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1.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Making of Jericho
(1966)
Drama
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: John Thaw, Neville Smith, Pauline Collins, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 11
2.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Pressure
(1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Todays theme is Pressure.
Director: John McGrath | Stars: James Ellis, Douglas Fielding, Paul Stewart, Allan O'Keefe
Votes: 8
3. World's End (1981)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Neville Smith, Pam Scotcher, Primi Townsend, Tom Marshall
Votes: 6
4.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Lump
(1967)
75 min | Drama
Yorky is considered a troublemaker by the building site manager. When they sack him a strike is called but lost after the police intervene. He wants nationalise the building industry but forced to go the lump - tax free and off the books.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Roy Minton, Neville Smith, Joe Gladwin, Jack Doughty
Votes: 13
5. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,567
6. The Gamblers (1967–1968)
60 min | Drama
Anthology drama series of people who take a gamble (sometimes with their lives) in order to prove a point or better their position.
Stars: Richard Shaw, Leslie Anderson, Ronald Lacey, John Slavid
Votes: 10
7.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Golden Vision
(1968)
74 min | Drama
Story of a group of manual workers who live and breath watching Everton FC. The gang travel to London, to watch the team play Arsenal, at Highbury. Vince discovers his wife has gone into labour and has to consider returning home early.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Ken Jones, Bill Dean, Neville Smith, Joey Kaye
Votes: 79
8. The Plane Makers (1963–1965)
60 min | Drama
The day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its test-pilot, its workers and its ruthless and hard-nosed managing director John Wilder, the embodiment of modern, unflinching capitalism.
Stars: Jack Watling, Patrick Wymark, Norma Ronald, Reginald Marsh
Votes: 44
9.
The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Episode:
Bad News Tour
(1983)
35 min | Comedy
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service ... See full summary »
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson
Votes: 464
10. The Odd Man (1960– )
60 min | Drama
This suspenseful crime series from Granada follows. Part-time private investigator, Steve Gardiner, whose main interplay was with DS Swift, chief inspector Gordon. His wife Judy, develops into an investigation into a murder.
Stars: Edwin Richfield, Keith Barron, Sarah Lawson, Moultrie Kelsall
Votes: 20
11.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Coast to Coast
(1987)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a ... See full summary »
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Lenny Henry, John Shea, Peter Vaughan, George Baker
Votes: 230
12. The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Comedy
A series of self contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight.
Stars: Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer
Votes: 1,637
13. 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: 395
14. The Manageress (1989–1990)
60 min | Drama, Sport
A woman takes over as the manager of a football team.
Stars: Warren Clarke, Cherie Lunghi, Tom Georgeson, Glyn Grimstead
Votes: 127
15. Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978 TV Movie)
64 min | Drama
A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Neville Smith, Julie Walters, Frank Middlemass, Robert Longden
Votes: 44
16. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
17. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
18. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 132
19. The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982 TV Movie)
150 min | Action, Drama
The true story of the First world footballing competition, won by a bunch of miners from Durham. Won it two times and beat the likes of Juventus to retain the cup in perpetuity.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Ken Hutchison, Rod Culbertson, Tim Healy, Struan Rodger
Votes: 134
20.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Big Flame
(1969)
85 min | Drama
Dock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Norman Rossington, Godfrey Quigley, Peter Kerrigan, Ken Jones
Votes: 74
21.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Long Distance Information
(1979)
62 min | Comedy, Drama
Life at a local radio station on the night of Elvis Presley's death.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Neville Smith, Pauline Collins, Malcolm Terris, Ann Zelda
Votes: 17
22. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
23. Billy Liar (1963)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Votes: 7,112 | Gross: $0.04M
24. Love Story (1963–1974)
60 min | Drama
British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.
Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 137
25. Afternoon Off (1979 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Henry Man, Benjamin Whitrow, Angela Morant, Pasquale Perrino
Votes: 62
26.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
In Two Minds
(1967)
73 min | Drama
In a series of small vignettes, we follow the course of a manic-depressive girl through high and low instances, slowly following her disintegration as she deals with her doctors and family,... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Anna Cropper, Brian Phelan, George A. Cooper, Helen Booth
Votes: 67
27. Cluff (1964–1965)
50 min | Drama
Set in Gunnershaw, fictional town in North Yorkshire and based on novels by Gil North. Leslie Sands was perfect as the gruff Cluff.
Stars: Leslie Sands, John Rolfe, John McKelvey, Clive
Votes: 10
28. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 6,546 | Gross: $1.65M
29. Softly Softly (1966–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron
Votes: 123
30. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
31. Apaches (1977)
27 min | Short, Drama, Western
A group of children play at being "Apaches" on an English farm, ignoring all safety precautions. One by one they die a variety of gruesome deaths.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Louise O'Hara, Robbie Oubridge, Ian Scrace, Sharon Smart
Votes: 343
32. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 382
33. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
34. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
35. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
36. Hurricanes (1993–1997)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Traveling soccer team that encounters new Teams and hurdles at each stop!
Stars: Chris Humphreys, Andrew Airlie, Michael Benyaer, Jay Brazeau
Votes: 194
37. Red Letter Day (1976)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This anthology of plays, each as individual as the people and events portrayed, looks at seven such Red Letter Days.
Stars: Frank Crompton, Pat Wallis, Judy Parfitt, Alan Dobie
Votes: 19
38.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Land of Fear
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands during the French Revolution, where Ian, Barbara, and Susan become caught up in the politics of the day. When they are arrested and set to be executed, the Doctor must take... See full summary »
Director: Henric Hirsch | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 625
39. Wish You Were Here (1987)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Votes: 3,343 | Gross: $3.28M
40.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Rank and File
(1971)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
When a pay discrepancy continues without any resolution, glass factory workers turn to their union for support. But when it is not forthcoming, they take things into their own hands.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Peter Kerrigan, Bill Dean, Tommy Summers, Joan Flood
Votes: 74
41.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Friends in Space
(1980)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Professor Rex Thornton summons a meeting of fellow UFO-nuts, "The Friends in Space Society", to unveil a wonderful surprise...
Director: Robert Chetwyn | Stars: Eleanor Bron, Pat Heywood, John Ratzenberger, Terence Rigby
Votes: 9
42. Parkin's Patch (1969–1970)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Shown at Saturday teatime, this series centred around a village policeman and the drama that his everyday duties brought him into contact with. A sort of forerunner to "Heartbeat", it was also set in Yorkshire.
Stars: John Flanagan, Heather Page, Gareth Thomas, Robert Urquhart
Votes: 27
43. 2nd House (1973–1976)
45 min | Talk-Show
BBC Arts program derived from Full House (1972).
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Edwin Mullins, Roger McGough, Struan Rodger
Votes: 19
44. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
78 min | Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale
Votes: 98
45. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 70
46. Gumshoe (1971)
GP | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule
Votes: 1,796 | Gross: $0.14M
47. Scene (1968–2007)
24 min | Drama, Family
Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
Stars: Nick Ross, Ken Jones, Mark Draper, Paddy Feeny
Votes: 31
48. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 247
49.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The End of Arthur's Marriage
(1965)
70 min | Drama
A simple-minded man on the outs with his wife and her family must take a large amount of his father-in-law's hard-earned money to buy a house, in the belief that home-ownership will make ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Ken Jones, Maureen Ampleford, Charles Lamb, Winifred Dennis
Votes: 58
50. Long Shot (1978)
85 min | Drama
Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking.
Director: Maurice Hatton | Stars: Charles Gormley, Neville Smith, Ann Zelda, David Stone
Votes: 104