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- 39 Steps, The (1935) Alfred Hitchcock's still-definitive adaptation of John Buchan's adventure novel
- Alice in Wonderland (1903) The first-ever cinema adaptation of the Lewis Carroll children's classic
- Animal Farm (1954) This George Orwell adaptation was Britain's first animated feature
- Another Country (1984) Adaptation of the Julian Mitchell play about homosexuality and betrayal
- Beautiful Thing (1996) Jonathan Harvey's own screen adaptation of his breakthrough play
- Billy Liar (1963) Sparkling cinema version of the Keith Waterhouse/Willis Hall play (and Keith Waterhouse novel)
- Brighton Rock (1947) Graham Greene's own adaptation (with Terence Rattigan) of his classic novel
- Company of Wolves, The (1984) Memorably imaginative adaptation of Angela Carter's disturbing updates of classic fairytales
- Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957) Hammer Films (and Britain's) first screen version of Mary Shelley's classic novel
- Dracula (1958) Hammer Films' take on Bram Stoker's Victorian melodrama
- East is East (1999) Ayub Khan-Din's adaptation of his own play
- Ghost Train, The (1927) The first cinema version of Arnold Ridley's popular stage comedy-thriller
- Go-Between, The (1971) Joseph Losey's memorable adaptation of L.P. Hartley's novel
- Great Expectations (1946) David Lean's magnificent adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) The first big-screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's blockbuster fantasy novel
- Henry V (1944) Laurence Olivier transforms Shakespeare into a vehicle for wartime patriotism
- Hindle Wakes (1931) The first sound adaptation of Stanley Houghton's Yorkshire play
- Hobson's Choice (1953) David Lean's definitive version of Harold Brighouse's much-performed (and filmed) play
- Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952) Edith Evans' definitive Lady Bracknell is the highlight of this Oscar Wilde adaptation
- Jungle Book (1942) Sabu stars in this adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's animal stories
- King Solomon's Mines (1937) Adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel, made at the height of British Imperial rule
- Long and the Short and the Tall, The (1960) Adaptation of Willis Hall's play about Anglo-Japanese conflict in World War II
- Lord of the Flies (1963) Peter Brook's adaptation of the classic William Golding novel
- Lucky Jim (1957) Adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first great literary success
- Maurice (1987) Merchant-Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster's (then) daring novel about a gay romance
- Oliver Twist (1948) David Lean's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel
- On The Black Hill (1987) Underrated adaptation of Bruce Chatwin's novel
- Pygmalion (1938) George Bernard Shaw won an Oscar for adapting his classic play for the screen
- Richard III (1955) Laurence Olivier is the definitive Richard in his third self-directed Shakespeare film
- Room with a View, A (1985) Merchant-Ivory's take on E.M. Forster's novel
- Tale of Two Cities, A (1958) Adaptation of Charles Dickens' French Revolutionary novel
- Things to Come (1936) H.G. Wells's vision of the future
- Third Man, The (1949) Graham Greene's only original screenplay is one of his finest works
- Trainspotting (1996) Iconic adaptation of Irvine Welsh's controversial novel
- Winslow Boy, The (1948) Terence Rattigan's adaptation of his own classic stage play
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- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (1984-85) Jeremy Brett's career-defining portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989-) David Suchet brings Agatha Christie's short fat Belgian detective to life
- Age of Kings, An (1960) Shakespeare's history plays become a 15-part miniseries
- Barchester Chronicles, The (1982) Adaptation of Anthony Trollope's account of the rivalries and foibles of the Victorian church
- Borrowers, The (1992-93)
- Brideshead Revisited (1981)
- Cadfael (1994-98)
- Chronicles of Narnia, The (1988-90)
- Comedians (1979) Trevor Griffiths' adaptation of his own classic play
- Crow Road, The (1996)
- Day of the Triffids, The (1981) Adaptation of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi chiller
- Fortunes of War (1987)
- Inspector Morse (1987-2000)
- Ivanhoe (1958)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990-93) Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as P.G. Wodehouse's immortal double act
- Jewel in the Crown, The (1984)
- John Betjeman: A Poet in London (1959) Ken Russell's visualisation of John Betjeman's poems about postwar London
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1960) Black comedy adapted from Oscar Wilde
- Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978) Dennis Potter adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel
- Miss Marple (1984-92)
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) The first screen adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian classic
- Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (1990) Jeanette Winterson's own adaptation of her classic coming-of-age novel
- Owl Service, The (1969-70)
- Pride and Prejudice (1995) Much-loved BBC version (with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy) of Jane Austen's classic comedy of manners
- Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The (1987-2000)
- Season's Greetings (1986)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) Alec Guinness is John Le Carré's Cold War spy George Smiley
- Trinity Tales (1975)
- Whistle and I'll Come To You (1968) Jonathan Miller's genuinely chilling version of the M.R. James ghost story
- Will Shakespeare (1978) John Mortimer's complex and sensitive treatment of the Bard's life and times
- Wuthering Heights (1962) Impressively passionate version of Emily Brontë's classic novel
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- Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
- Bennett, Alan (1934-)
- Bleasdale, Alan (1946-)
- Bolt, Robert (1924-1995)
- Bond, Edward (1934-)
- Coward, Noël (1899-1973)
- Greene, Graham (1904-1991)
- Griffiths, Trevor (1935- )
- Hampton, Christopher (1946-)
- Hare, David (1947-)
- Leigh, Mike (1943-)
- McGrath, John (1935-2002)
- Mercer, David (1928-1980)
- Mortimer, Sir John (1923-2009)
- Pinter, Harold (1930-2008)
- Plater, Alan (1935-2010)
- Poliakoff, Stephen (1952-)
- Potter, Dennis (1935-1994)
- Raphael, Frederic (1931-)
- Rosenthal, Jack (1931-2004)
- Russell, Willy (1947-)
- Shaffer, Anthony (1926-2001)
- Shaffer, Sir Peter (1926-)
- Sillitoe, Alan (1928-2010)
- Stoppard, Tom (1937-)
- Storey, David (1933-)
- Wallace, Edgar (1875-1932)
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