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101.
A Very British Scandal (2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2021)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, History
Battlelines are drawn as the Duke and Duchess of Argyll enter into a bloody separation, all played out in the white-hot glare of a ravenous press.
Director: Anne Sewitsky | Stars: Claire Foy, Olwen May, Paul Bettany, Richard Goulding
Votes: 282
102.
Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2017)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama
The brothel move is on, but when the Wells family is met by a baying mob outside their new home, Margaret fears she might be reaping the rewards of her public attack on Lydia Quigley.
Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Dorothy Atkinson, Jessica Brown Findlay
Votes: 281
103.
Jane Eyre (2006)
Episode:
Episode 1
(2006)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl, is sent to Lowood School by her uncaring aunt Mrs Reed, who no longer wants the child in her house where Jane was ill-treated by cousins and aunt. Jane remains ... See full summary »
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 276
104.
Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2017)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama
Lucy has always imagined she'll follow in the footsteps of her thriving and successful older sister. But she is finding her new profession more of a struggle than she ever imagined.
Director: China Moo-Young | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 263
105. 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: 248
106.
Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2017)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama
Emily is desperate to escape Lydia's house, but when Lydia catches her, Emily is brutally punished. All her hopes rest with Charles, but should she risk his life in order to spare her own?
Director: China Moo-Young | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 247
107.
Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2017)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama
Emily's escape pits Lydia and Cunliffe against one another - which of them can earn the Spartans' trust? Margaret is in trouble, but to preserve her own life might cause another's death. She is faced with a terrible choice.
Director: Jill Robertson | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 246
108.
Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
When Howard offers to be Lucy's keeper, Margaret is delighted. Charlotte and Howard's arrangement is over. But when Lucy discovers the deal has been done, her reaction will plunge all three Wells women into terrible danger.
Director: China Moo-Young | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 245
109.
Harlots (2017–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama
Jacob and North have gone missing, and after the events of the previous night, Margaret is desperate to find them. But, when her friends discover her betrayal of Emily, Margaret will have to search alone.
Director: Jill Robertson | Stars: Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Dorothy Atkinson
Votes: 238
110.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
Episode #8.2
(2009)
TV-14 | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When an industrial accident put a liquid natural gas plant out of commission for six months, the UK must quickly arrange for an alternate source of supply or face an energy crisis that will... See full summary »
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Nicola Walker, Peter Firth, Lucy le Messurier, Geoffrey Austin Newland
Votes: 212
111.
Indian Summers (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2015)
TV-14 | 75 min | Drama
In 1932, Alice Whelan, fleeing a faithless husband in England and passing herself off as a widow, arrives with her baby in Simla, India - where her brother Ralph is private secretary to the... See full summary »
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Shachin Sailesh Kumar, Alexander Cobb, Mano Maniam, Nikesh Patel
Votes: 199
112.
Doctor Thorne (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama
In 1850s Barsetshire kindly doctor Thorne has brought up his niece Mary, following her father's mysterious death twenty years earlier. Handsome Frank Gresham is in love with her but his ... See full summary »
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Tom Hollander, Stefanie Martini, Harry Richardson, Rebecca Front
Votes: 180
113. Persuasion (1995 TV Movie)
Romance
A young couple's stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds of the Royal Shakespeare Company ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Simon Russell Beale, Judy Cornwell, Felicity Dean, Susan Fleetwood
Votes: 164
114.
Trial & Retribution (1997–2009)
Episode:
Trial & Retribution IV - Part One
(2000)
TV-14 | 220 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Pat North is assigned to look into case that may clear a man convicted of murder eight years ago.
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: James Wilby, Megan De Wolf, Rosy De Wolf, Steven Hartley
Votes: 163
115.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Final Cut: Part 1
(2003)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a mummified body opens an investigation into a supposedly fictional film from the 1960s. It transpires that the gangster responsible for the bodies behind the walls in the Notting Hill house is still active today.
Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 160
116.
Heroes and Villains (2007–2008)
Episode:
Napoleon
(2007)
59 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The little known story of how Napoleon Bonaparte first emerged from obscurity and entered the national consciousness. A life and death struggle both on and off off the battlefield.
Director: Nick Murphy | Stars: Rob Brydon, Richard McCabe, Tom Burke, Laura Greenwood
Votes: 158
117.
To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Episode:
Rites of Passage
(2005)
89 min | Drama
1800:- Young Edmund Talbot is sailing to Australia to take up a government post, on a decrepit old ship skippered by Captain Anderson, who is hostile to Edmund until he realizes that he has... See full summary »
Director: David Attwood | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Pettifer, Victoria Hamilton, Daniel Evans
Votes: 155
118.
Doctor Thorne (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
With the upcoming elections Sir Roger is the popular candidate but drink takes its toll and he passes away, telling Dr Thorne the beneficiary of his new will. His mercenary and equally ... See full summary »
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Tom Hollander, Stefanie Martini, Harry Richardson, Rebecca Front
Votes: 155
119. Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot (2019 TV Movie)
Fantasy
Plot unknown. Prequel to 'Game of Thrones' set 5,000 years before the events depicted in the series, centering on an unconstructed era in a land divided into a hundred kingdoms.
Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Naomi Watts, Alex Sharp, Jamie Campbell Bower, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 149
120.
The Game (2014–2015)
Episode:
Episode 6
(2014)
TV-14 | 59 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The team is reeling from a KGB bombing and the mole's confession, but with Operation Glass hurtling towards a shocking climax, MI5 is running out of time to piece the puzzle together and ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel O'Hara | Stars: Tom Hughes, Brian Cox, Paul Ritter, Victoria Hamilton
Votes: 149
121. The Whistleblowers (2007)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Ben Graham and Alisha Cole are two lawyers are about to witness something that will take them into a world of few moral certainties.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Indira Varma, Daniel Ryan, Paul Freeman
Votes: 148
122.
Doctor Thorne (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
Louis Scatcherd arrives for dinner with the Greshams but he is tactless and drunk, reminding them of his newly acquired fortune and Dr Thorne has to get rid of him. Later the doctor learns ... See full summary »
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Tom Hollander, Stefanie Martini, Harry Richardson, Rebecca Front
Votes: 144
123.
Borgia (2011–2014)
Episode:
The Time of Sweet Desires
(2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, is not yet over the loss of his son, Juan. His powers are threatening to slip from his hands.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Alejandro Albarracín, Philip Arditti, Predrag Bjelac, Paloma Bloyd
Votes: 136
124.
Indian Summers (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2015)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama
Following the shooting, a curfew is imposed, whilst Ralph's assistant Ronnie brings in a journalist to raise Ralph's profile, though Ralph directs him towards Aafrin, still lying injured in... See full summary »
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Tanmay Dhanania, Ash Nair, Olivia Grant, Jemima West
Votes: 136
125.
To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Episode:
Close Quarters
(2005)
87 min | Drama
The ship is becalmed and another vessel is sighted, which turns out to be British - the Alcyone, whose commander announces that the war with France is over. The two vessels anchor alongside... See full summary »
Director: David Attwood | Stars: Jared Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Sives, Vanessa Pike
Votes: 134
126.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
Final Cut: Part 2
(2003)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The evidence points to the house being a dumping ground for dead bodies and the four corpses being the result of multiple rather than a single event.
Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Claire Goose
Votes: 130
127.
To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Episode:
Fire Down Below
(2005)
89 min | Drama
Edmund acts as a witness to the wedding between the injured Prettiman and Miss Granham, with flowers grown by the captain in his window boxes. Despite initial animosity towards him Edmund ... See full summary »
Director: David Attwood | Stars: Jamie Sives, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris, Richard McCabe
Votes: 127
128.
Indian Summers (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2015)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama
Ralph offers Aafrin, now fully recovered, a promotion, whilst Ramu asks Ian to intervene with his uncle for money Armitage owes him. Sooni canvasses for independence, though her meeting is ... See full summary »
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Nikesh Patel, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Aysha Kala, Ayesha Dharker
Votes: 125
129.
Indian Summers (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2015)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama
Armitage dies and Ramu offers Ian work as his plantation manager, to the disgust of the racist Cynthia Coffin. Believing Ralph only wants Madeleine as a mistress and not a wife, Eugene ... See full summary »
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Hasina Haque, Shachin Sailesh Kumar, Patrick Malahide, Ash Nair
Votes: 121
130.
Borgia (2011–2014)
Episode:
Ash Wednesday
(2013)
TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Drama, History
When Rodrigo has a man executed for his homosexuality, Della Rovere comes up with a perfidious scheme to eliminate Rodrigo's secretary, Gacet.
Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Alejandro Albarracín, Paloma Bloyd, Paul Brennen, Sean Campion
Votes: 119
131. Bulman (1985–1987)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Having left the police force in disgust, the eccentric and bad-tempered detective George Kitchener Bulman set himself up as a private investigator. This leads him into trouble with the hard... See full summary »
Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Thorley Walters, Mark McManus
Votes: 96
132.
Trial & Retribution (1997–2009)
Episode:
Trial & Retribution IV - Part Two
(2000)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gary Meadows' daughter Fiona, who was only seven years old at the time of her father's death, comes forward,prepared to testify that she was present when Gary killed himself and she ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: David Hayman, Kate Buffery, James Wilby, Steven Hartley
Votes: 67
133.
The Great Fire (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, History
London, 1666:- Thomas Farriner, a widower with two young daughters, runs a bakery in Pudding Lane and turns to administrator Samuel Pepys when naval clerk Sheridan withholds payment for the... See full summary »
Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Andrew Buchan, Polly Dartford, Rose Leslie, Joey Price
Votes: 63
134.
Doctor Thorne (2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
While Frank and Mary plan their upcoming nuptials, Lady Arabella determines not to give up without a fight. She manages to persuade Mary that marrying Frank would be a selfish act, and that... See full summary »
Stars: Harry Richardson, Nell Barlow, Tom Bell, Cressida Bonas
Votes: 61
135.
Playhouse Presents (2012–2015)
Episode:
The Minor Character
(2012)
Drama
Will, a cynical writer, muses on the nature of friendship and love, as he dispassionately observes his friends at a dinner party.
Director: Richard Curson Smith | Stars: David Tennant, Lucy Cohu, Mark Bonnar, Sara Stewart
Votes: 57
136.
The Great Fire (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, History
On the second day of the fire, Thomas joins the mass exodus to the comparative safety of Moorfields, leaving the girls there while he returns to find Sarah, unaware that Denton has ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Trixiebell Harrowell, Polly Dartford, Joey Price, Andrew Buchan
Votes: 57
137. Family (2003– )
Crime, Drama
A nail-biting gangster drama set in the East End of London, focusing on The Cutlers, a crime family who specialize in extortion and protection racketing.
Stars: Simone Lahbib, Camille Coduri, David Calder, Martin Kemp
Votes: 55
138.
Heat of the Sun (1998)
Episode:
Hide in Plain Sight
(1998)
TV-PG | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Burkitt's orders to arrest all the native prostitutes for the Prince of Wales' visit inconveniences all the policemen. Tyburn and his new assistant, Valentine, investigate the murder of a native woman and an attack on a local mission.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Trevor Eve, Susannah Harker, Cathryn Harrison, Diana Quick
Votes: 55
139. The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015 TV Special)
Documentary
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Jason Alexander, Annaleigh Ashford
Votes: 53
140.
The Great Fire (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, History
The king is angry upon learning that his ministers have not demolished houses to stem the fire and promises compensation to the householders. Sarah is caught by the Duke of Hanford trying ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Jones | Stars: William Beck, Geoff Bell, Andrew Buchan, Ben Crompton
Votes: 48
141. Epithet (2012)
6 min | Short
The story of a contemporary poet with a dubious background.
Director: Angus Jackson | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Matthew Marsh, Richard McCabe
Votes: 47
142.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Death of a Cracksman
(1985)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama
The team at Sun Hill investigate an old fashioned safe cracker.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Salthouse, Eric Richard, Colin Blumenau, Trudie Goodwin
Votes: 44
143. For the Greater Good (1991)
150 min | Drama
Three politicians try to reform Britain's brutal prison system. Before they can do so, the tabloid press destroys their careers by publishing exposés of their sex lives.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Roy Dotrice, Nicholas Jones, Nicholas Woodeson
Votes: 43
144.
The Vice (1999–2003)
Episode:
Dabbling: Part 2
(1999)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Ken Stott, Caroline Catz, Anna Chancellor, Garry Cooper
Votes: 41
145.
The Vice (1999–2003)
Episode:
Dabbling: Part 1
(1999)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Rookie Vice squad officer Dougie and his colleague Cheryl prepare to go undercover at an escort agency to expose a suspected drug ring.
Director: David Thacker | Stars: Ken Stott, Caroline Catz, Anna Chancellor, Garry Cooper
Votes: 39
146. Theater Talk (1996– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Susan Haskins, Michael Riedel, Jesse Green, Michael Musto
Votes: 38
147.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
The Night Watch
(1990)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Roach and Martella respond to a report of sexual assault.
Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: Tony Scannell, Nula Conwell, Huw Higginson, Arin Alldridge
Votes: 31
148. A Prince Among Men (1997–1998)
30 min | Comedy
The self-centred, egocentric Gary Prince, the man who always knows he is right, has successfully converted his career as a famous, popular England international football star into a ... See full summary »
Stars: Chris Barrie, Francesca Hunt, Susie Blake, Samantha Power
Votes: 30
149.
Bramwell (1995–1998)
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(1997)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Eleanor tries desperately to replace Mr. Marsham. Kate shows her new boyfriend the Bramwells' house. Mrs. Marsham is diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.
Director: David Tucker | Stars: Jemma Redgrave, David Calder, Kevin McMonagle, Kate Morgan
Votes: 28
150.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Solid Gold Cert
(1995)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
D.S. Beech leads an operation to retrieve the proceeds of a robbery at a jeweller's shop, only for the suspect to end up in hospital. But why was he so keen to jump?
Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Billy Murray, Mark Wingett, Andrew Paul, Tom Cotcher
Votes: 28