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1.
Drama (1977)
Episode:
Waiting for Godot by Beckett
(1977)
Drama
Two derelicts, Vladimir and Estragon, occupy themselves as they wait for 'Godot' to make an appearance on Pozzo's estate.
Director: Richard Callanan | Stars: Max Wall, Leo McKern, Graham Crowden, Basil Clarke
Votes: 6
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. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
4. The Prisoner (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 1,010 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Peter Brace
Votes: 15,068
5. Chronicle (1966–1991)
50 min | Documentary, History
Series tracing new developments in historical research.
Stars: Magnus Magnusson, John Julius Norwich, David Drew, Barry Cunliffe
Votes: 17
6.
Sunday Night (1965–1968)
Episode:
The Drinking Party
(1965)
Documentary
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Alan Bennett, John Fortune, Robert Gillespie, Michael Gough
Votes: 22
7.
The Prisoner (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Chimes of Big Ben
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A new Number Eight named Nadia arrives in the Village, and together she and Number Six plot their escape.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Leo McKern, Nadia Gray, Finlay Currie
Votes: 1,042
8.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole on Trial
(1992)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Rumpole is charged by Judge Oliphant with contempt of court and faces disbarment, Hilda persuades Sam Ballard to defend him.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Robin Bailey, James Grout
Votes: 111
9. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,293
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: 1,729
11. Now You're Talking (1979)
47 min | Documentary, History
The advent of the talkies was not a boom period for Australian cinema, having been swamped by the American product and the failure of the local quota system.
Director: Keith Gow | Stars: Don Bradman, Leo McKern
Votes: 14
12.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole a la Carte
(1991)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole agrees to defend an elitist restaurateur whom he dislikes when a live mouse jumps out from one of his gourmet meals.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Robin Bailey, Peter Blythe
Votes: 102
13.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends career criminal Hugh Timson for receiving a garageful full of stolen wine.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Julian Curry
Votes: 89
14. Shades of Greene (1975– )
60 min | Drama
A collection of odd stories from the writer Graham Greene.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Shane Briant, Neville Phillips, Ian Hendry
Votes: 31
15.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Caucasian Chalk Circle
(1973)
Drama
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Leo McKern, Patrick Magee, Sara Kestelman, Fanny Carby
Votes: 12
16.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Rumpole of the Bailey
(1975)
61 min | Comedy, Drama
An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Leo McKern, Joyce Heron, Noel Willman, David Yelland
Votes: 156
17.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle
(1992)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After becoming enamored of a beautiful violinist, Rumpole finds himself defending her husband on a charge of murdering her lover.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Julian Curry
Votes: 80
18. 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: 1,697
19. 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
20.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After an army sergeant is found stabbed to death wearing a woman's dress, Rumpole is assigned to defend the accused murderer.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Jones, Neil Stacy
Votes: 86
21.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
(1988)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A notorious tabloid hires Rumpole to defend it in a libel suit being brought by a puritanical novelist it has accused of sexual promiscuity.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Julian Curry, Peter Blythe
Votes: 85
22.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Genuine Article
(1983)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends an eccentric artist in a forgery case before the newly appointed Judge Featherstone.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Emlyn Williams, Brenda Blethyn
Votes: 98
23.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends the smarmy owner of a string of massage parlors on the charge of running "disorderly houses" (i.e. bordellos).
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Peter Bowles
Votes: 77
24.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Last Resort
(1983)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole tries to collect an old debt from an elusive deadbeat solicitor while defending a vacation planner on fraud charges.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Bill Fraser, Peter Blythe
Votes: 97
25.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice
(1992)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole finds himself in the unusual position of defending a police officer on a charge of falsifying a confession.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Bowles, Joanna Van Gyseghem
Votes: 66
26.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Official Secret
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends an eccentric spinster accused of being a government whistle-blower.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Julian Curry
Votes: 89
27.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Sporting Life
(1983)
Not Rated | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole reluctantly agrees to defend Fiona's sister, who's accused of murdering her husband with a shotgun.
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Roland Culver, Joanna David
Votes: 89
28.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent
(1991)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends a union activist accused of manslaughter while Hilda goes on strike as Rumpole's cook because of his late hours..
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Bowles, Peter Blythe
Votes: 81
29.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole at Sea
(1991)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on a Mediterranean cruise, Rumpole is confronted with his old nemesis, Judge Graves, and the unexplained disappearance of one of his fellow passengers.
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Robin Bailey, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 88
30.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
(1988)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends Hilda's nephew, a canon who has accused of adultery in an ecclesiastical court.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Julian Curry
Votes: 88
31.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Barrow Boy
(1988)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Nigel Timson, one of the few members of the notorious Timson clan to have a legitimate job, is defended by Rumpole on a charge of insider trading.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Julian Curry
Votes: 84
32.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Female of the Species
(1983)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends a petty thief on charges of armed robbery while trying to get Fiona accepted into his chamber.
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Patricia Hodge, Julian Curry
Votes: 84
33.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Old, Old, Story
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a fight with his wife Rumpole stays with Erskine-Browns and finds that Portia is prosecuting one of his clients.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 86
34.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Quality of Life
(1988)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband. Meanwhile, Ms Liz Probert complains of anti-gay discrimination at number 3, Equity Court, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Leo McKern, Julian Curry, Peter Blythe, Marion Mathie
Votes: 85
35.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Tap End
(1988)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Featherstone's controversial remarks and ruling in a domestic violence case causes fallout from women's rights groups and concern from the Lord Chancellor.
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Bowles, Joanna Van Gyseghem
Votes: 82
36.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole for the Prosecution
(1991)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole agrees to prosecute for the first time in a private complaint brought by the rich father of a murdered girl.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 72
37.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole's Last Case
(1987)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While defending one of the Timson clan, Rumpole makes an exotic horse racing bet which may allow him to retire if he wins.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Bill Fraser, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 87
38. 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
39. Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing (1990 Video)
55 min | Documentary
This documentary looks at the work of the Royal Air Force recovery unit that recovers crashed aircraft. It specifically looks at their work in recovering aircraft that crashed over Europe ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Stanley | Stars: James Doolittle, Adolf Galland, Arthur Harris, Leo McKern
Votes: 7
40.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole's Return
(1980)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bored Rumpole living in Florida retirement uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Albert Welling, Robin Halstead
Votes: 180
41.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and Portia
(1988)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends a scrap dealer accused of selling arms to terrorists while Phyllida presides at the trial in her newly appointed job as recorder.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Patricia Hodge, Julian Curry
Votes: 85
42.
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: 108
43.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Children of the Devil
(1992)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A well-meaning social worker takes custody of an eight year-old Timson girl charging that the family is involved with devil worship.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Abigail McKern
Votes: 76
44.
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: 87
45.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Reform of Joby Jonson
(1992)
Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumole defends a juvenile delinquent on charges of assaulting an elderly woman, and Hilda is concerned when a burglar breaks in to steal evidence from his briefcase.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Patricia Hodge, Julian Curry
Votes: 73
46.
Shades of Greene (1975– )
Episode:
Cheap in August
(1975)
Drama
Story set in Jamaica about Mary holidaying unattached and ready to philander. Henry isn't exactly what the opportunity seems to demand.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Allister Bain, Mary Barclay, Wayne Browne, David Cargill
Votes: 5
47.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Master Builder
(1988)
138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The... See full summary »
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Leo McKern, Jane Lapotaire, Miranda Richardson, Donald Churchill
Votes: 24
48.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
The Visiting Fireman
(1983)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
One of two British operatives at a German shipyard is found out and although Reilly is sent to his place, he doesn't reveal himself to his fellow agent.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Norman Rodway, Peter Egan
Votes: 79
49. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
50. Our Mutual Friend (1976)
50 min | Drama
Based on the Dickens novel, tells the story of a young man whose inherited fortune hangs on his marriage to a woman he's never met. But many have their eyes on his fortune and scheme to ... See full summary »
Stars: John McEnery, Lesley Dunlop, Jane Seymour, Leo McKern
Votes: 112