Top 20 British TV Series of All Time

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Published 2024-04-22
Does the UK have the best telly in the world? For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 20 British TV Series of All Time. We're looking at Britain's greatest television exports, from comedy to drama, including shows like Line of Duty, Doctor Who, Only Fools & Horses, and more classics. What do you think deserves a spot on this list? Let us know in the comments below!

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WatchMojoUK is your source for British Top 10s, covering popular shows like Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing, Great British Bake Off, Coronation Street, This Morning, Good Morning Britain, The Graham Norton Show, Sherlock, and more! We also cover the latest in British Movies, Music and Pop Culture - We Top 10 it all!

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All Comments (21)
  • @Lisainmaine
    Broadchurch was one of my favorites. The combination of Olivia Coleman and David Tennant was priceless!
  • @angelsinger4574
    You absolutely must do a part 2! Absolutely Fabulous, Father Ted, Are You Being Served?, Mr. Bean, The Young Ones, Only Fools and Horses, Keeping Up Appearances, Mr. Selfridge, the list just goes on and on.
  • @fontheking5
    No Keeping Up Appearances ? No Mr Bean ? No A Touch Of Frost ? No Midsomer Murders ? No Heartbeat ? These shows are legends...
  • @PLuMUK54
    I think that the big takeaway from this comments section is that it is impossible to do a top 20 of UK television. There are simply too many amazing shows.
  • @Dej24601
    FOYLE’S WAR! Not only one of the best shows from the U.K., but probably one of the best written series to ever appear on television anywhere. Period setting is perfectly done, acting is out of this world, each episode includes several complex interwoven storylines done brilliantly. The combination of fiction and non-fiction, of personal stories and historical events has never been bettered. And then there is lead actor Michael Kitchen, who can convey more with a silent facial expression than many actors can with pages of dialogue.
  • Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances, Last of the Summer Wine, As Time Goes By, Waiting for God, Allo Allo, The Thin Blue Line, One Foot in the Grave, The Avengers, The Vicar of Dibley and Father Ted should have been on this list. All of them are brilliant shows.
  • @yvrkid7070
    Where is Prime Suspect starring Helen Mirren? And House of Cards starring Ian Richardson?
  • @warriorsfan19
    They forgot “Are You Being Served?” Prime Suspect. Jonathan Creek
  • Definitely The Avengers!!! Who can forget John Steed and Mrs. Peel??? As Time goes By, and Are you being Served.
  • @alansmith1989
    Any list without 1967s `The Prisoner` anywhere on it, is no list to me.
  • @pippavombr5856
    Poirot, Foyle's War, Father Ted, Inspector Morse, Lewis, Midsomer Murders, and I could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on........ I'm German and I can't get enough of British TV shows. They are the best 🩵💛👍
  • @nbenefiel
    Foyle’s War, Doc Martin, Vera, Shetland, Grantchester, Call the Midwife are my faves
  • Midsomer Murders, Upstart Crow, Vicar of Dibley, Ghosts, Horrible histories. I mean this should be a far bigger list.
  • @andrewkearley
    Well, I suppose there were a few acknowledgements in there that they did make tv shows before 2000.... The Avengers, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds, The Saint, Public Eye, Secret Army, The Onedin Line, I Claudius, Upstairs Downstairs, Dad's Army, Steptoe & Son, Blake's 7, Sapphire and Steel