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1. The Silver Sword (1957–1958)

30 min | Drama

8.8

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On a cold, dark night in Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki children watch in horror as Nazi stormtroopers arrest their mother. Now they are lone. With the war raging around them, food and shelter... See full summary »

Stars: Melvyn Hayes, Ingrid Sylvester, Pat Pleasance, Frazer Hines

Votes: 34

2. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)

Drama

7.8

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Series of television plays performed live.

Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan

Votes: 179

3. The Larkins (1958–1964)

30 min | Comedy

7.4

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66 Sycamore Street is home to the Larkins. Alf refuses to believe that he's henpecked. Ada's determined to make sure that he is.

Stars: Peggy Mount, David Kossoff, Barbara Mitchell, Ronan O'Casey

Votes: 85

4. The Vise (1954–1961)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.3

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This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.

Stars: Donald Gray, Colin Tapley, Ron Randell, Robert Arden

Votes: 75

5. Across the Bridge (1957)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.2

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A wealthy businessman attempts to run to Mexico to escape capture for embezzlement. On the way, he switches identities for a visa but that only complicates matters.

Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman

Votes: 996

6. The Larkins (1958–1964)
Episode: Christmas with the Larkins (1958)

Comedy

7.1

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Ada invites the most miserable man to spend Christmas with the family, Alf comes home with a frozen turkey after racing back to the butchers, and Eddie comes up with a plan to save chopping the tree down to size.

Director: Bill Ward | Stars: Peggy Mount, Ruth Trouncer, Hilary Bamberger, Shaun O'Riordan

Votes: 12

7. A King in New York (1957)

G | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

7.0

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A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston

Votes: 8,889

8. Carry on Teacher (1959)

86 min | Comedy

6.2

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Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey

Votes: 2,669

9. The Larkins (1958–1964)
Episode: Teddy for Eddie (1959)

Comedy

6.2

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Alf discovers that Eddie's been hanging out with a bunch of Teddy Boys, Myrtle's upset when she finds that she has a rival for his affections, and Jeff's pushed to breaking point as he desperately tries to finish his story.

Director: Antony Kearey | Stars: Peggy Mount, David Kossoff, Ronan O'Casey, Ruth Trouncer

Votes: 8

10. Let's Be Happy (1957)

107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

5.7

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An American salesman pursues an heiress from Vermont, who is in turn being wooed by a Scottish lord in financial need.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin, Robert Flemyng, Zena Marshall

Votes: 254

11. Kidnapped (1956)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

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1751. When his father dies, young David Balfour travels to House of Shaws, near Edinburgh, and meets his miserly uncle - who arranges for him to be kidnapped.

Stars: Leo Maguire, Patrick Troughton, Patrick Milner, John Laurie