Dobie, David Waller, William Simons, Elizabeth Bennett
Votes: 14
31. 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: 2,835
32. 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: 392
33. The Mackinnons (1977)
50 min | Drama
Veterinary drama set in the West Highlands of Scotland.
Stars: Bill Simpson, Mikel Lambert, Sandra Clark, William Wilde
Votes: 6
34.
Minder (1979–1994)
Episode:
The Long Ride Back to Scratchwood
(1984)
TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ever on the look-out to make money, Arthur buys two thousand tickets for an England-Scotland match at Wembley from ex-Liverpool footballer 'Benno' Benson, and drives North to Scotland with ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Green | Stars: Dennis Waterman, George Cole, Mark Farmer, Alan Hunter
Votes: 74
35. Cribb (1980–1981)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Victorian era cases of Detective Sergeant Cribb of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department.
Stars: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller, Alfie Curtis
Votes: 162
36.
The One Game (1988)
Episode:
Sunday
(1988)
Thriller
Nick escapes death, at a church, while Magnus guard dogs kill Jenny's lover Gavin. Magnus tries to recruit Tom only to invite Lord Maine to launch an hostile takeover. Nick is conned into fighting a knight in armor but left in jail.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Stephen Dillane, Pippa Haywood, Kate McKenzie
Votes: 8
37. Murphy's Mob (1982–1985)
Drama, Family, Sport
Murphy's Mob is a British children's television series aired on ITV for four series between 1982 and 1985. Mac Murphy takes charge as manager of a struggling fictional Third Division ... See full summary »
Stars: Keith Jayne, Wayne Norman, Lewis Stevens, Ken Hutchison
Votes: 60
38. Target (1977–1978)
50 min | Action, Crime
A small team of detectives solve crimes of a varied nature in Southampton.
Stars: Patrick Mower, Philip Madoc, Brendan Price, Vivien Heilbron
Votes: 64
39. Floodtide (1987–1988)
60 min | Drama
Drama serial following the trail of cocaine smugglers.
Stars: Philip Sayer, John Benfield, Georges Trillat, Gaby Dellal
Votes: 31
40.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
Episode:
Shoscombe Old Place
(1991)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sir Robert Norberton, a race horse owner, is under a lot of pressure due to his debts and has been acting strange of late. Holmes and Watson head to Shoscombe Old Place, Sir Robert's stables, to investigate.
Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Robin Ellis, Elizabeth Weaver
Votes: 764
41. Shoestring (1979–1980)
50 min | Drama
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 447
42. 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
43.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Old Flames
(1990)
TV-14 | Drama
Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and sad. This reluctant pair are caught up ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Stephen Fry, Simon Callow, Clive Francis, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 37
44.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
Klansmen
(1977)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Empire Society, a white supremacist group run by a man called Hulton, is terrorising blacks and trying to forcibly evict them. Cowley and Doyle are shocked at Bodie's apparent colour ... See full summary »
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Edward Judd
Votes: 142
45. The Tripods (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Masters using their giant Tripods. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places ... See full summary »
Stars: John Shackley, Ceri Seel, Jim Baker, Robin Hayter
Votes: 1,570
46.
The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode:
Trouble and Strife
(1976)
TV-PG | 52 min | Drama
A woman from Starr's past, down on her luck, begs him to use his influence to obtain a job for her at the Bentinck.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Gemma Jones, John Cater, Maureen O'Brien, Richard Vernon
Votes: 36
47. 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
48. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 415
49. Anna Lee (1994)
120 min | Crime, Drama
British crime drama series following the cases of the Brierly Security detective agency.
Stars: Imogen Stubbs, Brian Glover, John Rowe, Peter Wight
Votes: 109
50. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
TV-G | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The adventures of the archaeological treasure hunter in his youth as related by an elderly Indiana Jones.
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Ronny Coutteure
Votes: 8,683