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1. The Machine Gunners (1983– )
25 min | Family
A British town endures WWII bombings. A child takes a machine gun from a crashed German plane and fires at an aircraft, missing but forcing it to crash. Unaware they caused the crash, the children befriend the German pilot.
Stars: Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig
Votes: 77
2.
Chessgame (1983)
Episode:
Digging Up the Future
(1983)
Thriller
At the request of a university professor, David Audley and his team of counter - intelligence agents investigate the backgrounds of two students - one of whom has died in mysterious circumstances.
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Terence Stamp, Carmen Du Sautoy, Michael Culver, Robin Sachs
Votes: 24
3.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
Bill is tasked with saving the island by helping a disgruntled patient threatening to sue the community find true love with the local shop girl; a beach rendezvous between Lisa and Duncan does not go unwitnessed.
Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Samantha Bond, Peter Davison, Claudia Renton, Matthew Thomas Davies
Votes: 6
4. Steel River Blues (2004– )
90 min | Drama
Exploring the lives and working challenges of Blue Watch, a team of fire fighters working in the heart of Middlesbrough, northeast England.
Stars: Daniel Ainsleigh, Satnam Bhogal, Clare Buckfield, Mark Cameron
Votes: 32
5.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
Smug, urbanite plastic surgeon Bill Shore begrudgingly agrees to accompany his wife and two children to a remote island in the Northumberland Strait populated by oddballs in an attempt to save his marriage.
Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Robert Portal, Juliet Howland, Jody Watson, Natalie Dormer
Votes: 13
6.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the Fancy Dress Fanciers
(1987)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Supergran is invited to Empress Rita von Chisleton's annual fancy dress party, but the Scunner isn't. But when a lot of stolen dresses ends up at the party by mistake, the Scunner and his boys get to dress up after all.
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 6
7. Cardiac Arrest (1994–1996)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedy set in and around a hospital, where the newly qualified Dr Andrew Collin is thrown into a world that is totally beyond him.
Stars: Andrew Lancel, Helen Baxendale, Ace Bhatti, Jo Dow
Votes: 242
8.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the Birthday Dambuster
(1987)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Dreaming of a life as a RAF hero, the Scunner and his palls sign up for 25 years in the Highland Laddies Regiment. But at the training ground there is not a single airplane in sight. Back ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 6
9.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the School for Scoundrels
(1987)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
When Sid Scoundrel opens a Chisleton branch of his School for Scoundrels, The Scunner, his gang and all the other local crooks quickly enroll.
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 6
10.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
Lisa takes it upon herself to write the obituary of the island's newspaper editor when he dies, and Bill faces a woman from his past who unexpectedly moves to the island; Kate returns from her European trip without Ben.
Director: Philip John | Stars: Samantha Bond, Peter Davison, Connie Hyde, Emma Fildes
Votes: 6
11. Stay Lucky (1989–1993)
60 min | Drama
When Londoner Thomas Gynn escapes from his dodgy associations in the capital for a new life up north, he literally runs in to feisty Yorkshire lass (and damsel-in-distress) Sally Hardcastle... See full summary »
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Emma Wray, Niall Toibin, Jan Francis
Votes: 109
12.
Stay Lucky (1989–1993)
Episode:
Bring Back My Barny to Me
(1990)
Drama
Sally and Thomas inadvertently become caught up in a deadly tangle when the body of one of the notorious Finch brothers - who recently died of a heart attack while burgling a mansion in ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Dennis Waterman, Jan Francis, Niall Toibin, Emma Wray
Votes: 8
13.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the Racing Cert
(1987)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Poly Roofless, Rollie's younger brother, tells the Scunner to look after Newcastle Brown's prize winning racing pigeon, Fast Flo, in preparation of the great Chisleton pigeon race.
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 8
14. Spender (1991–1993)
50 min | Action, Drama
Jimmy Nail plays Spender, a Northeast England police detective with marital problems.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Denise Welch
Votes: 353
15. And a Nightingale Sang (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Romance lifts a sister from a lively family in working-class Newcastle during World War II.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Phyllis Logan, Tom Watt, Joan Plowright, John Woodvine
Votes: 75
16.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the Skimmer
(1985)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Inventor Black is warmly invited to exhibit his latest invention, the Skimmer, at the prestigious Modern Times exhibition in Chisleton. So, Supergran takes it for a test run. Once The ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Mill | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Holly English
Votes: 8
17.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2005)
Comedy, Drama
A local island festival finds Bill convinced the townspeople are going to sacrifice him, Kate pursuing Ben with embarrassing results and Harvey going it alone in a three-legged race. Meanwhile things heat up between Lisa and Duncan.
Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Peter Davison, Tristan Gemmill, Matthew Thomas Davies, Samantha Bond
Votes: 6
18. Chessgame (1983)
60 min | Thriller
Drama series about the activities of British counter-intelligence agents based on a series of novels by Anthony Price.
Stars: Terence Stamp, Carmen Du Sautoy, Michael Culver, Robin Sachs
Votes: 35
19.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the World's Worst Circus
(1986)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
It's five days to Christmas and the Scunner only has half a mince pie. So he has to take a job as a department store Santa. Meanwhile Supergran is trying to get down on his luck circus owner Sid Scouse back into the limelight.
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 9
20. Distant Shores (2005– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful London plastic surgeon is forced to adjust to rural life in a bid to save his marriage as his wife accepts a six-month veterinary research job on a small Northumbrian island called Hildasay.
Stars: Peter Davison, Samantha Bond, Matthew Thomas Davies, Claudia Renton
Votes: 122
21.
Super Gran (1985–1987)
Episode:
Supergran and the Heir Apparent
(1987)
24 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Scunner Campbell comes into money when he claims to be the rightful heir to Roderick of Roderick, Great Sporran of the Isles. But to prove his worth, he has to spend the night in the haunted wing of Roderick's castle - on Halloween.
Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Samantha Duffy
Votes: 11
22. Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Drama
Jed Shepperd's struggles with his difficult second album is dealt a blow when his manager turns up dead.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Robert Morgan, Elizabeth Carling, Sammy Johnson
Votes: 98
23.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Half a Ton of Heartaches
(1991)
Action, Drama
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Stuart McGugan, Paul Greenwood
Votes: 5
24. Ladder of Swords (1989)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Don, his alcoholic wife Denise and Daley 'The Dancing Bear' are waiting on the moors to hear about a job. However, a fight, a disappearance and a death leads to unwanted attention from the police but a budding romance with a local widow.
Director: Norman Hull | Stars: Martin Shaw, Eleanor David, Bob Peck, Simon Molloy
Votes: 59 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Super Gran (1985–1987)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The adventures of a super-powered granny who fights crime in her community.
Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Alan Snell
Votes: 567
26. The Black Candle (1991 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
Yorkshire in the 1880's: Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: Cathy Sandford, Nathaniel Parker, James Gaddas, Bob Smeaton
Votes: 352
27. The Deadly Recruits (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 92 min | Thriller
Based on the novel by Anthony Price and originally aired in the UK as part of the "Chessgame" television series, this British spy thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Willoughby Gray, Terence Stamp, Michael Culver, Peter Alexander
Votes: 70
28. Stormy Monday (1988)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean
Votes: 4,424 | Gross: $1.79M
29. Byker Grove (1989–2006)
30 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Byker Grove follows the lives and relationships of a group of young people who are members of a youth club.
Stars: Daymon Britton, Brett Adams, Kerry Ann Christiansen, Jody Baldwin
Votes: 929
30. Harry (1993–1995)
50 min | Drama
Harry Salter is the ruthless owner of a news agency in Darlington who will resort to any under-hand means or exploit anyone in order to get a story that he can sell to a newspaper. He is ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Elphick, Ian Bartholomew, Julie Graham, Tom Hollander
Votes: 51
31. Papierowe malzenstwo (1992)
84 min | Drama
A young and pretty Polish woman arrives in Newcastle to marry a British doctor she met in Poland, only to find that he's changed his mind. Not wanting to return to Poland and in need of ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Lang | Stars: Gary Kemp, Joanna Trzepiecinska, Rita Tushingham, Richard Hawley
Votes: 141
32. New Voices (1991–1997)
Drama
Multi-part series of individual drama stories from up and coming directors.
Stars: Martin Crocker, David Thomas, Val McLane, Paul McNeilly
Votes: 8
33. Border Crossing (1993)
128 min | Drama
Director: Stewart Mackinnon | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Paul Brennen, Adelheid Arndt, Gerhard Garbers
34. King Leek (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
A couple of elderly men compete to grown the biggest leek on the allotment
Directors: Sam Miller, Andy Harries | Stars: Tim Healy, Su Elliot, Christopher Connel, Adam Pearson
35.
New Voices (1991–1997)
Episode:
Driven
(1994)
30 min | Drama
Two bored employees at a Car Showroom decide to go on a robbing spree dressed as Santa Claus. They soon get bored with that and decide to finish off their boss. All seems fine until the ... See full summary »
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Paul McNeilly, Pavel Douglas, Paula Wright, Les Wilde
36.
Cardiac Arrest (1994–1996)
Episode:
Shallow End
(1995)
Comedy, Drama
Australian doctor Mr. Cyril 'Scissors' Smedley first day has Mr. Docherty's new Registrar. The new Hospital Manager Paul Tennant decides to inspect the hospital by using a wheelchair and is prepared to play politics with Dr.Turner.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Andrew Lancel, Helen Baxendale, Jo Dow, Peter O'Brien
37.
Steel River Blues (2004– )
Episode:
Steel River
(2004)
Drama
Director: Tim Dowd | Stars: Daniel Ainsleigh, Satnam Bhogal, John Bowler, Clare Buckfield
38.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
Lisa uses the newspaper to lash back at Bill; Laney's baby's christening becomes the site of the Reverend's plea to the townsfolk to save the island from the developers.
Director: Lance Kneeshaw | Stars: Samantha Bond, Peter Davison, Yvette Rowland, Berwick Kaler
39.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2008)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Things look pretty grim for the Shore family as the series ends with the fate of Lisa and Bill's marriage and the survival of the island hanging in the balance.
Director: Lance Kneeshaw | Stars: Claudia Renton, Craig Heaney, Peter Davison, Daniel Cerqueira
40.
Harry (1993–1995)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1993)
Drama
Nothing more than a conventional Sunday-paper tribute would seem to be called for, as far as Harry's news agency is concerned. But a visit to ex-reporter Dan Finch raises the ghost of a 15-year-old murder trial with Masonic entanglements.
Director: Martin Stellman | Stars: Michael Elphick, Barbara Marten, David Roper, Ian Bartholomew
41.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
Some unfortunate discoveries abound on the island of Hildasay when Kate faces a consequence of her one night stand with Jake, and Bill happens upon an unfavorable remedy to his performance anxiety.
Director: Philip John | Stars: Matthew Thomas Davies, Connie Hyde, Peter Davison, Claudia Renton
42.
Byker Grove (1989–2006)
Episode:
Episode #2.13
(1990)
Drama, Family, Romance
Director: Peter Boisseau | Stars: Christopher Hardy, Michelle Charles, Billy Fane, Vicky Murray
43.
Byker Grove (1989–2006)
Episode:
Episode #4.13
(1992)
Drama, Family, Romance
Alison banishes Lloyd from the Grove, but is it too late?
Director: Gwennan Sage | Stars: Vicky Murray, Graham Overton, Lyndsey Rounsfell, Billy Fane
44.
Distant Shores (2005– )
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
Christine reveals her company's plans for the island much to Lisa's dismay; Mick discovers a startling secret about himself; Bill is determined to stop sleepwalking by confessing his many secrets to Lisa.
Director: Lance Kneeshaw | Stars: Peter Davison, Berwick Kaler, Claudia Renton, Matthew Thomas Davies
45.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Boom
(1996)
Drama
Quimby approaches Jed with some new information about recent events, uncovering a cut-out scam forces Paradigm to make some changes, and Lucy upsets Wendy when she discovers where Pilsbury has been hiding.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Anthony Milner, Jimmy Nail, Marcus Hutton, Christopher Fairbank
46.
The Machine Gunners (1983– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1983)
Family
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig
47.
The Machine Gunners (1983– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1983)
Family
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig
48.
The Machine Gunners (1983– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1983)
Family
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig
49.
The Machine Gunners (1983– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1983)
Family
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig
50.
The Machine Gunners (1983– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1983)
Family
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig