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101. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode: Episode #3.6 (2015)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gillian and Raff both confront Gary over his revealing his paternity in a local newspaper article and Raff declines his uncle's job offer. Gillian is still unhappy about Gary paying for her... See full summary »

Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Tony Gardner, Marcus Garvey, Kate Isitt, Brittoni Phillips

Votes: 168

102. Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode: Ballroom (2015)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

The gang decides to join Ash and Jess at a ballroom dancing class while Ash decides to take his relationship with Jess to the next level.

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon

Votes: 230

103. The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode: Dangling Man (2019)

TV-MA | 47 min | Biography, Drama, History

Charles visits the exiled Duke of Windsor in his Paris chateau, only to find him very ill. But will the Queen make peace with her uncle before he dies?

Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Marion Bailey, Josh O'Connor

Votes: 4,102

104. Vicious (2013–2016)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy

Freddie Thornhill (Sir Ian McKellen) and Stuart Bixby (Sir Derek Jacobi) are an old gay couple who have been together for nearly fifty years. Their lives now revolve around entertaining their frequent guests and hurling insults at each other at every opportunity.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon

Votes: 9,699

105. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)

TV-14 | 983 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman

Votes: 3,118

106. Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)

165 min | Romance

Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.

Directors: Rob Ashford, Kenneth Branagh, Benjamin Caron | Stars: Richard Madden, Lily James, Derek Jacobi, Marisa Berenson

Votes: 430

107. The Pallisers (1974–1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance

Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in ... See full summary »

Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Barbara Murray, Moray Watson

Votes: 540

108. The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.

Stars: Michael Gambon, Brian Henson, Steve Varnom, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 1,866

109. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)

BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards

Votes: 53

110. Last Will & Testament (2012)

TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Mystery

This documentary explores the ongoing debate about the authorship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Writers and critics, actors and scholars, including Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, ... See full summary »

Directors: Laura Wilson, Lisa Wilson | Stars: Jonathan Bate, Charles Beauclerk, William Boyle, Michael Cecil

Votes: 295

111. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode: The Devil's Novice (1996)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An elitist cleric is murdered, and Cadfael delves into the Ashby family dynamics to discern why its troublesome younger son joins the order then claims to own the deed.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Michael Culver, Julian Firth

Votes: 256

112. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: The Show Must Go Off (2001)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy

Frasier and Niles try to reawaken the career of Jackson Hedley, an old actor they saw perform Hamlet when they were young. When they see him perform again, however, they realize that he is talentless and will humiliate himself.

Director: Robert H. Egan | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 1,011

113. In the Night Garden... (2007–2009)
Episode: Tombliboos' Waving Game (2007)

TV-Y | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The Tombliboos discover the game of waving. They wave to everybody as they fly through the garden in the Pinky Ponk. Even the great big Haahoos wave back. The Tombliboo waving game makes everybody in the garden happy.

Director: Dirk Campbell | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Nick Kellington, Andy Wareham, Rebecca Hyland

Votes: 14

114. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode: Episode #5.4 (2020)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Gillian is pushed to breaking point at the farm, and Caroline finds herself at the heart of an unlikely love triangle. Ellie airs PC Cheryl's suspicions about Eddie, and a guilt-ridden Raff... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Bryn | Stars: Liam McCheyne, Anne Reid, Jonathan Halliwell, Tony Gardner

Votes: 167

115. The Jury (2002–2011)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2002)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama

Juror Marcia Thomas decides she's going to report the threatening phone call she received, warning her to find the accused guilty or else. She wasn't quite prepared the next morning when ... See full summary »

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Stuart Bunce, Gerard Butler, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney

Votes: 56

116. 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: 9

117. In the Night Garden... (2007–2009)
Episode: Makka Pakka's Circle of Friends (2009)

TV-Y | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Makka Pakka is in the garden looking for stones but he can't find any anywhere! Igglepiggle is walking in the garden and comes across a stone, he decides to find Makka Pakka and give the ... See full summary »

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Nick Kellington, Andy Wareham, Rebecca Hyland

Votes: 8

118. Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)
Episode: The 'Unsinkable' Sets Sail (2012)

TV-14 | 49 min | Drama

While the coveted ticket holders and ship's principals prepare for Titanic's maiden voyage, a little girl named Sarah boards the ill-fated beauty with her mother, in search of a better life.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Alessandra Mastronardi, Derek Jacobi, Billy Carter

Votes: 67

119. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2012)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Alan, on farm, re-unites with childhood sweetheart "glamorous" Celia, learns his late wife kept them apart. Celia's daughter Caroline insults Alan's Gillian and lets husband John move back in.

Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Edward Ashley, Nicola Walker

Votes: 252

120. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2012)

TV-14 | 51 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

On the eve of the birthdays of Caroline and Gillian,born on the same day,Alan tells Celia he feels guilty because,although Gillian's husband Eddie killed himself,Alan colluded with his ... See full summary »

Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Meriel Scholfield, Nina Sosanya, Anne Reid

Votes: 191

121. War Gamers (2022)
Episode: The WRENS (2022)

History

The WRENS finally get the break they have been looking for and are posted to the newly formed war gaming room, to work out and develop tactics for the Navy.

Director: Justin Rickett | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Iszi Lawrence, Lena Andrews, Tessa Dunlop

Votes: 7

122. The American Buffalo (2023– )
Episode: Into the Storm (2023)

Documentary, History

By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.

Stars: Peter Coyote, Adam Arkin, Gerard Baker, Tokala Black Elk

Votes: 58

123. Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode: Christmas Special (2013)

TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy

Freddie and Stuart have invited the whole gang for a traditional Christmas dinner. But things start to heat up on the revelation of a secret.

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon

Votes: 270

124. Vicious (2013–2016)
Episode: Stag Do (2015)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

Violet and Ash consider dating new people. Freddie feels under pressure from Stuart to land a major new acting role.

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon

Votes: 219

125. Good Omens (2019– )
Episode: Saturday Morning Funtime (2019)

TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Aziraphale and Crowley's friendship is tested to the limit as their superiors catch up with them. Armageddon starts in earnest, with the Antichrist's powers wreaking havoc across the globe.

Director: Douglas Mackinnon | Stars: David Morrissey, Sam Taylor Buck, Amma Ris, Ilan Galkoff

Votes: 4,821

126. Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode: Dresden Firestorm (2019)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

The Allies' bombing of the German city of Dresden was one of the most controversial of WWII. Rare archive footage tells the story as it's never seen before.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Phillips O'Brien, Sönke Neitzel, James Holland

Votes: 458

127. Good Omens (2019– )

TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.

Stars: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Miranda Richardson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 112,821

128. The King's Speech (2010)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 708,482 | Gross: $138.80M

129. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.

Stars: Mark Strong, Phil Davis, Cherie Lunghi, David Morrissey

Votes: 1,225

130. Doctor Who Confidential (2005–2011)

TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary

Behind the scenes of the making of Doctor Who (2005) with the cast, crew and directors.

Stars: Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, Steven Moffat, Phil Collinson

Votes: 926

131. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)

TV-14 | 210 min

Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

Directors: Rodney Bennett, John Gorrie | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter

Votes: 665

132. The Strauss Family (1972)

60 min | Drama, Romance

A seven-part mini-series produced in England about Vienna's Strauss family in the 19th-century. Members of the London Symphony Orchestra provided the music.

Stars: Stuart Wilson, Anne Stallybrass, Barbara Ferris, Christopher Benjamin

Votes: 122

133. Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)

81 min | Documentary, History, Musical

"Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age" is the long awaited sequel to Rick McKay's "Broadway: The Golden Age." It tells the history of Broadway from 1959 and ending in 1983 as told by over 100 Broadway legends as interviewed by Mr. McKay..

Director: Rick McKay | Stars: Jason Alexander, Debbie Allen, Arthur Anderson, Lucie Arnaz

Votes: 110

134. Project Huxley (2005)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Huxley is a monkey. He is imprisoned in a lab, forced to take part in a 'Monkey typing Shakespeare' experiment by a sadistic lab assistant. Secretly he harbors dreams of playing Hamlet. Can... See full summary »

Director: Simon A. Brown | Stars: Ajay Chhabra, Mark Felgate, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 16

135. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode: Richard II (1978)

158 min

The incompetent King Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer King.

Director: David Giles | Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch, Wendy Hiller

Votes: 323

136. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode: The Leper of St. Giles (1994)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a cruel middle-aged baron and a beautiful wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, it comes as no surprise when the sadistic nobleman is found strangled to death.

Director: Graham Theakston | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Peter Copley, Michael Culver

Votes: 300

137. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1996)

TV-14 | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cadfael and a deputation of monks from Shrewsbury are dispatched to Wales to recover the remains of martyred St. Winifred over the objections of the local lord and residents.

Director: Richard Stroud | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman

Votes: 263

138. The West (1996)
Episode: One Sky Above Us (1887-1914) (1996)

64 min | Documentary, History, War

Los Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate north, and Hollywood begins to shape the West and the nation's image of it.

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Peter Coyote, Richard White, T.H. Watkins, Marc Reisner

Votes: 80

139. The West (1996)
Episode: Geography Of Hope (1877-1887) (1996)

86 min | Documentary, History, War

The conquest of the West was nearly complete by the 1870s. In one remarkable decade, with Indians effectively confined to reservations, over four million new settlers arrived to stake their claim to the future.

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Peter Coyote, Richard White, Bertha Calloway, William Gwaltney

Votes: 90

140. The West (1996)
Episode: Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874) (1996)

85 min | Documentary, History, War

After the Civil War reunited North and South, Americans set out with renewed energy and optimism to finally unite the nation, East and West.

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Peter Coyote, T.H. Watkins, Marc Reisner, N. Scott Momaday

Votes: 96

141. Jazz (2001)
Episode: The True Welcome: 1929-1934 (2001)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History, Music

In 1929 as the Great Depression begins, New York is now America's jazz capital. On Broadway, Louis Armstrong revolutionizes the art of American popular song. In Harlem, Chick Webb pioneers ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Vernel Bagneris, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke

Votes: 90

142. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode: Episode #5.3 (2020)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

There's chaos at the bungalow as work begins to strip out the old kitchen. Alan's new supermarket job brings an unexpected challenge in the form of Harrison, and an overburdened Celia is ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Bryn | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Annie Cowan, Liam McCheyne, Sherelle Armstrong

Votes: 153

143. The Jury (2002–2011)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2002)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama

When a 15 year-old boy, John Meyer, is found in a park hacked to death with a ceremonial sword his classmate Duvinder Singh, a young Sikh, is charged with the murder. The case has received ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Offer, Pete Travis | Stars: Sonnell Dadral, Amanda Royle, Billy Scott, Nick Bartlett

Votes: 70

144. The Jury (2002–2011)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2002)

TV-14 | 46 min | Drama

Before the second day of the trial begins, the accused is beaten by a prison officer delivering a "message" from the dead boy's family. While the head of the family, Ron Maher, admonishes ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Offer, Pete Travis | Stars: Sonnell Dadral, Nick Bartlett, Ellen Thomas, Nina Sosanya

Votes: 60

145. Royals: Keeping the Crown (2021)
Episode: Nazi Royals (2021)

50 min | Documentary, History

Royals across Europe embrace fascism; King George V knows he must keep his country safe from the dangers of Nazi Germany, but when his eldest son Edward VIII abandons royal duty for love, the Crown is thrown into a deep crisis.

Director: Lou Westlake | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Miranda Carter, Saul David, Pablo de Orellana

Votes: 9

146. Royals: Keeping the Crown (2021)
Episode: Breaking Tradition (2021)

50 min | Documentary, History

Royals discover that breaking with tradition can get them in deep water, while other royals embrace change; during the 60s and 70s, royal culture meets celebrity culture, giving the Crown a popularity boost.

Director: Justin Rickett | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Scott Cooper, Chandrika Kaul, Wesley Kerr

Votes: 9

147. Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2003)

TV-PG | 15 min | Animation, Sci-Fi

Alison has been implanted with a Shalka, which allows her to take control of the evacuees. The Doctor discovers that the aliens have mobilised other communities around the world in order to destroy Earth's atmosphere and wipe out humanity.

Director: Wilson Milam | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Sophie Okonedo, Derek Jacobi, Diana Quick

Votes: 30

148. In the Night Garden... (2007–2009)
Episode: Makka Pakka's Present (2007)

TV-Y | 28 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Makka Pakka makes a pile of six stones. One by one he gives everyone in the garden a stone for a present. He is left with one-a special stone for Makka Pakka.

Director: Dirk Campbell | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Nick Kellington, Andy Wareham, Rebecca Hyland

Votes: 8

149. Manor House (2002– )
Episode: Winners and Losers (2002)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

From PBS - The latter-day Edwardians prepare to leave the past behind them.

Stars: Tristan Aldrich, Avril Anson, Ellen Beard, Charlie Clay

Votes: 7

150. Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2012)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Raff is released but refuses to talk to Gillian,having learned of her session with Paul,and goes to live with Robbie. Later a badly injured Paul arrives,beaten up by his girlfriend's ... See full summary »

Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Louis Greatorex, Sarah Lancashire, Anne Reid, Edward Ashley

Votes: 203