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Old 10th June 2016, 10:50 AM
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Top 10 British television. (Excluding comedy)

Doctor Who
Blakes -7
A Ghost Story For Christmas
The Plane Makers / The Power Game
Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
Secret Army
Merlin
Thriller
Hammer House of Horror / Mystery and Suspense
The Persuaders

Children of the Stones
Rome
Bleak House
Colditz
Danger UXB
Doomwatch
Luther
The Avengers / The New Avengers
The Tripods
The Mad Death

Narrowly missing out on the 20 - Mistresses, Sherlock, Space 1999, Juliet Bravo, Enemy at the Door.
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Old 11th June 2016, 06:33 PM
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Default uk tv top tens

In no specific order.

Comedy Top Ten.

Steptoe And Son.
Dads Army.
Hancock's Half Hour.
Rising Damp.
On The Buses.
Peep Show.
Mid Morning Matters.
The Thick of It.
The Toast of London.
Bottom.


Non comedy Top Ten

The Sweeney.
Minder.
The Professionals.
Jason King.
The Persuaders.
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Jeeves and Wooster.
Space 1999.
Dead Set.
Inside No. 9 .
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Non comedy Top Ten

The Sweeney.
Minder.
The Professionals.
Jason King.
The Persuaders.
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Jeeves and Wooster.
Space 1999.
Dead Set.
Inside No. 9 .
I take it you really rate Randall and Hopkirk? I almost bought it in the last Network sale.

Good call on Jeeves and Wooster too.
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I take it you really rate Randall and Hopkirk? I almost bought it in the last Network sale.

Good call on Jeeves and Wooster too.
Yeah I really enjoy Randall and Hopkirk, Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope have a great chemistry together and Annette Andre,well she's pure eye candy.Yeah and Jeeves and Wooster pure class.

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Yeah I really enjoy Randall and Hopkirk, Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope have a great chemistry together and Annette Andre,well she's pure eye candy.Yeah and Jeeves and Wooster pure class.

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Weird thing is i have the R&M remake.

Season one has a holographic cover where Reeves disappears when toy move it.
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Weird thing is i have the R&M remake.

Season one has a holographic cover where Reeves disappears when toy move it.
Yeah the remake worked well,no reason why you should not like the original.
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Non comedy Top Ten

Jeeves and Wooster.
I would have put that in the comedy section!
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I would have put that in the comedy section!
I would of but I was really running out of ideas for non comedy (realised I do not watch that much television) also it does fall into that light comedy drama slot that ITV churn out a lot of.
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I would of but I was really running out of ideas for non comedy (realised I do not watch that much television) also it does fall into that light comedy drama slot that ITV churn out a lot of.
I agree it is a comedy-drama so fits into whichever category you think best.
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This is my top 10 list of British drama and factual/documentary series in alphabetical, rather than preferential, order.
  • The Blue Planet
  • Cadfael
  • Cracker
  • GBH
  • House of Cards/To Play the King/The Final Cut
  • Inspector Morse
  • Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
  • Our Friends in the North
  • Prime Suspect
  • Rome
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