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1.
Hadleigh (1969–1976)
Episode:
The Story of a Panic
(1976)
49 min | Drama
James Hadleigh is the man who has everything - wealth, status, and a beautiful wife. But the man who has everything has more to lose than most. When Hadleigh's wife mysteriously disappears, is it the beginning of the end?
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Gerald Harper, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Richard Vernon, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 6
2.
Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
Episode:
The Kipper and the Corpse
(1979)
TV-PG | 32 min | Comedy
One of the guests has died in his sleep, but Basil thinks it's due to serving him spoiled food.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 2,103
3. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,238
4.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
The Other Man
(1964)
150 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1940, Winston Churchill is killed, Britain signs a separate peace with Nazi Germany, and the Second World War is over. George Grant, a young Army officer, witnesses the gradual changes ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Michael Caine, Siân Phillips, John Thaw, Peter Dyneley
Votes: 18
5.
Grange Hill (1978–2008)
Episode:
Episode #4.12
(1981)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Tommy Watson has left it too late for the trip to France. Or has he?
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Robert McBain, Michael Cronin, Eric Mason, Stella Monsell
Votes: 20
6. Spy Trap (1972–1975)
45 min | Drama
The escapades of a group of spies at the Department, a Fictional espionage agency tasked by the British government with protecting national security.
Stars: Paul Daneman, Prentis Hancock, Julian Glover, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 16
7.
When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981)
Episode:
Ladies, Women, Sweethearts and Wives
(1976)
Drama, History
Bill opens a second shop. Jessie returns from hospital with her baby son, Arthur William. Her husband Arthur feels they should visit his childless, wealthy aunt in Kent, in the hope that ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Williams | Stars: James Bolam, Susan Jameson, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood
Votes: 11
8. When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981)
50 min | Drama, History
Set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the 2 World Wars, this story follows the life of ex-sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family as they deal with the aftermath of the Great War, the Great 1920s Depression and trade union activists.
Stars: James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale
Votes: 487
9. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley
Votes: 3,569
10. 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
11. The Power Game (1965–1969)
60 min | Drama
Sir John Wilder (Patrick Wymark), previously seen in 'The Plane Makers', ruthlessly pursues boardroom machinations and tangled relationships.
Stars: Patrick Wymark, Jack Watling, Clifford Evans, Barbara Murray
Votes: 67
12. Small World (1988)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
A young academic travels the world attending university conferences, in the hope of finding the woman of his dreams.
Stars: Finbar Lynch, John Ratzenberger, Stephen Moore, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 26
13.
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984– )
Episode:
Official Secret
(1985)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
A disgruntled former government official believes that double agents still work in the intelligence service--and threatens to tip off the press unless something is done. The Coordinator assigns Palfrey to head him off.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Alec McCowen, Caroline Blakiston, Clive Wood, Briony McRoberts
Votes: 17
14. Capital City (1989–1990)
60 min | Drama
The story follows the upwardly-mobile hopefuls at London-based investment bank, as they try to scramble up the corporate ladder, taking risks, eating up the pressure, and following their instincts in search of that elusive deal.
Stars: William Armstrong, Douglas Hodge, Jason Isaacs, Joanna Kanska
Votes: 273
15. 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
16. Menace (1970–1973)
75 min | Thriller
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Stars: David Wood, John Wentworth, Sheila Hancock, Anne Kristen
Votes: 23
17. Little Big Time (1968–1973)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Freddie Garrity lead singer from Freddie & The Dreamers) was the star of this show. It was A very madcap kids entertainment series featuring a mixture of music, variety acts and sketches. ... See full summary »
Stars: Freddie Garrity, Freddie & The Dreamers, Peter Birrell, Frankie Holmes
Votes: 9
18. Awkward Customers (1975 Video)
24 min | Short
Director: Peter Robinson | Stars: John Barron, June Whitfield, George A. Cooper, John Cleese
Votes: 19
19.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Retirement Plan
(1988)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim is summoned from Jersey to spend Christmas on the Costa Del Sol where a pair of small-time British crooks have tried to muscle in on Charlie's latest business venture. When Jim gets ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Louise Jameson, Nicholas Ball
Votes: 62
20. The House of Eliott (1991–1994)
50 min | Drama
Two sisters in 1920s London work to achieve success in the dressmaking business.
Stars: Stella Gonet, Louise Lombard, Aden Gillett, Cathy Murphy
Votes: 1,640
21. The Devil's Crown (1978)
55 min | Biography, Drama, History
Henry Plantagenet (later King Henry II), sees his opportunity to seize the crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.
Stars: Jane Lapotaire, John Duttine, Christopher Gable, Brian Cox
Votes: 106
22.
Moonbase 3 (1973)
Episode:
View of a Dead Planet
(1973)
Drama, Sci-Fi
Controversy surrounds the Arctic Sun Project, a plan to detonate a hydrogen bomb above the Arctic Circle to melt the icecaps and open up new land for development. When the project is ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Donald Houston, Ralph Bates, Fiona Gaunt, Barry Lowe
Votes: 13
23.
London's Burning (1988–2002)
Episode:
Episode #8.12
(1995)
50 min | Drama
After the fire at the flats Nick and DO Quinn clash over closing the building due to poor fire safety, Recall says goodbye to his family as they move to Scotland without him and the watch are called in when smoke billows from manholes.
Director: Indra Bhose | Stars: James Hazeldine, Andrew Kazamia, Michael Garner, Sean Blowers
Votes: 15
24. 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: 3,661
25. Press Gang (1989–1993)
1,290 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
A bunch of kids are to make a newspaper for the young, named "Junior Gazette". The series follows these kids both on job and in private.
Stars: Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Paul Reynolds, Mmoloki Chrystie
Votes: 1,097
26.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Case of Identity
(1979)
Not Rated | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One instance of marital infidelity is at the root of Rumpole's current case involving a liquor store robbery while another threatens the stability of his chambers.
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Peter Bowles, Joanna Van Gyseghem
Votes: 107
27.
Private Schulz (1981)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1981)
51 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Schulz lands in Britain and buries most of the money next to a road, using a milestone as a landmark. After arousing suspicion by trying to order first whiskey, and then coffee, in a pub, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Chetwyn | Stars: Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Caroline Blakiston, Derek Newark
Votes: 8
28. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,893
29. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 376
30. Private Schulz (1981)
310 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5 notes. Private Schultz is coerced into organizing a gang of unwilling volunteers.
Stars: Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Cyril Shaps, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 445
31.
Press Gang (1989–1993)
Episode:
Yesterday's News
(1990)
Family, Comedy, Drama
Lynda challenges Spike to a reporting contest after he doubts her skills as a reporter. However, Spike's recent experience in the office block explosion appears to have affected him more than he lets on.
Director: Lorne Magory | Stars: Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Lee Ross, Kelda Holmes
Votes: 17
32.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
A Perfect Stranger
(1974)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama
While running an ordinary errand, Rose's life takes an extraordinary turn.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Angela Baddeley, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, Keith Barron
Votes: 95
33. Maigret (1992–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin
Votes: 1,102
34. 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: 393
35. Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
He describes himself as "just a civil servant." But in the cloak-and-dagger world of the British security services, mild-mannered Mr. Palfrey (Golden Globe nominee Alec McCowen, Travels ... See full summary »
Stars: Alec McCowen, Caroline Blakiston, Clive Wood, Briony McRoberts
Votes: 167
36. Just William (1994–1995)
30 min | Comedy, Family
No matter what trouble his elders and, worse, the insufferable 'good girl' Violet Elizabeth Bott who manages to enforce here presence upon them, take to tell them what to do, when and where... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Rokison, David Horovitch, Polly Adams, Ben Pullen
Votes: 43
37.
Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
Episode:
Onslow's Birthday
(1991)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hyacinth is less than pleased when she and Richard are invited to Onslow's birthday party. But matters improve for Hyacinth when she discovers that they will be picked up by Rose's new wealthy boyfriend.
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Josephine Tewson, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughes
Votes: 287
38.
Maigret (1992–1993)
Episode:
The Patience of Maigret
(1992)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Maigret's sneaking affection for a paralyzed criminal Manuel Palmari propels him to pursue his murderer despite the mastermind's involvement in a current jewel robbery.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Michael Gambon, Ciaran Madden, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway
Votes: 202
39.
Taggart (1983–2010)
Episode:
Violent Delights
(1992)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sixth former, Philip Dempster, has a crush on his French teacher and sees what looks like a murder when he spies on her through a telescope.
Director: Alan Macmillan | Stars: Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Florence Guérin, Tom Smith
Votes: 82
40. Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
50 min | Drama
Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Eric Woodburn
Votes: 143
41. Beryl's Lot (1973–1977)
60 min | Comedy
Beryl Humphries, a milkman's wife, works as a charlady and is content with her life--until her 40th birthday looms inescapably large and forces her to wonder if there is more to life than ... See full summary »
Stars: Carmel McSharry, Annie Leake, Tony Caunter, Norman Mitchell
Votes: 28
42. Cheri (1973)
45 min | Drama
Stars: Scott Antony, Yvonne Mitchell, Brenda Bruce, Lorna Heilbron
Votes: 10
43.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
Murder on Monday
(1962)
51 min | Crime, Drama
Murders never happen on a Monday - every policeman knows that. But now it is a Monday, and there has been a murder. But who's the victim?
Director: Terence Williams | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Sylvia Kay, Madge Ryan
Votes: 37
44.
The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode:
Operation Susie
(1982)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a South American student, an apparent cocaine trafficker, is shot dead, Cowley takes his sister, Diana, into protective custody to discover who is organizing the racket. It turns out ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Alice Krige
Votes: 107
45.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
Home Fires
(1974)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama
Lady Prudence hijacks the Bellamy drawing room for an officers tea party and in her new job as conductress, Rose collects a fare from a very special passenger.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh, David Langton, Meg Wynn Owen
Votes: 85
46.
Taggart (1983–2010)
Episode:
Funeral Rites Part Two
(1987)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Taggart's former sergeant turned private detective, Kenny Forfar, begins poking his nose into the investigation. Mike Jardine goes undercover at a hippy commune.
Director: Alan Macmillan | Stars: Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Annette Crosbie, Paul Young
Votes: 43
47. 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: 2,503
48. The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs (1974)
30 min | Comedy
David Jason plays the inept Edgar Briggs, personal assistant to the Commander of the British Secret Intelligence Service. Briggs is an agent who, in spite of his cluelessness, manages to solve case after case.
Stars: David Jason, Michael Stainton, Noel Coleman, Mark Eden
Votes: 98
49. London Embassy (1987– )
300 min
Spencer Savage, newly released from his Malaysian duties, takes a position with the American embassy in London. He runs into several unusual diplomatic situations both within the embassy (... See full summary »
Stars: Kristoffer Tabori, Manning Redwood, Lou Hirsch, Cass Allan
Votes: 6
50. The Corridor People (1966)
60 min | Thriller, Adventure
A short-lived surreal detective adventure centred around the exploits of security agents Scrotty & Kronk and their battles with the evil but seductive Syrie Van Epp.
Stars: Elizabeth Shepherd, John Sharp, Gary Cockrell, Alan Curtis
Votes: 43