BFI TV 100
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The BFI TV 100 is a list of 100 television programmes or series that was compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), as chosen by a poll of industry professionals, with the aim to determine the best British television programmes of any genre that had been screened up to that time.
| 1 || Fawlty Towers || BBC2 || 1975–1979 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 2 || Cathy Come Home (The Wednesday Play) || BBC1 || 1966 || Single Dramas </tr> | 3 || Doctor Who || BBC1 ||1963–1989, 1996 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 4 || data-sort-value="Naked Civil Servant" | The Naked Civil Servant || ITV (Thames Television) || 1975 || Single Dramas </tr> | 5 || Monty Python's Flying Circus || BBC1 / BBC2 || 1969–1974 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 6 || Blue Peter || BBC1 || 1958– || Children's/Youth </tr> | 7 || Boys from the Blackstuff || BBC2 || 1982 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 8 || Parkinson || BBC1 || 1971–1982, 1987–1988, 1998– || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 9 || Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister || BBC2 || 1980–1988 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 10 || Brideshead Revisited || ITV (Granada) || 1981 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 11 || Abigail's Party (Play for Today) || BBC1 || 1977 || Single Dramas </tr> | 12 || I, Claudius || BBC2 || 1976 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 13 || Dad's Army || BBC1 || 1968–1977 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 14 || data-sort-value="Morecambe & Wise Show" | The Morecambe & Wise Show || BBC2 / BBC1 / ITV (Thames) || 1961–1983 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 15 || Edge of Darkness || BBC2 || 1985 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 16 || Blackadder Goes Forth || BBC1 || 1989 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 17 || Absolutely Fabulous || BBC2 / BBC1 || 1992–1996 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 18 || data-sort-value="Wrong Trousers" | The Wrong Trousers || BBC2 || 1993 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 19 || data-sort-value="World At War" | The World at War || ITV (Thames) || 1973–1974 || Factual </tr> | 20 || data-sort-value="Singing Detective" | The Singing Detective || BBC1 || 1986 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 21 || Pennies from Heaven || BBC1 || 1978 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 22 || data-sort-value="Jewel In The Crown" | The Jewel in the Crown || ITV (Granada) || 1984 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 23 || Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? || ITV || 1998– || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 24 || Hancock's Half Hour || BBC || 1956–1961 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 25 || Our Friends in the North || BBC2 || 1996 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 26 || data-sort-value="28 Up" | 28 Up || ITV (Granada) || 1985 || Factual </tr> | 27 || data-sort-value="War Game" | The War Game || BBC1 || 1965 || Single Dramas </tr> | 28 || data-sort-value="Magic Roundabout" | The Magic Roundabout || BBC1 || 1965–1977 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 29 || That Was the Week That Was || BBC || 1962–1963 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 30 || data-sort-value="Englishman Abroad" | An Englishman Abroad || BBC1 || 1983 || Single Dramas </tr> | 31 || data-sort-value="Royle Family" | The Royle Family || BBC2/BBC1 || 1998– || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 32 || Life on Earth || BBC2 || 1979 || Factual </tr> | 33 || data-sort-value="Old Grey Whistle Test" | The Old Grey Whistle Test || BBC2 || 1971–1987 || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 34 || University Challenge || ITV (Granada) / BBC2 || 1961–1987, 1994– || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 35 || Porridge || BBC1 || 1974–1977 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 36 || Blue Remembered Hills (Play for Today) || BBC1 || 1979 || Single Dramas </tr> | 37 || Mastermind (original format) || BBC1 / BBC2 || 1972–1997 || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 38 || I'm Alan Partridge || BBC2 || 1997 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 39 || Cracker || ITV (Granada) || 1993–1996 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 40 || Coronation Street || ITV (Granada) || 1960– || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 41 || Top of the Pops || BBC1 / BBC2 || 1964–2006 || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 42 || Inspector Morse || ITV (Central) || 1987–2000 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 43 || Grange Hill || BBC1 || 1978–2008 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 44 || Steptoe and Son || BBC1 || 1962–1965, 1970–1974 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 45 || Only Fools and Horses || BBC1 || 1981–1996 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 46 || Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (series 1Template:Citation needed) || ITV (Central) || 1983 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 47 || Tiswas || ITV (ATV) || 1974–1982 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 48 || Elgar || BBC || 1962 || Single Dramas </tr> | 49 || Nuts in May (Play for Today) || BBC1 || 1976 || Single Dramas </tr> | 50 || Father Ted || Channel 4 || 1995–1998 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 51 || data-sort-value="Avengers" | The Avengers || ITV (ABC) || 1961–1969 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 52 || Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy || BBC2 || 1979 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 53 || data-sort-value="Forsyte Saga" | The Forsyte Saga || BBC2 || 1967 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 54 || Hillsborough || ITV (Granada) || 1996 || Single Dramas </tr> | 55 || data-sort-value="Dennis Potter The Last Interview" | Dennis Potter: The Last Interview (Without Walls SpecialTemplate:Citation needed) || Channel 4 || 1994 || Factual </tr> | 56 || Bar Mitzvah Boy (Play for Today) || BBC1 || 1976 || Single Dramas </tr> | 57 || Edna, the Inebriate Woman (Play for Today) || BBC1 || 1971 || Single Dramas </tr> | 58 || Live Aid || BBC1 / BBC2 || 1985 || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 59 || World In Action || ITV (Granada) || 1963–1998 || Factual </tr> | 60 || Thunderbirds || ITV (ATV)|| 1965–1966 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 61 || Talking Heads / Talking Heads 2 || BBC1 / BBC2 || 1988 / 1998 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 62 || Ready Steady Go! || ITV (Rediffusion) || 1963–1966 || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 63 || Z-Cars || BBC1 || 1962–1978 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 64 || Culloden || BBC1 || 1964 || Single Dramas </tr> | 65 || data-sort-value="Ascent Of Man" | The Ascent of Man || BBC2 || 1973 || Factual </tr> | 66 || data-sort-value="Very British Coup" | A Very British Coup || Channel 4 || 1988 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 67 || Civilisation || BBC2 || 1969 || Factual </tr> | 68 || Prime Suspect || ITV (Granada) || 1991–2006 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 69 || data-sort-value="Likely Lads" | The Likely Lads / Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? || BBC2 / BBC1 || 1964–1966 / 1973–1974 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 70 || Have I Got News for You || BBC2 / BBC1 || 1990– || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 71 || data-sort-value="Snowman" | The Snowman || Channel 4 || 1982 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 72 || Walking with Dinosaurs || BBC1 || 1999 || Factual </tr> | 73 || Nineteen Eighty-Four || BBC || 1954 || Single Dramas </tr> | 74 || data-sort-value="Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin" | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin || BBC1 || 1976–1979 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 75 || Quatermass and the Pit || BBC || 1958–1959 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 76 || Between the Lines || BBC1 || 1992–1994 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 77 || Blind Date || ITV (LWT)|| 1985– || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 78 || Talking to a Stranger (Theatre 625) || BBC2 || 1966 || Single Dramas </tr> | 79 || data-sort-value="Borrowers" | The Borrowers || BBC1 || 1992–1993 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 80 || One Foot in the Grave || BBC1 || 1990–2000 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 81 || Later... with Jools Holland || BBC2 || 1992– || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 82 || Tutti Frutti || BBC2 || 1987 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 83 || data-sort-value="Knowledge" | The Knowledge || ITV (Thames) || 1979 || Single Dramas </tr> | 84 || House of Cards || BBC1 || 1990 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 85 || This Is Your Life || BBC1 / ITV (Thames) || 1955–1964, 1969– || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 86 || data-sort-value="Tube" | The Tube || Channel 4 || 1982–1987 || Lifestyle & Light Entertainment </tr> | 87 || data-sort-value="Death Of Yugoslavia" | The Death of Yugoslavia || BBC2 || 1995 || Factual </tr> | 88 || Till Death Us Do Part || BBC1 || 1966–1975 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 89 || data-sort-value="Very Peculiar Practice" | A Very Peculiar Practice || BBC1 || 1986–1992 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 90 || TV Nation || BBC2 || 1995 || Factual </tr> | 91 || This Life || BBC2 || 1996–1997 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 92 || Death on the Rock (This Week) || ITV (Thames)|| 1988 || Factual </tr> | 93 || data-sort-value="Nazis A Warning From History" | The Nazis: A Warning from History || BBC2 || 1997 || Factual </tr> | 94 || Drop the Dead Donkey || Channel 4 || 1990–1998 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 95 || Arena || BBC2 || 1975– || Factual </tr> | 96 || data-sort-value="Railway Children" | The Railway Children || BBC1 || 1968 || Children's/Youth </tr> | 97 || Teletubbies || BBC2 || 1997– || Children's/Youth </tr> | 98 || Spitting Image || ITV (Central) || 1984–1996 || Comedy and Variety </tr> | 99 || Pride and Prejudice || BBC1 || 1995 || Drama Series and Serials </tr> | 100 || Made in Britain || ITV (Central) || 1982 || Single Dramas </tr> |}
BBC led broadcasters in terms of numbers of programmes/series produced, with 70. Granada Television was the second most represented with 7, and Thames Television and Channel 4 tied for third with 6 each. Central produced four of the listed titles, while ATV produced two, and London Weekend Television, ABC Weekend TV and Associated-Rediffusion produced one each.
