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Crew: BBC

A for Andromeda (2006)

21 March 2023

Rating: ★

Messages from Space

Director: John Strickland
Actors: Tom Hardy, Kelly Reilly, Charlie Cox, Jane Asher, …
Category: Science Fiction

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

28 November 201310 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

The Origins of Doctor Who

Director: Terry McDonough
Actors: David Bradley, Jessica Raine, Brian Cox, Sacha Dhawan, …
Category: Science Fiction

And Then There Were None (2015)

13 February 201625 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Agatha Christie Murder Mystery

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Maeve Dermody, Aidan Turner, Charles Dance, Burn Gorman, …
Category: Horror

Blackeyes (1989)

26 November 200527 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Character in a Book Comes to Life

Director: Dennis Potter
Actors: Gina Bellman, Michael Gough, Nigel Planer
Category: Fantasy

Blue Remembered Hills (1979)

27 January 202114 November 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Depiction of Childhood/Adults Play Children

Director: Brian Gibson
Actors: Michael Elphick, Helen Mirren, Colin Jeavons, John Bird, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (2019)

25 December 20204 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Miser’s Redemption/Dark Adult Retelling

Director: Nick Murphy
Actors: Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn, …
Category: Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe (1988)

5 May 200519 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Marilyn Fox
Actors: Barbara Kellerman, Richard Dempsey, Sophie Wilcox, Jonathan R. Scott, …
Category: Fantasy

The City & The City (2018)

7 December 201815 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Two Cities That Inhabit the Same Geographic Space

Director: Tom Shankland
Actors: David Morrissey, Mandeep Dhillon, Lara Pulver, Maria Schrader, …
Category: Fantasy

Count Dracula (1977)

29 November 201430 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dracula Adaptation

Director: Philip Saville
Actors: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker
Category: Horror

The Day of the Triffids (1981)

3 July 200718 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★½

The Downfall of Civilisation/Lethal Plants Amok

Director: Ken Hannam
Actors: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne, Stephen Yardley, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Day of the Triffids (2009)

19 June 201031 July 2022

Rating: ★★

The Downfall of Civilisation/Lethal Plants Amok

Director: Nick Copus
Actors: Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard, Jason Priestley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dracula (2020)

18 January 20208 November 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Dracula Adaptation

Director: Johnny Campbell, Damon Thomas, Paul McGuigan
Actors: Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, Lydia West, Jonathan Aris, …
Category: Horror

Edge of Darkness (1985)

1 February 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Fades (2011)

14 January 201528 December 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Teen Can See the Dead/Apocalytic Resurrection

Director: Farren Blackburn, Tom Shankland
Actors: Iain De Caestecker, Daniel Kaluuya, Sophie Wu, Johnny Harris, …
Category: Horror

First Born (1988)

27 May 202527 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Gorilla-Human Hybrid

Director: Philip Saville
Actors: Charles Dance, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Madoc, Julie Peasgood, …
Category: Science Fiction

The First Men in the Moon (2010)

28 January 20113 January 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Victorian Lunar Expedition/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Damon Thomas
Actors: Mark Gatiss, Rory Kinnear, Philip Jackson
Category: Science Fiction

Fungus the Bogeyman (2004)

26 February 20074 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Secret World of Filth-Loving Bogeys

Director: Stuart Orme
Actors: Martin Clunes, Fay Ripley, Alice Connor, William Todd Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostwatch (1992)

18 June 202418 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Live Broadcast Investigation Into a Haunted House

Director: Lesley Manning
Actors: Michael Parkinson, Gillian Bevan, Brid Brennan, Craig Charles, …
Category: Horror

The Gift (1990)

20 January 20213 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Clairvoyant Youth

Director: Marc Evans, Red Saunders
Actors: Tat Whalley, Jeff Rawle, Jodhi May, Jacqueline Tong, …
Category: Fantasy

Good Omens (2019)

14 June 20194 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Biblical End Times/Antichrist Comedy

Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Sam Taylor Buck, Jack Whitehall, …
Category: Fantasy

Gormenghast (2000)

27 May 20079 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Imaginary Castle World

Director: Andy Wilson
Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christopher Lee, John Sessions, Warren Mitchell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Haunted Airman (2006)

28 September 202028 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Dennis Wheatley Adaptation/Paranoia and Possible Hauntings

Director: Chris Durlacher
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Scott Handy
Category: Horror

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

30 January 20056 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo SF

Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

25 May 200829 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery

Director: David Attwood
Actors: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Matt Day, Richard E. Grant, …
Category: Horror

The Invisible Man (1984)

22 April 202522 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Invisible Man/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Brian Lighthill
Actors: Pip Donaghy, David Gwillim, Lila Kaye, Ron Pember, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jekyll (2007)

27 August 201317 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/TV Mini-Series

Director: Matt Lipsey, Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: James Nesbitt, Gina Bellman, Denis Lawson, Paterson Joseph, …
Category: Horror

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)

2 August 201518 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Rivalry Between Magicians

Director: Toby Haynes
Actors: Eddie Marsan, Bertie Carvel, Marc Warren, Alice Englert, …
Category: Fantasy

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

21 November 20034 January 2022

Rating: ★

Videogame Adaptation

Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Noah Taylor, …
Category: Fantasy

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)

25 January 20179 July 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Jilted Woman’s Elaborate Revenge

Director: Philip Saville
Actors: Julie T. Wallace, Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge, Liz Smith, …
Category: Fantasy

The Living and the Dead (2016)

9 May 20234 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Ghost Story

Director: Alice Troughton, Sam Donovan
Actors: Colin Morgan, Charlotte Spencer, Nicholas Woodeson, Malcolm Storrey, …
Category: Horror

The Lost World (2001)

4 February 20219 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Lost Plateau of Dinosaurs

Director: Stuart Orme
Actors: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward, Elaine Cassidy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Martian Chronicles (1980)

12 August 201218 February 2023

Rating: ★★

Human Colonisation of Mars/Ray Bradbury Adaptation

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Rock Hudson, Darren McGavin, Fritz Weaver, Bernie Casey, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005)

19 April 20078 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Ed Fraiman
Actors: Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Lennie James, Dean Lennox Kelly, …
Category: Fantasy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016)

1 August 20178 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: David Kerr
Actors: Matt Lucas, Nonso Anozie, Prisca Bakare, Matthew Tennyson, …
Category: Fantasy

Penda’s Fen (1974)

4 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Coming of Age/Folk Religion

Director: Alan Clarke
Actors: Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Ian Hogg, Ron Smerczak
Category: Fantasy

Pennies from Heaven (1978)

25 August 201322 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Musical Daydreams

Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley, …
Category: Fantasy

The Quatermass Experiment (2005)

31 October 200521 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Mutating Astronaut

Director: Sam Miller
Actors: Jason Flemyng, Adrian Dunbar, David Tennant, Mark Gatiss, …
Category: Science Fiction

Random Quest (2006)

21 April 201624 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Alternate Timeline/John Wyndham Adaptation

Director: Luke Watson
Actors: Samuel West, Kate Ashfield, Shaun Parkes, David Burke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Red Shift (1978)

22 September 202117 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Connections Between Historical Eras

Director: John MacKenzie
Actors: Stephen Petcher, Lesley Dunlop, James Hazeldine, Michael Elphick, …
Category: Fantasy

The Relic (1997)

8 July 200514 February 2024

Rating: ★★½

Monster Movie

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Replacement (2017)

1 September 20176 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Workplace Psycho-Thriller

Director: Joe Ahearne
Actors: Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Dougray Scott, Richard Rankin, …
Category: Horror

Requiem (2018)

28 July 201929 September 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Abducted Child Mystery/Occult Conspiracy

Director: Mahalia Belo
Actors: Lydia Wilson, Joel Fry, James Frecheville, Sian Reese-Williams, …
Category: Horror

Rillington Place (2016)

11 November 201911 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

True-Life Serial Killer

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Tim Roth, Samantha Morton, Nico Mirallegro, Jodie Comer
Category: Horror

The Singing Detective (1986)

10 June 202410 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Meta-Fiction/Detective Story Daydreams

Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide, Bill Paterson, …
Category: Fantasy

SS-GB (2017)

14 January 201830 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Alternate History/England Under Nazi Rule

Director: Philipp Kadelbach
Actors: Sam Riley, James Cosmo, Kate Bosworth, Lars Eidinger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Threads (1984)

30 November 202114 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Nuclear War

Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, Michael O'Hagan
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Masters (1982)

7 June 20179 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Planetary Adventure

Director: Rene Laloux
Category: Science Fiction

The Triangle (2005)

10 December 20143 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Solving the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tripods [Season 1] (1984)

7 December 20217 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Earth After an Alien Invasion

Director: Christopher Barry, Graham Theakston
Actors: John Shackley, Jim Baker, Ceri Seel, Charlotte Long, …
Category: Science Fiction

The War Game (1965)

18 December 20033 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear War Mockumentary

Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Michael Aspel, Dick Graham
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds (2019)

13 December 20193 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Period Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Rupert Graves, Robert Carlyle, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Watch (2020)

3 September 202111 December 2023

Rating: ★

Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Craig Viveiros, Brian Kelly, Emma Sullivan
Actors: Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Adam Hugill, Marama Corlett, …
Category: Fantasy

We Hunt Together (2020)

30 December 202016 April 2023

Rating: ★★★

Lovers on a Killing Spree

Director: Carl Tibbetts, Jon Jones
Actors: Hermione Corfield, Babou Ceesay, Dipo Ola, Eve Myles, …
Category: Horror

The Wind in the Willows (2006)

15 June 200810 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Talking Animals/Absurdist Adventures

Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Matt Lucas, Mark Gatiss, Bob Hoskins, Lee Ingleby, …
Category: Fantasy

The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)

19 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Media-Controlled Future

Director: Michael Elliott
Actors: Tony Vogel, Leonard Rossiter, Suzanne Neve, Brian Cox
Category: Science Fiction

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