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1. The Liars (1966– )
60 min | Drama
One episode told the story of a joke that killed by laughter. The writer was put on trial for murder but when the joke was read out in court, it had a dire effect on everyone but him.
Stars: William Mervyn, Nyree Dawn Porter, Isla Blair, Ian Ogilvy
Votes: 18
2. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
3. Moonstrike (1963)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Anthology series of one-off thrillers about the covert activities of Allied agents and resistance operatives in occupied Europe during the Second World War.
Stars: Gary Hope, Michael Culver, John Murray Scott, Clive Russell
Votes: 20
4. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Votes: 1,647
5.
Up Pompeii! (1969–1970)
Episode:
Exodus
(1970)
29 min | Comedy, History
Ludicrus Sextus is selling up and moving the family to Rome, nobody wants to tell an old friend that he won't be making the move, and Lurcio finds himself out on approval with Aphrodite.
Stars: Frankie Howerd, Jean Kent, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Wallas Eaton
Votes: 25
6. 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: 39,509
7. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,885
8. Me Mammy (1968–1971)
30 min | Comedy
Bunjy Kenefick is an Irish mother's boy living in London. He is a high-powered executive and lives a bachelor lifestyle. However, his old-fashioned Catholic mother often puts a stop to his ... See full summary »
Stars: Milo O'Shea, Anna Manahan, Yootha Joyce, David Kelly
Votes: 28
9. Misleading Cases (1967–1971)
30 min | Comedy
A court that is frequently presided over by the increasingly amused Mr Justice Swallow and Mr Haddock's long-suffering adversary Sir Joshua Hoot QC.
Stars: Alastair Sim, Roy Dotrice, Avice Landone, Thorley Walters
Votes: 45
10. Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ian Hendry, Thomas Heathcote, Charles Gray
Votes: 19
11. Let's Get Married (1960)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A timid would-be medical student, expelled from his college for six months, finds employment in a laundry and regains his confidence when he marries a pregnant fashion model.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie Winters, Hermione Baddeley
Votes: 17
12.
The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode:
Jack in Paris
(1957)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
Jack makes sure Parisians remember him: he boasts to anyone he can corner that he drives a garbage truck. That's how an under-tipped hotel employee translates "star of stage, screen and ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Maurice Chevalier
Votes: 36
13. The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 5,896
14. Whodunnit? (1972–1978)
45 min | Family, Game-Show, Mystery
British game show in which celebrity panelists were shown a dramatised murder and had to guess the identity of the killer or killers from the clues presented.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Mower, Anouska Hempel, Liza Goddard
Votes: 138
15. Mr. Rose (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Chief Inspector Rose, previously seen in 'The Odd Man' and 'It's Dark Outside', has retired from the police and intends to write his memoirs - but is constantly distracted by intriguing mysteries.
Stars: William Mervyn, Donald Webster, Gillian Lewis, Graham Armitage
Votes: 50
16. 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
17. Nobody Is Norman Wisdom (1973– )
Comedy
Norman Wisdom played 'Nobody', a loser with no personality of his own. But when he puts any hat on, he adopted the characteristics of its owner. He had a girlfriend, Grace (Priscilla Morgan... See full summary »
Stars: Norman Wisdom, Priscilla Morgan, Natalie Kent, Mike Britton
Votes: 11
18.
Mr. Rose (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Jolly Swagman
(1967)
Crime, Drama
Rose accepts the gift of a luxury cruise only to find retired colleagues from the French and American police forces similarly present. Amazingly, a mutually known jewel thief is himself a passenger too.
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: William Mervyn, Gillian Lewis, Donald Webster, Derek Farr
Votes: 6
19.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
An Unidentified Species
(1953)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Quatermass picks up Carroon's trail and believes that the mixture of chemicals he has taken will accelerate his metamorphosis. Meanwhile, the killing starts - and Westminster Abbey a pulsating mass is revealed clinging to the building.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Duncan Lamont, Hugh Kelly
Votes: 10
20.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
State of Emergency
(1953)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appeals to the last vestiges of humanity left in Carroon to fight what he has... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, John Glen, Hugh Kelly
Votes: 10
21. 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: 374
22. The World of Wooster (1965–1967)
30 min | Comedy
The ongoing adventures of young English gentleman Bertie Wooster, from which he is usually required to be extricated by his intelligent and resourceful valet, Jeeves.
Stars: Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Eleanor Summerfield, Derek Nimmo
Votes: 53
23. Scotch on the Rocks (1973– )
215 min | Thriller
Two undercover army operatives infiltrate an activist group working towards an independent Scotland by illegal means.
Stars: Maria Aitken, Maurice Roëves, John Cairney, Cyril Luckham
Votes: 18
24.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
Believed to Be Suffering
(1953)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Carroon takes refuge inside a cinema (where a spoof film 'Planet of the Dragons', is on screen). He then goes to a chemist where he appears to in pain and his hand is seen to be badly mutated.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Duncan Lamont, John Glen
Votes: 10
25. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
26. The Third Man (1959–1965)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Harry Lime makes money dealing art and solves crime to save his life.
Stars: Michael Rennie, Jonathan Harris, Naomi Chance, Rupert Davies
Votes: 218
27. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
28. W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
50 min | Drama
An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
Stars: Kim Kee Lim, Ken Nazarin, Ahmad Jamal, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 19
29.
Jason King (1971–1972)
Episode:
Chapter One: The Company I Keep
(1972)
Action, Adventure
Jason King arrives in Rome just after a night-club dancer is murdered. When he finds out that the events in the book he is currently writing mirror what is happening in real-life, Jason is determined to find out what is going on.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Toby Robins, Ronald Radd, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 16
30.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
Very Special Knowledge
(1953)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Carron is taken back to the crash site and a recording of what happened during the orbit is played back to him, with disturbing results. A group of journalists try to kidnap him, but he, in turn, attacks one of them as he begins to change.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Duncan Lamont, John Glen
Votes: 10
31. Follyfoot (1971–1973)
30 min | Family, Drama
Young Dora is sent to stay with her uncle on his farm in rural England while her parents travel overseas for a year. Seeing as she has a love for horses, her uncle suggests she visit ... See full summary »
Stars: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska
Votes: 185
32. The Goodies (1970–1982)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures of a crazy trio whose motto is "we do anything, anytime, anywhere."
Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Corbet Woodall
Votes: 1,885
33. Man of the World (1962–1963)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Michael Strait is a high-flying photo-journalist and a real Man of the World. His business takes him to every corner of the world and every corner of society and with his eye for trouble it proves to be an irresistible combination.
Stars: Craig Stevens, Tracy Reed, Paul Maxwell, Ricardo Montez
Votes: 57
34.
Father, Dear Father (1968–1973)
Episode:
This Is Your Wife
(1970)
24 min | Comedy
Mr. Schulz, an American movie mogul, wants to make a film out of one of Patrick's books. However, he is a very religious man who does not hold with divorce so that, when he and his wife ... See full summary »
Director: William G. Stewart | Stars: Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway, Noel Dyson
Votes: 9
35. Up Pompeii! (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy, History
Lurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
Stars: Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford
Votes: 372
36. 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: 245
37. A Christmas Carol (1971 TV Short)
28 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Alastair Sim, Michael Redgrave, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,923
38. Ooh La La! (1968–1973)
60 min | Comedy
BBC2 sitcom featuring a series of adaptations of French farces.
Stars: Patrick Cargill, Amanda Barrie, Fenella Fielding, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 15
39. The Worker (1965–1970)
30 min | Comedy
In twenty years Charlie has had a thousand jobs. Each week sees Charlie attend the Labour Exchange to try and get a new one.
Stars: Charlie Drake, Henry McGee, Percy Herbert, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 37
40.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Man with Two Shadows
(1963)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young government official staying at a holiday camp is killed and replaced by an exact double, part of a plan to gain information. Two other doppelgangers are also part of the plot, being... See full summary »
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Daniel Moynihan, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 134
41. The Saint (1962–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon "The Saint" Templar, a wealthy adventurer and 20th-century Robin Hood, travels the world in his white Volvo P1800S, solving unsolvable problems and righting wrongs.
Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Leslie Crawford, Justine Lord
Votes: 6,211
42. Room at the Top (1958)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit
Votes: 7,313
43. Tunes of Glory (1960)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Susannah York, Dennis Price
Votes: 4,555
44. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
45. Pardon the Expression (1965–1966)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom spin-off from Coronation Street following Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe) and his misadventures as a department store deputy manager.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, Betty Driver, Joy Stewart, Robert Dorning
Votes: 32
46.
The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
Episode:
Powerswitch
(1971)
52 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The unexplained drowning of a go-go dancer and former 500m swimming champion will have Brett and Danny searching for answers in the mansion of a very large international financier.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Annette Andre, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 298
47. The Larkins (1958–1964)
30 min | Comedy
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
48. Court Martial (1965–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama
During World War II, this crack team from the Judge Advocate General's office investigates crime all over Europe and then proceeds to the court-martial.
Stars: Bradford Dillman, Peter Graves, Kenneth J. Warren, Angela Browne
Votes: 69
49. The Three Musketeers (1966–1967)
25 min | Drama
Naive but avid for adventure, young D'Artagnan travels from Gascony to Paris in 1625 to become a Musketeer like his father. He is at once plunged into intrigue.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Brian Blessed, Jeremy Young, Gary Watson
Votes: 94
50.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Fog
(1969)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Avengers must identify a modern day "Jack the Ripper," targeting members of an international disarmament conference.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Nigel Green, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 193