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1. The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode: Aberfan (2019)

TV-MA | 55 min | Biography, Drama, History

A horrible disaster in the Welsh town of Aberfan leaves scores of children dead, but when the Queen takes a week to decide to visit the town to offer solace to its people, she must confront her reasons for postponing the trip.

Director: Benjamin Caron | Stars: Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels

Votes: 7,315

2. The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode: Tywysog Cymru (2019)

TV-MA | 56 min | Biography, Drama, History

Prince Charles is sent to Aberystwyth to learn Welsh from an ardent nationalist in preparation for the ceremony for his investiture as Prince of Wales.

Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels

Votes: 6,070

3. The Crown (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.

Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith

Votes: 257,201

4. Doc Martin (2004–2022)

TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.

Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom

Votes: 20,272

5. High Hopes (2002– )

30 min | Comedy, Crime

Sitcom set and made in Wales. Fagin, a budding Welsh "entrepreneur" with a dodgy past, takes in two tear-aways as apprentices. The series follows their daily lives, relationships and ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Blythe, Steve Meo, Margaret John, Keiron Self

Votes: 145

6. Wild West (2002–2004)
Episode: One Home Good, Two Homes Bad (2002)

Comedy, Fantasy

Mary Trewednack and Angela Phillips run the ailing shop in the Cornish village of St Gweep. Mary is unhappy about the number of incomers who buy properties purely as a holiday home, ... See full summary »

Stars: Dawn French, Catherine Tate, David Bradley, Sean Foley

Votes: 15

7. Operavox (1995– )
Episode: The Barber of Seville (1995)

Animation, Musical

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Director: Nataliya Dabizha | Stars: Donald Maxwell, Peter Bronder, Patricia Bardon, Andrew Shore

Votes: 20

8. Documentary Now! (2015– )
Episode: How They Threw Rocks (2022)

TV-14 | Comedy

A chronicle of the iconic 1974 Craig Maes (Field Rock) showdown dubbed "The Melon vs. The Felon."

Directors: Alexander Buono, Rhys Thomas | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, John Rhys-Davies, Tom Jones, Helen Mirren

Votes: 175

9. The Inside Man (2019–2023)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama

Meet Mark, a man with secrets. This lonely hacker must blag his way into Khromacom's security team and destroy the company. His new colleagues present a heartbreaking dilemma: satisfy his sinister controller or betray his loveable friends?

Stars: Benjamin Adnams, Abe Jarman, Kathryn Georghiou, Brandon Potter

Votes: 270

10. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Drama

Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.

Stars: Natalie Dunne, Max Wrottesley, Manuel Villasenor, Jerry Murillo

Votes: 2,238

11. Documentary Now! (2015– )

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

"Documentary Now!" parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Deb Hiett

Votes: 8,005

12. Strange But True? (1993–1997)

30 min | Biography, Mystery

Michael Aspel explores stories of the unexplained.

Stars: Michael Aspel, Ian Cullen, Jenny Randles, Gary Anello

Votes: 132

13. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Six (2024)

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Rosie and his crew are sent to rest at a country estate. Crosby meets an intriguing British officer at Oxford. Egan faces the essence of Nazi evil.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Callum Turner, Laszlo Garson, Alexander Squires, Julian M. Deuster

Votes: 2,142

14. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
Episode: India: Hostage to Terror (2008)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Drama

Explores the events leading up to the Kidnapping of Travelers Rhys Partridge and Bella Muss and the incredible story of their struggle to survive and escape from every travelers worst nightmare.

Director: Finn McGough | Stars: Benn Northover, Junade Khan, David Charles, Hanif Memon

Votes: 23

15. Sense & Sensibility (2008)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2008)

TV-PG | 59 min | Drama, Romance

Colonel Brandon wounds but spares Willoughby, who married heiress Grey, in a duel. Later Brandon explains that while he was in colonial India, the doc seduced his first love in England and ... See full summary »

Director: John Alexander | Stars: David Morrissey, Dominic Cooper, Ray Gardner, Robert Forknall

Votes: 185

16. Sense & Sensibility (2008)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance

The sisters Eleanor and Marianne Dashwood try to find love and security in the 1800's. These two sisters coudn't be more different. Where Eleanor is calm and always acts proper Marianne is passionate and usally forgets herself.

Stars: Dominic Cooper, Charity Wakefield, Hattie Morahan, Janet McTeer

Votes: 13,006

17. Operavox (1995– )

28 min | Animation, Musical

Six famous operas beautifully brought to screen with various animation techniques. Cell animation, stop motion etc. Each opera a different artist and all lasts half an hour.

Stars: John Connell, Julie Gossage, Julie Higginson, David Barrell

Votes: 65

18. Doc Martin (2004–2022)
Episode: Aromatherapy (2005)

TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An old man, inexplicably emanating a horrible stench, consults Doctor Ellingham; and the local radio host, Caroline, seems to have a serious drinking problem.

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stewart Wright, Ian McNeice

Votes: 413

19. Masters of the Air (2024)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.

Stars: Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Austin Butler, Darragh Cowley

Votes: 44,464

20. The Old Devils (1992– )

158 min | Comedy

Three part BBC series regarding four Welsh wife/husband couples, old university friends now tumultuosly reunited in (mostly) retirement. A dark comedy about aging, Welsh nationalism, & memory & friendship.

Stars: John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan

Votes: 56

21. Spotlight (III) (2015)

99 min | Drama

Shiza, Hope, and Anjola must put aside their differences if they wish to succeed in a Nollywood acting school.

Director: Sunkanmi Adebayo | Stars: Desmond Elliot, Segun Arinze, Omoni Oboli, O.C. Ukeje

Votes: 19

22. Wild West (2002–2004)

30 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Mary Trewednack lives above her post office in the Cornish village of St. Gweep, with her neurotic partner Angela. Lesbians until something better comes along. Witchcraft and wife-swapping ... See full summary »

Stars: Dawn French, Catherine Tate, David Bradley, Sean Foley

Votes: 266

23. Honour (2020)
Episode: Part Two (2020)

TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, History

Caroline is relieved when a lead from the phone taps sends the search to Birmingham.

Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Waj Ali, Andrea Hall, Michael Jibson, Keeley Hawes

Votes: 136

24. The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode: Waiting for Frank (1996)

TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama

DI Deakin poses as a nervous punter waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named Frank.

Director: Robert Del Maestro | Stars: Shaun Scott, Billy Murray, Mark Wingett, Jonny Phillips

Votes: 27

25. Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Martyn Hesford's comedy-drama about the life and times of tortured comic Kenneth Williams based on his diaries.

Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Michael Sheen, Cheryl Campbell, Peter Wight, Beatie Edney

Votes: 1,078

26. Grange Hill (1978–2008)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.

Stars: Stuart Organ, Gwyneth Powell, Lee Cornes, Sally Geoghegan

Votes: 1,663

27. 10 Days to War (2008)

10 min | Drama, War

A series of eight dramas to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Each drama focuses on a real event that happened exactly five years ago to the day.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Harriet Walter, Toby Jones, Shelley Conn

Votes: 127

28. Honour (2020)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History

DCI Caroline Goode vows to bring justice for a young girl, murdered by her family for falling in love with the wrong man.

Stars: Keeley Hawes, Mark Stanley, Michael Jibson, Alexa Davies

Votes: 2,744

29. The Bench (2001– )

Crime, Drama

Legal drama based in a magistrates court in Wales.

Stars: Mark Lewis Jones, Brian Hibbard, Eiry Thomas, Eluned Jones

Votes: 74

30. The Queen and the Coup (2020 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In 1953, a recently crowned Queen Elizabeth was unwittingly used in a secret attack on Iran's democracy.

Director: Paul Elston | Stars: Caroline Catz, Rory Cormac, Richard J. Aldrich, King George VI

Votes: 57

31. Into the Storm (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History

Continuing the storyline of The Gathering Storm (2002), Churchill at War is a look at the former British prime minister's life and career at the end of WWII.

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Clive Mantle, Adrian Scarborough, Jack Shepherd

Votes: 5,869

32. The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2006)
Episode: The Bygraves (2004)

TV-PG | 14 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Tracy and Justine are sick of Michael that they hatch a plan to get rid of him for good.

Director: Delyth Thomas | Stars: Dani Harmer, Chloe Hibbert-Waters, Darragh Mortell, Abby Rakic-Platt

Votes: 14

33. The Bill (1984–2010)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.

Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse

Votes: 4,118

34. North Star (2023)

95 min | Drama

Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.

Director: Kristin Scott Thomas | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Votes: 101

35. The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2006)

TV-PG | 15 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Tracy Beaker is a 10-year-old girl who has been placed in a children's home. Tracy makes new friends along the way and causes mischief wherever she goes.

Stars: Dani Harmer, Montanna Thompson, Ben Hanson, Ciarán Joyce

Votes: 1,824

36. Twelfth Night (II) (2018)

Not Rated | 166 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Charming full text, modern, location based screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night.

Director: Adam Smethurst | Stars: Sheila Atim, Antony Bunsee, Shalini Peiris, Simon Nagra

Votes: 41

37. Chillers (1990)

53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

"Chillers" was a 1990 series based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories: displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving in to the darkest depths of human nature.

Stars: Anthony Perkins, Doug Rollins, Assumpta Serna, Stéphane Freiss

Votes: 145

38. Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Tom Thorne hunts for a psychopath who may have formed a depraved partnership.

Director: Benjamin Ross | Stars: Joe Absolom, Jaleh Alp, Freddie Annobil-Dodoo, Lorraine Ashbourne

Votes: 2,205

39. Chillers (1990)
Episode: A Curious Suicide (1990)

53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An American doctor in England for a conference with his spendthrift wife visits an old friend who stole the love of his life from him.

Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Richard Atkin, Ralph Brown, David Charles

Votes: 33

40. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: Failure Is Not an Option (2008)

Drama, War

Anne Campbell and Paul Stinchcombe on their votes in the British House of Commons to authorize a war on Iraq.

Director: David Belton | Stars: Obi Abili, David Charles, Lucinda Dryzek, Alex Jennings

Votes: 9

41. Jago & Litefoot (2010 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

First seen on tv in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang in 1977, Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot now embark on brand new adventures as Infernal Investigators, ... See full summary »

Stars: Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Lisa Bowerman, Conrad Asquith

42. High Hopes (2002– )
Episode: A Touch of Class (2005)

Comedy, Crime

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Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Robert Blythe, Margaret John, Steve Meo, Ben Evans

43. Grange Hill (1978–2008)
Episode: Episode #18.14 (1995)

Comedy, Drama, Family

Year Seven spends the night at the Science Museum, while Lucy's mother is taken to hospital with suspected Meningtitis.

Director: Nigel Douglas | Stars: Ayesha Antoine, Kate Bell, Tim Bentinck, Michael Brogan

44. The Inside Man (2019–2023)
Episode: Surprise (Document Disposal)

Not Rated | Drama

Mark is running up against Khromacom's network security so he calls on an old contact 'Rat' to dumpster-dive for discarded confidential documents. When he returns to his desk he is stunned that the guys have made a surprise party.

Director: Jim Shields | Stars: Benjamin Adnams, Abe Jarman, Brandon Potter, Kathryn Georghiou

45. The Old Devils (1992– )
Episode: Love, Lust and Litre Bottles (1992)

Comedy

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Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan

46. The Bench (2001– )
Episode: Episode #1.10 (2001)

29 min | Crime, Drama

Leanne's future is in the balance, forcing Des and Ranjit to examine their role in events.

Director: Emlyn Williams | Stars: David Charles, Martin Cole, Rebecca Harries, Gareth Harris

47. Jago & Litefoot (2010–2021)
The Flying Frenchmen (2015 Podcast Episode)

Sci-Fi

Jago and Litefoot embark on a cruise. It's supposed to be a relaxing break, but what terrors lurk in the mysterious fog? And what about the other ships that seem trapped along with the Fata... See full summary »

Director: Lisa Bowerman | Stars: Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Lisa Bowerman, Conrad Asquith

48. Strange But True? (1993–1997)
Episode: Heaven and back (Near death experiences)/Borley rectory (1994)

Biography, Mystery

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Stars: Michael Aspel, David Charles, Seb Craig, Perry Davey