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]
Selection and criteria
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The provisional list of 650 was then distributed to 1,600 television industry professionals in the UK, who were each given 30 votes.[2] Each voter was required to cast a minimum of three votes in every category.[citation needed] The judges were also asked to name their top overseas programme (where the U.S. sitcom Frasier was chosen).[2]
List
The following are the results of the poll, as reported by the BFI and other sources.[clarification needed] Because the list reports decisions made in the year 2000, programmes and series are presented as they were perceived in that year; as such, ones not yet having concluded by the year 2000 are presented as having an open-ended date span in the "Year(s)" column, even if they have subsequently ended.[verification needed] The Genre column, added to the original table, may have a lot of crossover genres and is intended as guide to the "main" genre of each programme.
No. | Title[3] | Broadcast on | Year(s) | Genre |
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1 | Fawlty Towers | BBC2 |
1975–1979 | Comedy and Variety |
2 | Cathy Come Home (The Wednesday Play)[4] | BBC1 |
1966 | Single Dramas |
3 | Doctor Who | BBC1 | 1963–1989, 1996 | Children's/Youth |
4 | The Naked Civil Servant | ITV (Thames Television) | 1975 | Single Dramas |
5 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1969–1974 | Comedy and Variety |
6 | Blue Peter | BBC1 | 1958– | Children's/Youth |
7 | Boys from the Blackstuff | BBC2 | 1982 | Drama Series and Serials |
8 | Parkinson | BBC1 | 1971–1982, 1987–1988, 1998– | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
9 | Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister | BBC2 | 1980–1988 | Comedy and Variety |
10 | Brideshead Revisited |
ITV (Granada) | 1981 | Drama Series and Serials |
11 | Abigail's Party (Play for Today)[5] | BBC1 | 1977 | Single Dramas |
12 | I, Claudius | BBC2 | 1976 | Drama Series and Serials |
13 | Dad's Army | BBC1 | 1968–1977 | Comedy and Variety |
14 | The Morecambe & Wise Show | BBC2 / BBC1 / ITV (Thames) | 1961–1983 | Comedy and Variety |
15 | Edge of Darkness | BBC2 | 1985 | Drama Series and Serials |
16 | Blackadder Goes Forth | BBC1 | 1989 | Comedy and Variety |
17 | Absolutely Fabulous | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1992–1996 | Comedy and Variety |
18 | The Wrong Trousers | BBC2 | 1993 | Children's/Youth |
19 | The World at War | ITV (Thames) | 1973–1974 | Factual |
20 | The Singing Detective | BBC1 | 1986 | Drama Series and Serials |
21 | Pennies from Heaven | BBC1 | 1978 | Drama Series and Serials |
22 | The Jewel in the Crown | ITV (Granada) | 1984 | Drama Series and Serials |
23 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
ITV | 1998– | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
24 | Hancock's Half Hour | BBC | 1956–1961 | Comedy and Variety |
25 | Our Friends in the North | BBC2 | 1996 | Drama Series and Serials |
26 | 28 Up |
ITV (Granada) | 1985 | Factual |
27 | The War Game | BBC1 | 1965 | Single Dramas |
28 | The Magic Roundabout | BBC1 | 1965–1977 | Children's/Youth |
29 | That Was the Week That Was | BBC | 1962–1963 | Comedy and Variety |
30 | An Englishman Abroad | BBC1 | 1983 | Single Dramas |
31 | The Royle Family | BBC2/BBC1 | 1998– | Comedy and Variety |
32 | Life on Earth | BBC2 | 1979 | Factual |
33 | The Old Grey Whistle Test | BBC2 | 1971–1987 | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
34 | University Challenge | ITV (Granada) / BBC2 | 1961–1987, 1994– | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
35 | Porridge | BBC1 | 1974–1977 | Comedy and Variety |
36 | Blue Remembered Hills (Play for Today)[6] | BBC1 | 1979 | Single Dramas |
37 | Mastermind (original format) |
BBC1 / BBC2 | 1972–1997 | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
38 | I'm Alan Partridge | BBC2 | 1997 | Comedy and Variety |
39 | Cracker |
ITV (Granada) | 1993–1996 | Drama Series and Serials |
40 | Coronation Street | ITV (Granada) | 1960– | Drama Series and Serials |
41 | Top of the Pops | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1964–2006 | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
42 | Inspector Morse | ITV (Central) | 1987–2000 | Drama Series and Serials |
43 | Grange Hill | BBC1 | 1978–2008 | Children's/Youth |
44 | Steptoe and Son | BBC1 | 1962–1965, 1970–1974 | Comedy and Variety |
45 | Only Fools and Horses | BBC1 | 1981–1996 | Comedy and Variety |
46 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (series 1[citation needed]) | ITV (Central) | 1983 | Comedy and Variety |
47 | Tiswas | ITV (ATV) | 1974–1982 | Children's/Youth |
48 | Elgar | BBC | 1962 | Single Dramas |
49 | Nuts in May (Play for Today)[7] | BBC1 | 1976 | Single Dramas |
50 | Father Ted | Channel 4 | 1995–1998 | Comedy and Variety |
51 | The Avengers | ITV (ABC) | 1961–1969 | Drama Series and Serials |
52 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
BBC2 | 1979 | Drama Series and Serials |
53 | The Forsyte Saga |
BBC2 | 1967 | Drama Series and Serials |
54 | Hillsborough | ITV (Granada) | 1996 | Single Dramas |
55 | Dennis Potter: The Last Interview (Without Walls Special[citation needed]) | Channel 4 | 1994 | Factual |
56 | Bar Mitzvah Boy (Play for Today)[8] | BBC1 | 1976 | Single Dramas |
57 | Edna, the Inebriate Woman (Play for Today)[9] | BBC1 | 1971 | Single Dramas |
58 | Live Aid | BBC1 / BBC2 | 1985 | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
59 | World In Action |
ITV (Granada) | 1963–1998 | Factual |
60 | Thunderbirds | ITV (ATV) | 1965–1966 | Children's/Youth |
61 | Talking Heads / Talking Heads 2 |
BBC1 / BBC2 | 1988 / 1998 | Drama Series and Serials |
62 | Ready Steady Go! | ITV (Rediffusion) | 1963–1966 | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
63 | Z-Cars | BBC1 | 1962–1978 | Drama Series and Serials |
64 | Culloden |
BBC1 | 1964 | Single Dramas |
65 | The Ascent of Man | BBC2 | 1973 | Factual |
66 | A Very British Coup |
Channel 4 | 1988 | Drama Series and Serials |
67 | Civilisation | BBC2 | 1969 | Factual |
68 | Prime Suspect | ITV (Granada) | 1991–2006 | Drama Series and Serials |
69 | The Likely Lads / Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1964–1966 / 1973–1974 | Comedy and Variety |
70 | Have I Got News for You | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1990– | Comedy and Variety |
71 | The Snowman | Channel 4 | 1982 | Children's/Youth |
72 | Walking with Dinosaurs | BBC1 | 1999 | Factual |
73 | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
BBC | 1954 | Single Dramas |
74 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | BBC1 | 1976–1979 | Comedy and Variety |
75 | Quatermass and the Pit | BBC | 1958–1959 | Drama Series and Serials |
76 | Between the Lines | BBC1 | 1992–1994 | Drama Series and Serials |
77 | Blind Date |
ITV (LWT) | 1985– | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
78 | Talking to a Stranger (Theatre 625)[10] | BBC2 | 1966 | Single Dramas |
79 | The Borrowers |
BBC1 | 1992–1993 | Children's/Youth |
80 | One Foot in the Grave | BBC1 | 1990–2000 | Comedy and Variety |
81 | Later... with Jools Holland | BBC2 | 1992– | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
82 | Tutti Frutti | BBC2 | 1987 | Drama Series and Serials |
83 | The Knowledge | ITV (Thames) | 1979 | Single Dramas |
84 | House of Cards |
BBC1 | 1990 | Drama Series and Serials |
85 | This Is Your Life |
BBC1 / ITV (Thames) | 1955–1964, 1969– | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
86 | The Tube |
Channel 4 | 1982–1987 | Lifestyle & Light Entertainment |
87 | The Death of Yugoslavia | BBC2 | 1995 | Factual |
88 | Till Death Us Do Part | BBC1 | 1966–1975 | Comedy and Variety |
89 | A Very Peculiar Practice | BBC1 | 1986–1992 | Comedy and Variety |
90 | TV Nation | BBC2 | 1995 | Factual |
91 | This Life | BBC2 | 1996–1997 | Drama Series and Serials |
92 | This Week)[11] |
ITV (Thames) | 1988 | Factual |
93 | The Nazis: A Warning from History | BBC2 | 1997 | Factual |
94 | Drop the Dead Donkey | Channel 4 | 1990–1998 | Comedy and Variety |
95 | Arena |
BBC2 | 1975– | Factual |
96 | The Railway Children |
BBC1 | 1968 | Children's/Youth |
97 | Teletubbies | BBC2 | 1997– | Children's/Youth |
98 | Spitting Image | ITV (Central) | 1984–1996 | Comedy and Variety |
99 | Pride and Prejudice |
BBC1 | 1995 | Drama Series and Serials |
100 | Made in Britain | ITV (Central) | 1982 | Single Dramas |
See also
References
- ^ "BFI TV 100 - The Top Ten (2000)". www.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ^ OCLC 500151397. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ BFI Staff (4 March 2009). "The BFI TV 100: 1–100". London, UK: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011.
- ^ "The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Play for Today: Abigail's Party". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Play for Today: Blue Remembered Hills". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Play for Today: Nuts in May". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Play for Today: Bar Mitzvah Boy". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.)
- ^ "Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.)
- ^ "Theatre 625: Talking to a Stranger". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Elstein, David. ""Death on the Rock": 21 Years Later and the Official Version still Lives On". Open Democracy. Retrieved 27 March 2020.)
Further reading and viewing
- BFI Staff (4 March 2009). "The BFI TV 100: 1–100". London, UK: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011.
- BBC News article regarding the list, and giving the first 20 on the list.