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1. The Champions (II)

Announced

A plane carrying three UN agents crashes in the Himalayas. The agents aboard are rescued by an advanced civilization secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced intellectual and physical abilities.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Ben Stiller

2. Champions (I)

Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced

An advanced civilization rescues a team of secret government agents from a plane crash and grants them superhuman abilities.

3. Doctor Who: The Crusade (1999 Video)

Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Ian Chesterton tells the tale of his adventures with the Doctor in Palestine.

Directors: Douglas Camfield, Paul Vanezis | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien

Votes: 158

4. Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors (1997 Video Game)

Sci-Fi

The Master has taken over the planet Siralos, making use of its immense psychic power. He uses this power to imprison all seven incarnations of the Doctor. A creature of the Doctor's ... See full summary »

Stars: David Coker, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Peter Davison

Votes: 57

5. Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode: Flashback (1986)

Drama, Family, Fantasy

Film material from the Second World War is leaked to two young people. The film stars a schoolboy who obviously doesn't belong there. Who is the boy and when did this happen?

Director: Terry Miller | Stars: Graham Stark, Dorian MacDonald, Charlotte Chatton, Noel Williams

Votes: 5

6. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)

70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

"Fox Mystery Theater" was an anthology series of chilling tales with a twist.

Stars: David McCallum, David Carradine, Dean Stockwell, Season Hubley

Votes: 474

7. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: And the Wall Came Tumbling Down (1984)

71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Workmen digging in a building discover the remains of a 300-+year-old devil cult.

Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Barbi Benton, Gareth Hunt, Brian Deacon, Peter Wyngarde

Votes: 136

8. Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode: Puzzled Steele (1984)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A manipulative millionaire drives a competitive wedge between a suspicious Ms. Holt and a greedy Mr. Steele with a thirty thousand dollars wager that they will not find an English writer missing in Malta within 48 hours.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Jack Hedley

Votes: 101

9. Dramarama (1983–1989)

25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A series of plays for children which featured the supernatural frequently and science fiction occasionally.

Stars: Denyse Alexander, Ian Kirkby, Christopher Biggins, Bill Wallis

Votes: 137

10. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: A Message for the Rich (1983)

TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mrs. Honeyman and her son Eric, disgruntled ex-employees of Charlie, are caught stealing a necklace from his safe by Jim's young daughter Kim, whom they take with them onto their boat, ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Dandy Nichols, Phil Davis

Votes: 83

11. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: A Perfect Recapture (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inspector West arrives in Jersey in pursuit of escaped prisoner Keith Prescott, who, a decade earlier, hacked into police computers and stole two million pounds. The presence of Keith's ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, Ronald Hines

Votes: 55

12. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Almost Like a Holiday (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Whilst staying at Diamante Lil's hotel with his wife Eva, inveterate liar Vincent Parkin is mugged by a young crook called Mitch but refuses to finger him at the identity parade. Mitch is ... See full summary »

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, Norman Wisdom

Votes: 64

13. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Always Leave Them Laughing (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Comedian Andy Galbraith and Charlie are on the judging panel of a local beauty contest, after which beaten finalist Christine Bolton accuses Andy of attempted rape. Everything points to the... See full summary »

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Rikki Fulton, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 74

14. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Charlie's attempt to enter local politics is blighted when Donald Early, an old flame of hotelier Diamante Lil who Charlie crossed some years previously, threatens to expose a secret from ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Rolfe | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, William Hootkins

Votes: 62

15. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Fall of a Birdman (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Portuguese stuntman Antonio is killed in an apparent hang-gliding accident though the pathologist claims he was strangled. A dental appointment card is found by the body and, though dentist... See full summary »

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, Richard Griffiths

Votes: 61

16. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: A Miracle Every Week (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Guileless young Indian faith healer Ravi Chavan, a money-spinner for the New Dawn Foundation, run by greedy Barry Hardaker, comes to Jersey to ask the foundation's accountant Ivor Wyatt to ... See full summary »

Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, Nicholas Ball

Votes: 61

17. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Prime Target (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jim is sent to France to help solve the murder of an unidentified Jersey resident. He turns out to have been Jack Moberley, a private eye, who was trailing eccentric lawyer Lionel Carteret ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, Anthony Valentine

Votes: 58

18. Remington Steele (1982–1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.

Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, James Read

Votes: 9,991

19. Bergerac (1981–1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.

Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White

Votes: 2,234

20. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Late for a Funeral (1981)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Diver Terry Castleford is murdered after finding the skeleton of Luftwaffe pilot Karl Scheringer in his aircraft, which crashed into the sea in World War Two. Karl's parents arrive to ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, Terence Alexander, James Cossins

Votes: 78

21. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Portrait of Yesterday (1981)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the eve of Sarah and Laurence Mitchell's daughter Felicity's wedding the church is broken into and a register stolen by the driver of a white Mercedes. He is in fact the man whom Sarah, ... See full summary »

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, Terence Alexander, Sarah Lawson

Votes: 82

22. The Incredible Voyage of Stingray (1980 Video)

90 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Set in 2065, the series follows the exploits of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), a military organisation responsible for policing the Earth's oceans. The WASP's top vessel is ... See full summary »

Directors: David Elliott, John Kelly, Alan Pattillo | Stars: Don Mason, Robert Easton, Ray Barrett, Lois Maxwell

Votes: 26

23. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Close Quarters (1978)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

On leave with a hand injury, Bodie is in the country with his girlfriend Julia when they run across the Meyer-Helmut terrorist group. Bodie captures a gang member but he and Julia are ... See full summary »

Director: William Brayne | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Hildegard Neil

Votes: 166

24. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Everest Was Also Conquered (1978)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The death bed confession of a former MI6 head reveals that Suzie Carter, key witness in a major corruption trial a couple of decades earlier, did not commit suicide by jumping out of a ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Megahy | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Michael Denison

Votes: 161

25. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Look After Annie (1978)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Annie Irvine, charismatic evangelist and founder of the left-wing Workers-Christian Alliance, arrives back in England having survived an assassination attempt in Chicago and Cowley, an old ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Diana Fairfax

Votes: 145

26. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Rogue (1978)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Barry Martin was a founder-member of CI5 with Cowley and trains Bodie and Doyle in unarmed combat, but he has turned 'rogue' for money, delivering a witness who was to be kept under wraps ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Glyn Owen

Votes: 140

27. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Stake Out (1978)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

CI5 agent Fraser, shadowing a drugs gang based in a bowling alley, stumbles on 'something bigger' but is killed before he can explain to Cowley. Bodie and Doyle are sent to stake out the ... See full summary »

Director: Benjamin Wickers | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, David Collings

Votes: 162

28. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: The Female Factor (1978)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The Professionals get involved after Terkoff, a Russian K.G.B. agent, introduces young Sara Seaford "accidentally" to Sir Charles Milvain, a man tipped to be the next Prime Minister, with a... See full summary »

Director: David Wickes | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Anthony Steel

Votes: 178

29. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: When the Heat Cools Off (1978)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Six years previously Doyle was a policeman at London's Docklands and he was involved in a shoot-out in which there were fatalities. Bill Haydon was arrested and charged and sent to prison. ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Peter Hughes

Votes: 154

30. The Professionals (1977–1983)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.

Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice

Votes: 3,662

31. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Complex (1977)

48 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

The New Avengers fly to Toronto, Canada, to learn the identity of KGB assassin X-41, a.k.a. Scapina - but unfortunately all their contacts end up dead before they are able to spill the ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Gilbert | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Cec Linder

Votes: 77

32. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Emily (1977)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

On the trail of the elusive agent 'The Fox', the New Avengers find their target has left a palm print on the roof of a car. Borrowing the vehicle, which is named 'Emily', from her owner ... See full summary »

Director: Don Thompson | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Jane Mallett

Votes: 78

33. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Forward Base (1977)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Lake Ontario Canada becomes the center of some strange happenings after a mysterious signal FB1 is intercepted. Tides that should not be. Fish swimming birds nests. What happened in the Spring of 69 that could change the world forever

Director: Don Thompson | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Jack Creley

Votes: 73

34. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Medium Rare (1977)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

A psychic medium makes eerily accurate predictions about Steed's future.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Jon Finch

Votes: 74

35. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Klansmen (1977)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The Empire Society, a white supremacist group run by a man called Hulton, is terrorising blacks and trying to forcibly evict them. Cowley and Doyle are shocked at Bodie's apparent colour ... See full summary »

Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Edward Judd

Votes: 142

36. The Professionals (1977–1983)
Episode: Private Madness, Public Danger (1977)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Charles Nesbitt, an expert on chemical warfare, has a plan to contaminate the water supply of London with lethal hallucinogenic drugs. In order to show what he has in mind he intends to ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Keith Barron

Votes: 198

37. The New Avengers (1976–1977)

60 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.

Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Maurice Marsac

Votes: 2,607

38. Alien Attack (1976 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several ... See full summary »

Directors: Charles Crichton, Lee H. Katzin, Bill Lenny | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice

Votes: 209

39. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Cat Amongst the Pigeons (1976)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

The New Avengers investigate the murders of several ecologists who seem to have been attacked by flocks of kamikaze birds. Before long each one of them encounters a feathered foe on their trail.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Vladek Sheybal

Votes: 98

40. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Faces (1976)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

The New Avengers uncover an operation that is substituting doubles for politicians and other high-ranking members of society. All the lookalikes seem to have been found amongst the drunks ... See full summary »

Director: James Hill | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, David de Keyser

Votes: 88

41. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Gnaws (1976)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Scientists Thornton & Carter have discovered a radioactive isotope that causes living things to grow enormous. Rather than inform the Ministry the scientists keep the secret to themselves. ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Julian Holloway

Votes: 99

42. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Target! (1976)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Ministry agents are dropping dead of natural causes either on leave, or just about to go. Discovering a pattern, all clues lead back to the training range where Purdey has just scored a 99%... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Keith Barron

Votes: 109

43. The New Avengers (1976–1977)
Episode: Three Handed Game (1976)

50 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Steed has invented a way of using a triumvirate of agents with photographic memories to memorize top secret information in three parts. Each third being useless without the other two. A ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, David Wood

Votes: 86

44. Comedy Premiere (1975– )

30 min | Comedy

A series of six sitcom pilots.

Stars: Frank Coda, Bernard Lee, Michael Bates, George Layton

45. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: The Fear is Spreading (1975)

TV-14 | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Two escaped convicts hold a couple hostage in their country home.

Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Tandy Cronyn, Anthony Valentine, Claire Nielson

Votes: 137

46. Thriller (1973–1976)
Episode: Terror from Within (1975)

TV-14 | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Young American Abby Stevens is searching for her fiancé Doug. She hopes to find him visiting Alan Smerdon at an artists' commune in the English countryside. Alan is not only Doug's close ... See full summary »

Director: James Ormerod | Stars: Ian Bannen, Pamela Franklin, Suzanne Neve, Oliver Tobias

Votes: 146

47. Comedy Premiere (1975– )
Episode: What a Turn Up (1975)

Comedy

Add a Plot

Director: John Scholz-Conway | Stars: Bernard Lee, Vivian Pickles, Anton Rodgers, Diana King

48. Thriller (1973–1976)

TV-14 | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

"Thriller" was an anthology series of self-contained episodes, with genres ranging from murder mystery to suspense to psychological and supernatural horror.

Stars: Donna Mills, Gary Collins, Derek Francis, Michael Jayston

Votes: 980

49. The Adventurer (1972–1974)
Episode: Double Exposure (1973)

25 min | Adventure

Two and two make more than four when The Adventurer doubles up on the intruders who put an imposter in the place of an abducted multi-millionaire magnate.

Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Gene Barry, Catherine Schell, Garrick Hagon, Barry Morse

Votes: 11

50. The Adventurer (1972–1974)
Episode: Full Fathom Five (1973)

26 min | Adventure

The Adventurer's friendship with a Belgian abbot charts the way to drama-packed efforts to retrieve hidden glass windows.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Gene Barry, Barry Morse, André Morell, Prunella Ransome

Votes: 8