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1. Paper Mask (1990)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Frederick Treves, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 739
2.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
A Private Life
(1989)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea.
Director: Francis Gerard | Stars: Bill Flynn, Jana Cilliers, Kevin Smith, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 18
3.
The Jim Henson Hour (1987–1992)
Episode:
Monster Maker
(1989)
45 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A boy dreams of working for his mentor, a creature-maker, and comes face to face with a giant creature.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Kieran O'Brien, Harry Dean Stanton, George Costigan, Amanda Dickinson
Votes: 138
4. Madame Sousatzka (1988)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Music
Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy
Votes: 1,616 | Gross: $3.55M
5. The Nature of the Beast (1988)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
Director: Franco Rosso | Stars: Lynton Dearden, Paul Simpson, Tony Melody, Freddie Fletcher
Votes: 74
6. The Jim Henson Hour (1987–1992)
48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An anthology show featuring the work of the great puppeteer and his staff.
Stars: Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kevin Clash
Votes: 538
7.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
East of Ipswich
(1987)
TV-14 | Drama
Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a ... See full summary »
Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: John Nettleton, Pat Heywood, Edward Rawle-Hicks, Allan Cuthbertson
Votes: 238
8.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Northanger Abbey
(1987)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama
Catherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon ... See full summary »
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers
Votes: 951
9.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
On the Palm
(1987)
TV-14 | Drama
Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he finds himself digging dirt on an old friend.
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Peter Martin, Philip Jackson, Bert Parnaby, James Hazeldine
10. Slip-Up (1986 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Tells the story of Scotland Yard's attempt to extradite Ronald Biggs, the Great Train Robber, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Jeremy Kemp, George Costigan, Larry Lamb, Nicholas Le Prevost
11.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
The Insurance Man
(1986)
TV-14 | 76 min | Drama
Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Trevor Peacock, Alan MacNaughtan, Robert Hines, Diana Rayworth
Votes: 118
12. 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
13. Silas Marner (1985 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama
When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart, Freddie Jones
Votes: 702
14.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Poppyland
(1985)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and ... See full summary »
Director: John Madden | Stars: Alan Howard, Phoebe Nicholls, John McEnery, Richard Wilson
Votes: 16
15.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
In the Secret State
(1985)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
A department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant secrets when he investigates the apparent suicide of a colleague.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Frank Finlay, Matthew Marsh, Geoffrey Chater, Michael Byrne
Votes: 16
16. The Magnificent Evans (1984– )
30 min | Comedy
Plantagenet Evans played by Ronnie Barker is a photographer who lives in sin with his mistress and is driven around by his simple chauffeur. It only lasted for one series of six episodes ... See full summary »
Stars: Ronnie Barker, Sharon Morgan, Dickie Arnold, Myfanwy Talog
Votes: 65
17. Amy (1984 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography
The story of Amy Johnson who disappeared while piloting a RAF Wellington bomber on January 5 1941.
Director: Nat Crosby | Stars: Harriet Walter, Clive Francis, George A. Cooper, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 22
18.
Jackanory (1965–1996)
Episode:
The Old Man of Lochnagar
(1984)
15 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Christine Secombe | Star: King Charles III
19.
The Magnificent Evans (1984– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1984)
Comedy
Bron and Probert continue their efforts to convince Rachel to stop living under the same roof with her employer. Later, Evans insults a groom at yet another wedding photo shoot. All day, he tries in vain to sell an antique oval mirror.
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Sharon Morgan, Dickie Arnold, Myfanwy Talog
20.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
The Killing Fields
(1984)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Todays theme are The Killing Fields.
Director: Robin Lough | Stars: William Shawcross, Roland Joffé, Dith Pran, David Puttnam
Votes: 8
21. An Englishman Abroad (1983 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama
The actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow and meets a mysterious Englishman. It turns out that he's the notorious spy Guy Burgess.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Alan Bates, Coral Browne, Charles Gray, Harold Innocent
Votes: 619
22. Farmers Arms (1983 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Philip Jackson, Colin Welland, Brenda Bruce, Rowena Roberts
23.
Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
Episode:
Something to Do with Video
(1983)
Documentary
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
Director: Ted Clisby
24. Rough Justice (1982–2007)
30 min | Documentary
Investigative journalists probe possible miscarriages of justice.
Stars: Martin Young, John Ware, David Jessel, Kirsty Wark
Votes: 16
25. The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
52 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Brenda Fricker, John Kavanagh, Mick Lally, Brid Brennan
Votes: 84
26. Cruel Garden (1982 TV Movie)
80 min | Music
The Poet lives, dies and is reborn through various symbolic scenarios, which draw on the imagery of Lorca's works, including the bull-ring, flamenco, and the world of Buster Keaton's silent films.
Director: Colin Nears | Stars: Christopher Bruce, Yair Vardi, Michael Ho, John Chesworth
Votes: 15
27.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Intensive Care
(1982)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Alan Bennett, Helen Fraser, David Major, Frank Crompton
Votes: 20
28.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Soft Targets
(1982)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A Russian in London finds himself targeted by British Intelligence.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Nigel Havers, Celia Gregory
Votes: 81
29.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Raymond Mason
(1982)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Saxon Logan
30.
Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
Episode:
Hunt Saboteurs
(1982)
Documentary
Cameras follow shock troops of anti-hunt demonstrators disrupting hunt.
Stars: John Percival, David Wetton
31.
Rough Justice (1982–2007)
Episode:
The Case of the Handful of Hair
(1982)
Documentary
Stars: Martin Young, John Alliston, Norma Fitzgerald, Kenneth Nicholls
32. Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
40 min | Documentary
Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.
Stars: John Pitman, Michael Dean, Lucinda Lambton, Roger Mills
Votes: 31
33.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Country
(1981)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Leo McKern, James Fox, Wendy Hiller, Penelope Wilton
Votes: 76
34.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Iris in the traffic... ...Ruby in the rain.
(1981)
63 min | Comedy, Drama
Iris is a young girl looking for employment, while Ruby is an embattled social worker fighting a cold. In a divided Belfast beset by protests and armed patrols, fate constantly tries to draw the two women together.
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Frances Tomelty, Aingeal Grehan, Leila Webster, Bryan Murray
Votes: 12
35.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Going Gently
(1981)
70 min | Drama
Two men in their 60s sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Judi Dench, Fulton Mackay, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 67
36.
Arena (1975– )
Episode:
A Pretty British Affair
(1981)
51 min | Documentary
Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual partnership. Includes clips from many of their films.
Directors: Charles Chabot, Gavin Millar | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Deborah Kerr, Jerry Lewis
Votes: 41
37.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Cause
(1981)
69 min | Comedy, Drama
A confused industrial dispute at a London hospital triggers off in trade unionist George Harley's mind memories of his days fighting in the Spanish Civil War, when the issues seemed so much clearer.
Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Jimmy Jewel, Andrew Fell, David Suchet, Tony Caunter
38.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Autumn Sunshine
(1981)
Drama
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Christopher Casson, Mary Larkin, Robert Hamilton, Thom Delaney
39.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Skylark
(1981)
Drama
Director: Chris Lovett | Stars: Wendy Morgan, David Sibley, John Moulder-Brown, Shelagh McLeod
40. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama
Lord Sorenzo marries the beautiful young Annabella, but unbeknownst to him, she is pregnant as a result of an incestuous relationship with her brother Giovanni. Sorenzo discovers the truth,... See full summary »
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Cherie Lunghi, Anthony Bate, Bernard Archard
Votes: 33
41. A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Ground-breaking BBC series that follows transgender activist Julia Grant from her first year living as a woman to her experience of gender reassignment surgery and beyond.
Stars: Julia Grant, John Bulmer Randell, Shirley Wilson, Michael Royale
Votes: 37
42.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Name for the Day
(1980)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
Clive admits himself to a psychiatric hospital after undergoing a breakdown. His wife wants him back home, but in order for Clive to be released, he has to want to be cured.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Richard O'Callaghan, Elisabeth Sladen, Pauline Quirke, Philip Latham
Votes: 10
43.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Pasmore
(1980)
Comedy, Drama
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman, Jimmy Jewel, Anne Dyson
44.
Rentaghost (1976–1984)
Episode:
Episode #5.1
(1980)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Mumford and Davenport have left to go on an extended tour of stately homes, extra ghosts are needed to help Mr. Claypole with new business project "Rentananny". Hazel The McWitch and Tamara Novek seem like ideal replacements..
Director: David Crichton | Stars: Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Ann Emery, Molly Weir
Votes: 6
45.
Rentaghost (1976–1984)
Episode:
Episode #5.2
(1980)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After being transported into the street wearing just a towel in the previous episode, Mr. Meaker is in bed with a cold. His attempts to get better are hindered by Ethel's voice breaking glass and the Perkins hiring a private detective.
Director: David Crichton | Stars: Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Ann Emery, Lynda La Plante
Votes: 6
46.
Rentaghost (1976–1984)
Episode:
Episode #5.3
(1980)
28 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Adam Painting hires the ghosts to help out with two urgent jobs - repairing his car and working in his new roller disco.
Director: David Crichton | Stars: Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Ann Emery, Molly Weir
Votes: 6
47.
Rentaghost (1976–1984)
Episode:
Episode #5.4
(1980)
23 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The ghosts are working in Adam Painting's new boutique, while the Meakers try to resolve their differences with the neighbours.
Director: David Crichton | Stars: Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Ann Emery, Lynda La Plante
48.
Rentaghost (1976–1984)
Episode:
Episode #5.5
(1980)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Mr. Claypole and McWitch engage in a forceful rivalry to see who can make the best potion. Meanwhile, the Perkins have finally had enough and decide to move - but can they really get away from the Meakers?
Director: David Crichton | Stars: Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Ann Emery, Molly Weir
49.
A Change of Sex (1980–1999)
Episode:
Julia - My Body, My Choice
(1980)
Documentary, Biography
In 1980, Julia is living her life as a woman and working in a lively gay club in London's West End. Frustrated by the attitude of her stern psychiatrist, she undergoes a full sex-change operation with surgeon Michael Royale.
Director: David Pearson | Stars: Julia Grant, Michael Royale, Tony Adams, Ronald Allen
50. The Legend of King Arthur (1979)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The classic story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
Stars: Felicity Dean, David Robb, Maureen O'Brien, Andrew Burt
Votes: 50