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1. An Audience with Shirley Bassey (1995 TV Special)

60 min | Music

The Welsh star Shirley Bassey proves that she really is a diva of the show business world when she performs her most popular hits and answers questions from a celebrity audience.

Director: Nigel Lythgoe | Stars: Shirley Bassey, Lionel Bart, Mary Hayley Bell, Max Bygraves

Votes: 34

2. Céline Dion & Luciano Pavarotti: I Hate You Then I Love You (1998 Music Video)

5 min | Short, Music

The music video uses footage from the benefit concert, the recording sessions and footage from Africa where the aid was needed or the benefit concert.

Stars: Céline Dion, Luciano Pavarotti

Votes: 10

3. Pinky and Perky (1957–1973)

Comedy

Two pigs run a TV station - but these ones are puppets. Most of the singing and dancing is done by other puppets, but they were joined by guest stars like Frank Sinatra , 'Tom Jones' and ... See full summary »

Stars: Jan Dalibor, Vlasta Dalibor, Jimmy Thompson, John Slater

Votes: 31

4. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Slave Ship (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Three slaves escape to sea and in turn discover and capture a slave ship themselves. They know the British will be coming after them and so begins a desperate bid for freedom.

Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Robert Shaw, Roy Purcell, Eynon Evans, Earl Cameron

Votes: 19

5. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)

30 min | Adventure, Drama

The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.

Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 188

6. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Articles of War (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

The island is running out of food. The situation becomes even more desperate when a Spanish naval ship arrives insisting that if Spanish prisoners are not released then an expected food ship will be attacked and destroyed.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Eric Pohlmann, Peter Hammond, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 19

7. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Decoy (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest is sailing for Charleston with a valuable load of furs. While trying to avoid a pirate "The Turk" he finds a strange woman alone in a dingy at sea, who tells an even stranger story.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Virginia Maskell, Marne Maitland, Derek Waring

Votes: 19

8. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Dan Tempest Holds an Auction (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Tempest comes across the survivor of a pirate attack. Using the information supplied by the man, he goes in search of the pirates to either destroy them or recover the stolen gold.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Robert Shaw, Brian Rawlinson, Robert Perceval, Ballard Berkeley

Votes: 17

9. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Gunpowder Plot (1956)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest is tasked with securing extra gun powder from the Admiralty after a succession pirate raids. The Admiralty refuses to give him the gunpowder and Tempest has to resort to some unconventional tactics.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, André Morell, Peter Hammond, Pamela Wright

Votes: 18

10. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Hand of the Hawk (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

The authorities are trying to drum up more business for the colony. The first merchantmen to arrive has a crew member killed with a warning, "beware the mark of the Hawk". Dan needs to try ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Anthony Dawson, Sidney James, Peter Hammond

Votes: 19

11. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Before the Mast (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

A pirate ship is seen in the waters around New Providence, with a Spanish blockade already in place, Tempest concocts an audacious plan to not only stop the pirate but destroy his ship.

Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Robert Shaw, Ferdy Mayne, Roger Snowdon, Salvin Stewart

Votes: 19

12. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Conquest of New Providence (1957)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

While at sea, Tempest discovers that New Providence has been invaded by a Spanish force. Tempest heads back to port and begins putting together a plan to return the island to English control.

Directors: Leslie Arliss, Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 18

13. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Printer's Devil (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Tempest becomes involved when he sees a printer shut down for spreading stories of corruption amid the government. Tempest thinks there is some truth behind the story and decides to make a stand

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Robert Shaw, Miles Malleson, Noel Coleman, Maxwell Shaw

Votes: 16

14. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Captain Dan Tempest (1956)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Dan Tempest arrives at the island of New Providence. He is several weeks late to accept the pardon and is promptly arrested by Governor Rogers for piracy. He is later approached by ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Hugh David

Votes: 20

15. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Dan Tempest and the Amazons (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

A French Privateer arrives in New Providence with a very strange cargo. As discussions continue the prospective cargo decide the matter for both parties.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Joan Sims, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 18

16. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Flip and Jenny (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest finds two children stowed away on his ship. They tell a story of their father, an indentured slave, being thrown in jail for his refusal to work until the local land owner agrees to educate the children.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Soule, Jane Asher, Robert Hardy

Votes: 14

17. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Ghost Ship (1957)

Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Tempest on board the Sultana encounters an abandoned Dutch ship. Tempest sees a prize, but a number of the crew fear it is a ghost ship and the spirits are restless.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Colin Douglas, Alfred Burke

Votes: 17

18. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Surgeon of San Rojo (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

When a typhus outbreak hits New Providence, Captain Tempest must launch a desperate mission to bring relief to the dying inhabitants.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Dino Galvani, Peter Hammond, Alec Mango

Votes: 18

19. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Wasp (1956)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

A raiding party of pirates led by Blackbeard is looting the storehouse of New Providence. They leave behind one teenage lad to cover their retreat. Tempest is frustrated that raids like ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Brian Rawlinson, Willoughby Gray

Votes: 20

20. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Whale Gold (1956)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

A crew are at sea in search of Ambergris, better known as whale gold. A substance worth 5 times its weight in gold. When a number of the crew find a deposit on an island things get ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Noel Purcell, Wilfred Downing

Votes: 20

21. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Conquistador (1957)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

A series of attacks are blamed on Dan Tempest and the crew of the Sultana. Beamish refuses to believe the situation till he sees Tempests actions with his own eyes.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Roger Delgado, Alec Mango

Votes: 17

22. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Dan Tempest's War with Spain (1956)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Gov. Woodes Rogers has left the Island of New Providence and left Lt. Beamish in command as Acting Governor. Meanwhile a Spanish Galleon has sailed into the harbor presumably with peaceful ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Edwin Richfield, Peter Hammond, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 21

23. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Mistress Higgins' Treasure (1957)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Tempest is smuggling a load of farm tools to a group of desperate farmers when he encounters a strange woman at sea. She tells a tale of buried pirate treasure she has discovered in a cave on an island.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Adrienne Corri, Howard Pays, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 19

24. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Mother Doughty's Crew (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

A series of pirate raids puts Dan Tempest under pressure to catch the perpetrator. Tempest has to also dampen down rumors his own crew may be behind the attacks.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Ena Burrill, Anna Walmsley

Votes: 17

25. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Ladies (1956)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Word comes through that a promised shipload of women is approaching New Providence. Tempest and the island administration have a concern that Blackbeard may be aware of the ship and decide to lay a trap for him if he attacks.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Petra Davies, Roy Purcell

Votes: 22

26. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Raider (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

The island of New Providence is in danger from pirate raiders led by Charles Vane. Governor Rogers must decide on whether to go after Vane, thus leaving the island unprotected, or repairing... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Alec Clunes, Jane Griffiths, Peter Hammond, Brian Worth

Votes: 20

27. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Blood Will Tell (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

A lawyer arrives at the colony looking for the last reaming heir to the Gresham fortune. A lad appears that everyone assumes is lying, but doubts begin to rise over the lad's true origins.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Dawson France, Wilfred Downing

Votes: 17

28. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Dead Man's Rock (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

With the Sultana out of action a Spanish warship takes the opportunity to attack the colony and arrest Governor Beamish. Tempest must find a way to rescue Beamish and stop the Spanish incursion.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Richard Pasco, Neil Hallett

Votes: 18

29. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Gentleman Jack and the Lady (1956)

TV-Y | 30 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest's ship clashes with another privateer over a prize. Capt Gentleman Jack issues a warning of revenge to Tempest and his crew. But Gentleman Jack is not the person people expected him to be.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Hazel Court, Peter Hammond, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 19

30. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 323

31. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Cutlass Wedding (1957)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Taffy backs out of marriage with one of the colony girls. In retaliation the girls threaten to leave. Tempest tries to broker a new proposal before the women follow through with their threat.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Joan Sims, Peter Hammond, Maureen Davis

Votes: 17

32. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Dangerous Cargo (1957)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest is tasked with transferring an important passenger from a passing British warship to Barbados all under the watchful eye of the Spanish.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sarah Lawson, Ivan Craig, Peter Hammond

Votes: 18

33. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Hurricane (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

As New Providence is recovering from a hurricane, word comes through that a Spanish treasure ship has sunk nearby. Tempest decides to try and recover the gold as a way to finance the rebuilding of the town.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Paul Hansard, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 18

34. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Spy Aboard (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Tempest is robbed by the ruthless pirate Peg Leg. He comes to the realization there must be a spy aboard his own ship the Sultana. He decides the only way to get his fortune back is get a spy onto the pirate ship.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Shaw, Richard Johnson, John Salew, Danny Green

Votes: 18

35. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Indian Fighters (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest returns famous Indian fighter Understandable Perkins to his home town. Instead of an expected heroes welcome Perkins is charged with treason and thrown in jail. Tempest sets out to right the wrong.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Robert Shaw, Jane Griffiths, Robert Percival, Ronan O'Casey

Votes: 17

36. One Good Turn (1955)

90 min | Comedy

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property ... See full summary »

Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair, Thora Hird

Votes: 668

37. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Instrument of War (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest arrives at Prisioner's Island to pick up a valuable cargo. He becomes concerned when he discovers the cargo is a single Scottish Highland Chief.

Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Robert Shaw, John Harvey, Alfred Burke, Andrew Keir

Votes: 18

38. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Marooned (1956)

Not Rated | 30 min | Adventure, Drama

The colony is celebrating the Kings birthday when a raiding party led by pirate Clip West attacks and steals most of the supplies. Once the authorities become aware of the situation, Dan is sent in pursuit of the raiding party.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Robert Shaw, Bill Owen, Peter Hammond, Willoughby Goddard

Votes: 17

39. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Return of Calico Jack (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Calico Jack arrives in the colony while Tempest is away on business. This leads to tension between the two crews, and inexperience in dealing with conflict leads to some difficult situations.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Brian Worth, Peter Hammond, Brian Rawlinson, Paul Hansard

Votes: 17

40. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: To the Rescue (1957)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest arrives at Savannah in the promise of a valuable cargo. Local politics make moving a load of tobacco very risky, with so much at stake Dan rolls the dice and takes the load.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Robert Shaw, Jane Griffiths, Ewen Solon, Andre Charisse

Votes: 17

41. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Prize of Andalusia (1957)

TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

After the crew rescues a stranded English sailor from being strapped to a bundle of cargo floating in the ocean, they swear to avenge the wrongdoing against him and rescue his stolen ship. ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Robert Shaw, Jean Cadell, Conrad Phillips, Bruno Barnabe

Votes: 17

42. Opportunity Knocks (1956–1990)

Comedy, Game-Show

A long-running ITV talent show hosted by Hughie Green, providing showcases for names such as Paul Daniels and Frank Carson. The series was revived on the BBC in the 1980s, hosted by Bob Monkhouse and former winner Les Dawson.

Stars: Hughie Green, Bob Monkhouse, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Dawson

Votes: 62

43. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Mr. Beamish and the Hangman's Noose (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

A new acting governor arrives at the colony and immediately arrests Beamish on a string of charges that will require him to return to London for a court marshal. Tempest is convinced there ... See full summary »

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Paul Hansard, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 17

44. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Pirate Honour (1957)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Tempest tries to save a young boy who's knowledge of buried gold makes him a valuable target of the famed pirate Black Bart.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Robert Shaw, Michael Caridia, Alex Scott, Ilona Ference

Votes: 20

45. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: Blackbeard (1956)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Woodes Rogers travels to the Bahamas to accept his new position as Governor. With him he brings a King's pardon to all who will give up piracy. Blackbeard is not convinced and ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Alec Clunes, George Margo, Peter Hammond, Hugh David

Votes: 29

46. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode: The Aztec Treasure (1957)

Not Rated | 24 min | Adventure, Drama

Taffy backs out of marriage with one of the colony girls. In retaliation the girls threaten to leave. Tempest tries to broker a new proposal before the women follow through with their threat.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Robert Shaw, Tommy Duggan, Michael Rittermann, Frederick Treves

Votes: 18

47. One Brief Summer (1971)

R | 86 min | Drama, Romance

A man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Clifford Evans, Jennifer Hilary, Felicity Gibson, Peter Egan

Votes: 26 | Gross: $0.04M

48. Who Done It? (1956)

85 min | Comedy, Crime

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh

Votes: 426

49. Au Pair Girls (1972)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance

Four sexy foreign girls come to England as au pairs, and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and everyone else they encounter.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Astrid Frank, Johnny Briggs, Gabrielle Drake, Me Me Lai

Votes: 910

50. Here Come the Girls (1963– )

Music

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Stars: Alan Freeman, Peter Knight, Charles Blackwell, Millicent Martin