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51.
The Civil War (1990)
Episode:
Simply Murder (1863)
(1990)
TV-PG | 61 min | Documentary, History, War
By early 1863, Union soldiers with the Army of the Potomac had not been paid for 6 months and supplies were thin. Some 200 men were deserting every day and by January one-quarter of the men... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Barbara Fields, Paul Roebling, James Symington, Sam Waterston
Votes: 383
52.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
(2002)
TV-PG | 118 min | Documentary
Charting the 21-month ordeal of Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew off Antarctica in 1915 and 1916, after their ship (prophetically named Endurance) was crushed by an ice pack, stranding them.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Derek Jacobi, Michael Maloney, Michael Morrissey
Votes: 40
53.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
The Last Refuge: 1890-1915
(2009)
TV-G | 131 min | Documentary, History
Americans begin to question the nation's rush across the continent that has devastated forests and ravaged animals. Conservation's greatest champion is Theodore Roosevelt, who audaciously sets aside 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, Clay Jenkinson, Terry Tempest Williams
Votes: 87
54.
War Gamers (2022)
Episode:
The End Game
(2022)
History
WATU faces a crucial encounter for ONS.5 in the battle of the Atlantic. Donitz unleashes the new torpedo targeting on escort ships. Roberts and Laidlaw must again develop new tactics to retake the advantage.
Director: Mary Downes | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Tessa Dunlop, Paul Edward Strong, Jann Witt
Votes: 8
55.
Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode:
Anniversary
(2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Freddie and Stuart are having a party to celebrate their 49th anniversary. Ash accidentally invites Stuart's mother Mildred, who doesn't know her son is gay.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 290
56.
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode:
Hiroshima
(2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
The final hours of WWII changed the course of history with President Truman's fateful decision to use the deadliest weapon ever created: the atom bomb.
Director: Kasia Uscinska | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Tami Davis Biddle, Richard B. Frank, David Glantz
Votes: 413
57. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After 50+ years apart, Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) are reunited and decide to marry.
Stars: Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker
Votes: 8,841
58. Portrait Artist of the Year (2013– )
Family, Reality-TV
Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.
Stars: Kate Bryan, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Joan Bakewell
Votes: 398
59. The American Buffalo (2023– )
Documentary, History
A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Tantoo Cardinal, Michael Punke, N. Scott Momaday
Votes: 539
60. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1998)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An animated series, telling the story of many beloved Beatrix Potter characters.
Stars: Niamh Cusack, Enn Reitel, Mary Jane Bowe, Jenny Moore
Votes: 1,088
61. The West (1996)
537 min | Documentary, History, War
Stephen Ives' "The West" is a PBS 4-Video Series co-produced by Ken Burns: - "Death Runs Riot" 85 min. - "Fight No More Forever" 85 min. - "Ghost Dance" 58 min. - "The People" 82 min.
Stars: Peter Coyote, N. Scott Momaday, Murphy Guyer, John Trudell
Votes: 2,144
62. Manor House (2002– )
50 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
21 people from the 21st century are being brought together in an Edwardian Country House. 6 of them are the Upstairs family and the 15 others are the servants. For three months, these people have only the rulebook and each other...
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Charlie Clay, Hugh Edgar, Ken Skelton
Votes: 556
63.
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–2001)
Episode:
Painkillers
(2001)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
After an undercover agent is killed by a poison with a very delayed reaction government men ask Jeff and Jeannie to investigate a secret research laboratory built under a golf course. It is... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Higson | Stars: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Tom Baker, Emilia Fox
Votes: 28
64.
In the Night Garden... (2007–2009)
Episode:
Makka Pakka Washes Faces
(2007)
TV-Y | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Makka Pakka visits all the inhabitants of the garden to wash their faces. Everyone in the garden loves to have their faces washed - even the teeny tiny Pontipines.
Director: Dirk Campbell | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Nick Kellington, Andy Wareham, Rebecca Hyland
Votes: 27
65.
The Civil War (1990)
Episode:
A Very Bloody Affair (1862)
(1990)
TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War
By 1862, both sides had 1 million men in uniform across a 1000 mile battle front ranging from Manassas, Virginia to Missouri. Battles had taken a horrendous toll in human lives on both ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris
Votes: 427
66.
The Civil War (1990)
Episode:
Forever Free (1862)
(1990)
TV-PG | 76 min | Documentary, History, War
While Gen. McClellan sat outside Richmond, three Union armies were being kept occupied by Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. Stuart in northwestern Virginia. Lee was named commander of the army ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Barbara Fields, Shelby Foote, William Safire
Votes: 397
67.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Waiting in the Wings
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Whilst Tiberius in exile derives some comfort from hearing of the mysterious death of Gaius, Antonia confesses to Julia her disappointment in Claudius. She chastises his siblings ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 405
68.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
What Shall We Do About Claudius?
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Six years have passed. Germanicus has joined Tiberius in the Germanian campaign, to avenge the Roman legion slaughtered at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Claudius remains at home, ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 398
69.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
Going Home: 1920-1933
(2009)
TV-G | 115 min | Documentary, History
Mather and Albright ally themselves with the automobile to "democratize" the national parks. Horace Kephart and George Masa launch a campaign to save the forests of the Smoky Mountains from destruction by establishing a national park.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Ruth Kirk, Dayton Duncan, Alfred Runte
Votes: 75
70.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919
(2009)
TV-G | 111 min | Documentary, History
Stephen Mather accepts the offer to oversee the national parks for one year. He launches a campaign to publicize the parks as a unified system and to persuade Congress to create a single agency to oversee it: the National Park Service.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, William Cronon, Kim Heacox
Votes: 76
71.
War Gamers (2022)
Episode:
The Game
(2022)
History
Roberts and Laidlaw have uncovered a flaw in the Royal Navy's anti U Boat tactic called 'Buttercup'. They then set about modelling a counter tactic, by wargaming various scenarios, and finally develop 'Operation Raspberry'.
Director: Justin Rickett | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Iszi Lawrence, Lena Andrews, Alexandra Richie
Votes: 7
72.
Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode:
Dinner Party
(2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Freddie and Stuart invite Ash and his vegan girlfriend Chloe for dinner. But things take an unexpected turn.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 292
73.
Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode:
Flatmates
(2015)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy
After Freddie and Stuart have a falling out, Stuart moves in with Ash and Violet moves in with Freddie.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 239
74.
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode:
Liberation of Buchenwald
(2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
Hitler's rise to power led to the slaughter of millions as concentration camps revealed the Nazi empire's true evil. Rarely-seen archive recounts the atrocities.
Director: Kasia Uscinska | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Jochen Hellbreck, Michael Lynch, Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau
Votes: 447
75. The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019)
TV-Y7-FV | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The life of a twelve-year-old boy who happens to be a blue cat as he lives with his family and other strange creatures.
Stars: Dan Russell, Teresa Gallagher, Kerry Shale, Kyla Rae Kowalewski
Votes: 41,076
76. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
TV-PG | 214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin
Votes: 1,691
77. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Unrated | 111 min | Documentary, History, Music
Interviews and archival footage are used to tell the story of post-war Broadway through the 1960s.
Director: Rick McKay | Stars: Edie Adams, Bea Arthur, Elizabeth Ashley, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 493 | Gross: $0.35M
78. Doctor Who Greatest Moments (2009)
60 min | Documentary
A clip series of the best of Doctor Who (2005), centred around the tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant and featuring the ninth Doctor as played by Christopher Eccleston, with occasional... See full summary »
Stars: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Jo Whiley
Votes: 70
79. Man of Straw (1972)
270 min | Drama
A politically ambitious man rises to power in a German provincial town at the end of the nineteenth century.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Phillips, Judy Cornwell, Denis Carey
Votes: 22
80.
Jazz (2001)
Episode:
Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917
(2001)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary, History, Music
Jazz begins in New Orleans, 19th century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the streets with a ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Vernel Bagneris, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Philip Bosco
Votes: 143
81.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Some Justice
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tiberius, aided by Sejanus, is proving to be a harsh ruler with only Germanicus able to keep him under control. However, whilst he is in Syria Germannicus is mysteriously poisoned. His ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 384
82.
The Jury (2002–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2002)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama
The jury's task is coming to a close. Johnny Donne is recovering from his bender and has to come to terms with falling off the wagon. Johnny and Rose are appropriately awkward with one ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Gerard Butler, Sonnell Dadral, Nick Bartlett, Ellen Thomas
Votes: 56
83.
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (2023– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2023)
Drama, Thriller
Cheryl and Alice discover that in order to challenge Rob, they have to stop playing by the rules. But will they be forced to give away too much of their own humanity to stop him?
Director: Nicole Charles | Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie, Rebekah Staton, Julian Barratt
Votes: 68
84.
The Sandman (2022– )
Episode:
Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope
(2022)
TV-MA | 64 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In this two-part story collection, a Siamese cat dreaming of a new world and a writer in desperate need of inspiration cross paths with Morpheus.
Directors: Louise Hooper, Hisko Hulsing | Stars: Tom Sturridge, Sandra Oh, Rosie Day, David Gyasi
Votes: 5,787
85.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As Alan and Celia spend the night in the haunted house their daughters worry and a frantic Gillian even persuades Raff and Robbie to visit her. After denying any knowledge of setting fire ... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Nicola Walker, Sacha Dhawan, Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 198
86.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Family Affairs
(1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
It is now 9 BC. Livia has poisoned Agrippa and Tiberius is being forced to divorce his wife Vipsania to marry Julia. Neither Tiberius nor Julia are happy with this arrangement and Julia ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 380
87.
Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode:
Sister
(2015)
TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy
Worried that her wealthy sister Lillian will discover the truth about a few white lies she's told, Violet and her friends begin a plan to save her from humiliation.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 288
88.
Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode:
The Finale
(2016)
TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy
One year, one segment in each of the four seasons, is presented in the life of Freddie, Stuart and their friends. Spring. Freddie and Stuart are still in the flush of romantic newlywed love... See full summary »
Director: Ben Kellett | Stars: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 220
89.
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode:
Blitzkrieg
(2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
The Lightning War was one of the most extraordinary events of the Second World War. Now, expertly restored footage from around the world shows the story in a new light.
Director: Nicky Bolster | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Saul David, James Holland, Sönke Neitzel
Votes: 667
90.
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode:
Battle of Britain
(2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1940, France has fallen and Hitler orders Operation Sealion: the invasion of Great Britain. Rare, expertly-restored footage tells the story in a new light.
Director: Joshua Whitehead | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Stephen Bungay, Max Hastings, James Holland
Votes: 580
91.
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode:
Battle of Midway
(2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
A Japanese attack on the US-held Pacific island of Midway triggers an extraordinary chain of events.
Director: Sam Taplin | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Andrew Lambert, Phillips O'Brien, Laura Lawfer Orr
Votes: 526
92.
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode:
D-Day
(2019)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
The D-Day invasion fleet was the largest in history and one of the most audacious events of WWII. But landing was just the beginning, as rare footage reveals.
Director: Joshua Whitehead | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Justin Bronk, Joe Cattini, Max Hastings
Votes: 474
93. Frasier (1993–2004)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 95,440
94. Inquisition (2002 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man appears that is healing the sick and raising the dead. There are rumours that he might be ... See full summary »
Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Stephen Billington, John Dallimore
Votes: 54
95.
Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode:
The Virgin in the Ice
(1995)
TV-14 | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dire deeds during a winter storm leave Brother Oswin beaten near to death, Sister Hilaria dead, and a pair of young siblings lost in the woods fleeing Lord Stephen's men.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Mark Charnock, Terrence Hardiman, Michael Culver
Votes: 288
96.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
A Touch of Murder
(1976)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 54 AD, Emperor Claudius - elderly and lame from birth - is writing his biography and the history of his family. He recalls an encounter with the Sibyl, who recognizes him from his ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 512
97.
The Jury (2002–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2002)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama
The trial continues with the defendant, Davinder Singh, now questioned by the prosecution who try to paint Sikhs as a warrior race and the defendant in particular as a violent young man. ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Sonnell Dadral, Nick Bartlett, Gerard Butler, Tim Healy
Votes: 56
98.
The Jury (2002–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2002)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama
The trial is now approaching the end. Jeremy Crawford borrows heavily against his flat to buy into Mark Waters' latest scheme. Johnnie Donne is feeling more than a little tender from his ... See full summary »
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Gerard Butler, Sonnell Dadral, Nick Bartlett, Ellen Thomas
Votes: 56
99.
Royals: Keeping the Crown (2021)
Episode:
The Cousins' War
(2021)
50 min | Documentary, History
Queen Victoria attempts to create peace in Europe through royal marriages; when three cousins linked by Victoria's royal blood turn against each other, and plunge Europe into the First ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Westlake | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Miranda Carter, Saul David, Pablo de Orellana
Votes: 12
100.
Royals: Keeping the Crown (2021)
Episode:
Rebel Princess
(2021)
50 min | Documentary, History
Queen Elizabeth has clung to power, but the royals' position is made all the more perilous as powerful anti-establishment voices in the press threaten to end the era of deference to royals.
Director: Sam Taplin | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Dickie Arbiter, Patrick Jephson, Penny Junor
Votes: 8