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1. Battleground (1978– )
30 min | Reality-TV
A series of six 1/2 hour episodes showing a different battle and historic period each week.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Peter Gilder, Paddy Griffith, John Braithwaite
Votes: 11
2. Brian Conley: An Audience with Brian Conley (2002 TV Special)
50 min | Comedy
Director: Derek Wheeler | Stars: Brian Conley, James Alexandrou, Ron Atkinson, Alice Beer
Votes: 8
3.
La Femme Nikita (1997–2001)
Episode:
A Time for Every Purpose
(2001)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mr. Jones agrees to surrender to The Collective in return for the release of Michael's son and Nikita's promise to take control of Section One. The Collective kills Jones and frees Adam. ... See full summary »
Directors: Brad Turner, Chris Gross | Stars: Peta Wilson, Don Francks, Cindy Dolenc, Eugene Robert Glazer
Votes: 117
4. 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
6. The Revenue Men (1967–1968)
50 min | Drama
The Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise headed by Caesar Smith (Ewen Solon) deal with smugglers of arms, drugs and people.
Stars: Ewen Solon, Calum Mill, James Grant, Claire Nielson
Votes: 12
7.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Cherry Orchard
(1971)
Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Cedric Messina | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Ray Brooks, Laurence Carter, Christopher Gable
Votes: 21
8.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
The Worst Soldier I Ever Saw
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Callan secures work with his former commanding officer in order to investigate his involvement with a rich but politically unstable region of the Middle East.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Edward Woodward, Derek Bond, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 28
9. The Equalizer: The mystery of Manon (1988 Video)
90 min | Crime
Philipe Marcel is told he can see Manon again if he kills McCall and Control.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Edward Woodward, Melissa Sue Anderson, Keith Szarabajka, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 16
10. BBC Show of the Week (1965–1975)
60 min | Music
Stars: The Irving Davies Dancers, The Mike Sammes Singers, The George Mitchell Singers, Keith Michell
Votes: 18
11.
Frost on Sunday (1968–1970)
Episode:
Frost at the London Palladium for the British Film and Television Awards
(1970)
Comedy, Talk-Show
A departure from the usual Wembley studio as Frost presents the star-studded awards with help from his usual mix of regulars and guest artistes.
Director: Philip Casson | Stars: David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker, Josephine Tewson
Votes: 43
12.
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
Episode:
The Long Tide of Surrender
(1981)
Biography, Drama, History
Churchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a policy of appeasement and orders ministers to cut defense spending. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Robert Hardy, Siân Phillips, Nigel Havers, Katharine Levy
Votes: 16
13. Screen Tests of the Stars (2002 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Movie & TV stars explain how they got their big breaks, and talk us through their screen tests. Combination of TV studio interviews conducted by host Paul O'Grady, and pre-filmed interviews on location in London and Hollywood.
Director: Geraldine Dowd | Stars: Sue Cleaver, Jason Connery, Roger Corman, John Cusack
Votes: 35
14.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Listener
(1968)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Reeve is a studious man who is hyper-sensitive to noise. Lodgings in a quiet cul-de-sac initially seem to be the answer, but he soon begins to suspect he is not alone.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Elizabeth Begley, John D'Albie, Martin Johnson, Stuart Latham
Votes: 8
15.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Death of a Hunter
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Captured by the KGB, Callan is drugged, brainwashed and released - with instructions to kill Hunter. He obeys - but who actually dies? Hunter? Meres? Or Callan? Who get shot in the process?
Director: Reginald Collin | Stars: Edward Woodward, Derek Bond, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 25
16. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period he described as the most difficult in his life.
Stars: Robert Hardy, Siân Phillips, Nigel Havers, Tim Pigott-Smith
Votes: 336
17. 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
18. Knight Errant Limited (1959–1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Adam Knight's agency is there to help people in all kinds of ways.
Stars: Kay Callard, John Turner, Richard Carpenter, Hugh David
Votes: 14
19. Richard and Judy Exclusive (1997– )
23 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Richard Madeley, Judy Finnigan, Joanna Lumley, Diana Rigg
Votes: 30
20.
1990 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Health Farm
(1977)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"...no barbed-wire, no strait-jackets, no padded cells. After all, this is 1990". When the Public Control Department send union leader Charles Wainwright to the United States of America to ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Edward Woodward, Barbara Kellerman, Robert Lang, George Murcell
Votes: 14
21.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Let's Kill Everybody
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Section is put on high alert when it is discovered that it has been targeted by an unknown party and that everyone from Hunter down is at risk of assassination.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Edward Woodward, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 29
22.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
The Richmond File: A Man Like Me
(1972)
51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Still on the loose, Richmond activates a sleeper agent and seeks refuge in the man's home. Meanwhile, Hunter has marshaled all of the section's resources to find the Russian and flush him out.
Director: Reginald Collin | Stars: Edward Woodward, T.P. McKenna, Russell Hunter, William Squire
Votes: 50
23.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Past Imperfect
(1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a boy that Jimmy is mentoring is nearly abducted, he contacts McCall for help.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Katherine Cortez, Mark Margolis
Votes: 82
24.
La Femme Nikita (1997–2001)
Episode:
Let No Man Put Asunder
(2001)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Michael asks Nikita to bring him back into Section One, but Mr. Jones doubts Michael's motives. Michael's son, Adam, whom Operations has kept hidden from Michael, is kidnapped by The Collective, which ransoms the boy for Jones.
Directors: René Bonnière, Chris Gross | Stars: Peta Wilson, Don Francks, Cindy Dolenc, Eugene Robert Glazer
Votes: 79
25.
The Baron (1966–1967)
Episode:
Countdown
(1967)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama
The Baron is to meet Stanley White, a man he has never seen before,for information about a valuable sword. However film-maker Arkin Morley is also after the sword and has Mannering abducted... See full summary »
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Steve Forrest, Sue Lloyd, Edward Woodward, Philip Locke
Votes: 34
26.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
I Never Wanted the Job
(1972)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After witnessing a gangster's execution, Lonely runs afoul of the killers and the police, jeopardizing both his cover and Callan's life.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, William Squire, Anthony Valentine
Votes: 40
27. Callan (1967–1972)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
David Callan is the top agent/assassin for the Security Service (British counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs his duties "for Queen and country" under duress. This... See full summary »
Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Lisa Langdon, Anthony Valentine
Votes: 856
28. In Suspicious Circumstances (1991– )
Drama
A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward Woodward
Stars: Edward Woodward, Martin Reeve, Michael Wardle, Saskia Abbott
Votes: 78
29.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Call Me Sir!
(1972)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Upon Callan's return, dire circumstances force him to accept a new position within the section--one that affords an entirely different perspective on his work, particularly regarding his relationship with Lonely.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Patrick Mower, William Squire
Votes: 45
30.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
If He Can, So Could I
(1972)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cross's behavior on his previous assignment calls into question his fitness for service. Nevertheless, Callan assigns his former rival the perilous task of protecting a dissident Russian poet.
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Edward Woodward, Patrick Mower, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 43
31.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Red Knight, White Knight
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Callan is brought officially back into the Section by a new Hunter, who accompanies him and Meres to the airport collect Russian defector Bunin when he arrives on British soil. Callan ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Edward Woodward, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 37
32.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
The Carrier
(1972)
51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Callan and Lonely burgle a scientist's home to photograph top-secret documents. But Lonely's sticky fingers endanger the entire operation.
Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, William Squire, Anthony Valentine
Votes: 40
33.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
The Richmond File: Call Me Enemy
(1972)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alone at a remote safe house, Callan debriefs a high-ranking prospective defector--a man known as Richmond, who promises to reveal a traitor within the section.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Edward Woodward, T.P. McKenna, Russell Hunter, William Squire
Votes: 39
34.
Messiah (2001)
Episode:
The First Killings
(2001)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
DCI Red Metcalfe, married to the profoundly deaf Susan, meets new sergeant Kate Beauchamp and, along with Jez Clifton, they attend at the gruesome murder of chef Philip Blake, who was ... See full summary »
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Kieran O'Brien, Juliet Diamond, Ken Stott, Tony Lucken
Votes: 86
35. 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
36. 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: 66
37. The Dave Allen Show (1968– )
Comedy, Music
Dave Allen was the grand master of Irish/English humour. His tonight show, Dave Allen at large, was a top rating TV show from 1971-1979.
Stars: Dave Allen, The George Mitchell Singers, Mavis Ascott, Richard Garner
Votes: 94
38. The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2001 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
What really happened is a long way removed from the Hollywood movie. This is the story of hardship almost beyond belief that was suffered by the Allied soldiers at the hands of their Japanese captors.
Director: David Devries | Star: Edward Woodward
Votes: 35
39.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
A Magnum for Schneider
(1967)
60 min | Drama
The first adventure of David Callan, top agent for the S.I.S. Forcibly "retired" several years earlier because he had lost his nerve, Callan is called back into service to handle the ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Edward Woodward, Joseph Fürst, Ronald Radd, Peter Bowles
Votes: 61
40.
1990 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Non-Citizen
(1977)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After the Kyle Trial fiasco, Skardon takes his revenge by turning Kyle into a Non-Citizen: stripping Kyle of his ID and Union cards, freezing his bank account and seizing all his assets. ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Hird | Stars: Edward Woodward, Barbara Kellerman, Robert Lang, Stacy Davies
Votes: 10
41.
1990 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Ordeal by Small Brown Envelope
(1978)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"Authorised Systematic Harassment has enormous potential. The slow and noiseless steamroller of the State. The daily brown envelope dropping on the mat". The Public Control Department, in ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Edward Woodward, Lisa Harrow, Robert Lang, David McKail
Votes: 9
42.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
A Village Called 'G'
(1970)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The entire section goes on red alert when Liz, Hunter's ever-punctual secretary, fails to show up for work. Trying to trace her, Callan begins to suspect that Liz's disappearance involves ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, William Squire, Patrick Mower, Russell Hunter
Votes: 54
43.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Breakout
(1970)
51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
By surrendering to the police, wily KGB operative Nikolai Lubin seeks safety in a British prison, out of reach of Hunter and the section's interrogators. Hunter, however, has other plans--... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Collin | Stars: Edward Woodward, William Squire, Patrick Mower, Russell Hunter
Votes: 50
44.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
First Refusal
(1972)
53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a third-party broker offers to sell the names of British agents in Eastern Europe for £100,000, Callan suspects a leak in London and races to find it before the broker's proposal expires.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Patrick Mower, Anthony Valentine
Votes: 44
45.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
Heir Apparent
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Callan and Meres are dispatched to collect the section's new Hunter East Germany, where he has been working undercover.
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Edward Woodward, Derek Bond, Anthony Valentine, John Wentworth
Votes: 20
46.
Callan (1967–1972)
Episode:
The Most Promising Girl of Her Year
(1969)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Callan is ordered to investigate Joan Mather, a government laboratory scientist who has expressed concerns that her work might be used for biological warfare.
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Edward Woodward, Michael Goodliffe, Anthony Valentine, Russell Hunter
Votes: 33
47.
The Equalizer (1985–1989)
Episode:
Suicide Squad
(1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a boy is cut from the football team, a cunning drug dealer attempts to lure him into the business. The boy's sister contacts McCall for help.
Director: Marc Laub | Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Ving Rhames, Adam Coleman Howard
Votes: 69
48.
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(1969)
50 min | Comedy
In the opening, Eric has brought an Incan talisman from Peru to show Ernie. Kennyball and His Jazzman perform "I Wan'na Be Like You". Eric is bored again at home and reminisces with Ernie ... See full summary »
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Edward Woodward, Kenneth McKellar
Votes: 14
49.
Common as Muck (1994–1997)
Episode:
Cash Bonus
(1994)
55 min | Comedy, Drama
Tensions run high as the new schedule starts to take it's toll on the workmen, and Ken suspects Sunil is having an affair with Denice. Jonno finally discovers what Marie does for a living. Denice has an announcement to make.
Director: David Evans | Stars: Edward Woodward, Tim Healy, Neil Dudgeon, Richard Ridings
Votes: 6
50. The Defenders (1961–1965)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Ossie Davis
Votes: 501