BFI TV 100
The BFI TV 100 is a list of the best UK television shows. It was compiled by the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2000 on the basis of a survey among television professionals.
method
BFI employees made a preselection of 650 broadcasts, divided into six categories. News and sports programs were excluded. The list was sent to television professionals, each of whom could distribute thirty voting rights, with at least three in each category.
The list of the 100 best shows
No. | Title | Broadcast on | Year / s |
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1 | Fawlty Towers | BBC2 | 1975, 1979 |
2 | Cathy Come Home (The Wednesday Play) | BBC1 | 1966 |
3 | Doctor Who | BBC1 | 1963-1989, 1996 |
4th | The Naked Civil Servant | ITV | 1975 |
5 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | BBC | 1969-1974 |
6th | Blue Peter | BBC1 | 1958– |
7th | Boys from the Blackstuff | BBC2 | 1982 |
8th | Parkinson's | BBC1 / ITV | 1971–1982, 1987–1988, 1998– |
9 | Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister | BBC2 | 1980-1988 |
10 | Brideshead Revisited | ITV | 1981 |
11 | Abigail's Party ( Play for Today ) | BBC1 | 1977 |
12 | I, Claudius | BBC2 | 1976 |
13 | Dad's Army | BBC1 | 1968-1977 |
14th | The Morecambe & Wise Show | ITV / BBC2 / BBC1 | 1961-1983 |
15th | Edge of Darkness | BBC2 | 1985 |
16 | Blackadder Goes Forth | BBC1 | 1989 |
17th | Absolutely Fabulous | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1992-1996 |
18th | The wrong trousers | BBC2 | 1993 |
19th | The World at War | ITV | 1973-1974 |
20th | The Singing Detective | BBC1 | 1986 |
21st | Pennies from Heaven | BBC1 | 1978 |
22nd | The Jewel in the Crown | ITV | 1984 |
23 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | ITV | 1998– |
24 | Hancock's Half Hour | BBC | 1956-1961 |
25th | Our Friends in the North | BBC2 | 1996 |
26th | 28 Up | ITV | 1985 |
27 | The War Game ( The Wednesday Play ) | BBC1 | 1965 |
28 | The Magic Roundabout | BBC1 | 1965-1977 |
29 | That Was The Week That Was | BBC | 1962-1963 |
30th | To Englishman Abroad | BBC1 | 1983 |
31 | The Royle Family | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1998– |
32 | Life on Earth | BBC2 | 1979 |
33 | The Old Gray Whistle Test | BBC2 | 1971-1987 |
34 | University Challenge | ITV / BBC2 | 1961–1987, 1994– |
35 | porridge | BBC1 | 1974-1977 |
36 | Blue Remembered Hills (Play for Today) | BBC1 | 1979 |
37 | Mastermind (original format) | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1972-1997 |
38 | I'm Alan Partridge | BBC2 | 1997 |
39 | cracker | ITV | 1993-1996 |
40 | Coronation Street | ITV | 1960– |
41 | Top of the Pops | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1964– |
42 | Inspector Morse | ITV | 1987-2000 |
43 | Grange Hill | BBC1 | 1978– |
44 | Steptoe and Son | BBC1 | 1962-1965, 1970-1974 |
45 | Only Fools and Horses | BBC1 | 1981– |
46 | Goodbye Pet (Season 1) | ITV | 1983-1986 |
47 | Tiswas | ITV | 1974-1982 |
48 | Elgar | BBC | 1962 |
49 | Nuts in May (Play for Today) | BBC1 | 1976 |
50 | Father Ted | Channel 4 | 1995-1998 |
51 | The avengers | ITV | 1961-1969 |
52 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | BBC2 | 1979 |
53 | The Forsyte Saga | BBC2 | 1967 |
54 | Hillsborough | ITV | 1996 |
55 | Dennis Potter : The Last Interview (Without Walls Special) | Channel 4 | 1994 |
56 | Bar Mitzvah Boy (Play for Today) | BBC1 | 1976 |
57 | Edna, the Inebriate Woman (Play for Today) | BBC1 | 1971 |
58 | Live Aid | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1985 |
59 | World In Action | ITV | 1963-1998 |
60 | Thunderbirds | ITV | 1965-1966 |
61 | Talking Heads / Talking Heads 2 | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1988/1998 |
62 | Ready Steady Go! | ITV | 1963-1966 |
63 | Z-Cars | BBC1 | 1962-1988 |
64 | Culloden | BBC1 | 1964 |
65 | The Ascent of Man | BBC2 | 1973 |
66 | A very British coup | Channel 4 | 1988 |
67 | Civilization | BBC2 | 1969 |
68 | Prime Suspect | ITV | 1991-2006 |
69 | The Likely Lads / Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1964–1966 / 1973–1974 |
70 | Have I Got News for You | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1990– |
71 | The Snowman | Channel 4 | 1982 |
72 | Walking with Dinosaurs | BBC1 | 1999 |
73 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | BBC | 1954 |
74 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | BBC1 | 1976-1979 |
75 | Quatermass and the Pit | BBC | 1958-1959 |
76 | Between The Lines | BBC1 | 1992-1994 |
77 | Blind date | ITV | 1985– |
78 | Talking to a Stranger ( Theater 625 ) | BBC2 | 1966 |
79 | The Borrowers | BBC1 | 1992-1993 |
80 | One foot in the grave | BBC1 | 1990-2000 |
81 | Later ... with Jools Holland | BBC2 | 1992– |
82 | Tutti Frutti | BBC2 | 1987 |
83 | The Knowledge | ITV | 1979 |
84 | House of Cards | BBC1 | 1990-1995 |
85 | This is your life | BBC1 / ITV | 1955–1964, 1969– |
86 | The Tube | Channel 4 | 1982-1987 |
87 | The Death of Yugoslavia | BBC2 | 1995 |
88 | Till Death Us Do Part | BBC1 | 1966-1975 |
89 | A Very Peculiar Practice | BBC1 | 1986-1992 |
90 | TV Nation | BBC2 | 1995 |
91 | This Life | BBC2 | 1996-1997 |
92 | Death on the Rock ( This Week ) | ITV | 1988 |
93 | The Nazis: A Warning from History | BBC2 | 1997 |
94 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Channel 4 | 1990-1998 |
95 | arena | BBC2 | 1975– |
96 | The Railway Children | BBC1 | 1968 |
97 | Teletubbies | BBC2 | 1997– |
98 | Spitting image | ITV | 1984-1996 |
99 | Pride and Prejudice | BBC1 | 1995 |
100 | Made in Britain | ITV | 1982 |
Web links
- The BFI TV 100 at the BFI website . Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- BBC News coverage
- British TV News