THE best TV shows I have seen...in no preferential order!
the 1970's-2000's were the golden years of TV!
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- StarsChris TarrantSally JamesJohn AsherOriginally a Midlands-only "links" programme presented by Chris Tarrant and John Asher, Tiswas is chiefly remembered for evolving into a nationally broadcast comedy show with Chris joined by Sally James, Bob Carolgees and Lenny Henry.so successful they even released an LP
- CreatorVince PowellStarsBarry EvansGeorge CamillerJacki HardingA diverse group of immigrants and foreigners learn English at an adult education school in London.velly funny
- CreatorBob BlockStarsMichael StaniforthEdward BrayshawAnn EmeryAfter his death, Fred Mumford wants a second chance at achieving the success that eluded him in life. Coming back to Earth as a spirit, he recruits a Victorian gent and a medieval jester to set up "Rentaghost".mental!
- CreatorWilliam Moulton MarstonStanley Ralph RossStarsLynda CarterLyle WaggonerTom KratochvilThe adventures of the greatest of the female superheroes.watching an episode on a 50p pay as you go B&W TV at Birmingham Airport in 1978 was quite a unusual experience.
- CreatorPhil RedmondColin McKeownStarsDean SullivanPaul ByattClaire SweeneyThe everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool in the north of England.the soap that quite literally had the lot!
- CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
- StarsMichael StaintonGeorgina MelvilleAshley KnightMetal Mickey was a robot built by young Ken to do chores around the house. Ken was the eldest child of a typical British family--well, almost typical. Metal Mickey was endowed with a number of magic powers, which enabled it to battle aliens, travel through time, survive extreme temperatures, and other outlandish situations. Mostly Metal Mickey just caused trouble for the Wilburforces, but the family loved him anyway.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonLeslie StevensStarsGil GerardErin GrayFelix SillaA 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
- StarsMartin LandauBarbara BainNick TateThe crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.
- StarsAlan RothwellRoger McGoughKevin GraalEnduring ITV schools programme with Alan Rothwell introducing short films from around the world.
- CreatorBob CampChuck TatelyStarsRich LittlePaul FreesDave BarryA classy, resourceful panther has plenty of hilarious misadventures, outwitting those who annoy him with his clever tricks.
- StarsMel BlancA scheming coyote, constantly at odds with a swift and clever roadrunner bird, uses various gadgets and devices to try and catch his longtime rival.
- CreatorJoe RubyKen SpearsStarsMel BlancGary OwensLaurel PageThe adventures of a superhero caveman and a trio of female amateur detectives.Always said I would love to see the blokes face as he makes the Cavey sound!
- StarsTommy BoydTimmy MallettJoanna FisherA variety show for children featuring comedy sketches, team challenges, celebrity guests and competitions.
- StarsAntoine de CaunesMaria McErlaneJean-Paul GaultierA 30-minute magazine-format programme in English. Despite being a big-budget show, it was surreal and had a deliberate low-budget feel.their 'overdubs' were legendary in them days...
- StarsPeter WheelerJoseph BerryRichard ColsonA courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
- StarsRoald DahlAndrew RayForbes CollinsShort dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
- StarsEduardo JoverGloria CámaraManuel PeiróIn 17th century France, young Dogtanian travels to Paris to fulfill his ambition to become one of the King's Musketeers. He befriends Athos, Porthos and Aramis and falls in love with Juliette. A doggy version of the tale.
- CreatorArt NapoleonJo NapoleonStarsKenneth TobeyCraig HillNancy HaleCharter helicopter pilots Chuck and P. T. solve crimes. Rescue people, perform tasks and more using their Bell helicopter, the star of the show;
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDesi Arnaz Jr.Chuck WagnerHeather McNairA computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
- StarsThe LadybirdsPan's PeopleJimmy SavileA rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists.
- StarsVic SottoTito SottoJoel de LeonEat Bulaga is a noontime variety show in the Philippines produced by TVJ Productions, Inc. and aired on TV5. The show broadcasts from the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong City. Eat Bulaga. is aired on weekdays at 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm and Saturdays at 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. The show is also simulcasted on RPTV and broadcasted worldwide through Kapatid and via live streaming on the TV5 and TVJ's official YouTube channel. The show celebrated its 44th year on Philippine television on 29 July 2023, through the National Dabarkads Day, holding the record of being the longest-running noontime variety program in the history of Philippine television.
- StarsBernard ManningGeorge RoperShep's Banjo BoysA stand up show featuring acts from the club circuit, including Bernard Manning and Frank Carson. The show originally ran from 1971-1974, before being revived three times over the next two decades.
- CreatorDavid JacobsStarsLarry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyJ.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.
- CreatorSteven BochcoDavid MilchStarsDennis FranzJimmy SmitsGordon ClappDetectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
- StarsMasaaki SakaiShirô KishibeMasako NatsumeAn adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
- CreatorGeorge FosterMort GreenStarsBobby VanRichard BelzerAnne LockhartA comedy game show in which the object was not to laugh at the comedians. Various comedians would have one minute each to make the contestant laugh. If the contestant were able to keep a straight face, he or she would win prize money and go on to face another comedian, and so on until at last they met a joke they couldn't resist.very short lived in the UK but very funny
- CreatorFranc RoddamStarsTimothy SpallJimmy NailTim HealySeven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
- StarsKeith JayneWayne NormanLewis StevensMurphy's Mob is a British children's television series aired on ITV for four series between 1982 and 1985. Mac Murphy takes charge as manager of a struggling fictional Third Division football club, Dunmore United. The series follows a group of young supporters of the club whose day-to-day troubles included attempts to set up a junior supporter's club and clubhouse within the stadium.
- CreatorPhil RedmondBarry PurcheseStarsTodd CartyGeorge ArmstrongPaul McCarthyThe further adventures of Tucker Jenkins and his former classmates from Grange Hill. Follow Tucker and friends as they duck and dive their way through love and life during a time of high unemployment in the 1980s.
- StarsStuart OrganGwyneth PowellLee CornesThe long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.
- StarsRuss AbbotBella EmbergLes DennisComedy show starring Russ Abbot in his many guises including Basildon Bond, C.U. Jimmy and Cooperman.
- CreatorNorman VaughanAndrew WoodStarsJim BowenTony GreenNick OwenContestants test their darts skills and general knowledge and battle it out to get to Bully's Prize Board.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsMarc SingerFaye GrantMichael IronsideA year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now, some humans are knowingly working with them.
- StarsLenny HenryRobert BathurstCarla MendonçaA sketch show featuring many different characters and spoofs.
- StarsLaurence OlivierAverell HarrimanAnthony EdenA groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
- CreatorJoy WhitbyStarsCarol ChellBrian CantJulie StevensStories, fun, and things to make and do for pre-school children.
- StarsOlwen GriffithsAnthony JacksonOliver PostgateIn the 'top, left hand corner of Wales' runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam and Dai Station. Their pride is Ivor, the steam engine with a will of his own and a penchant for such things as looking after dragons in his firebox.
- StarsRobin ParkinsonIan AllenJohn ThirtleMr Spoon and his family live on Junk Planet. He travels in his baked bean tin spaceship across blanket sky to Button Moon. There he meets many strange characters and watches stories unfold on other planets using his telescope.
- StarsPaul WinchellJohn StephensonDave WillockThe participants of an unusual car race compete around America.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsAdam WestBurt WardLee MeriwetherThe Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsTony RandallEddie HodgesArchie MooreMark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.
- CreatorEdward KayStarsBrian TruemanKate Murray-HendersonWhen Jamie shines his Magic Torch on the floor of his bedroom a hole appears, leading Jamie and Wordsworth the sheepdog to the psychedelic fantasy world of Cuckooland.
- StarsBruce ForsythAnthea RedfernLarry GraysonMaking a fool of the contestants as they try to copy professionals who have strange jobs. To win some prizes the contestants play for points until there is a winner. They then watch prizes go by on a conveyor belt past where they are sat,and if they can remember any of them when asked they win those prizes.
- CreatorTony HollandJulia SmithTony JordanStarsAdam WoodyattSteve McFaddenLetitia DeanThe everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.
- StarsMichaela StrachanPete WatermanLondon BoysAt 4 am on a Sunday morning this wasn't the most taxing of programmes as you debated whether the good dancers were attractive enough, or whether the nubile dancers were good enough dancers. The presenters later commented on the cameraman's interest in thigh shots that the directors were broadcasting.
- StarsThomas VincentSiddiqa ParveenIan WrightSeries featuring attempts at bizarre new world records.
- CreatorRalph EdwardsStarsJeremy BeadleJohn LeesonTony McHaleElaborate tricks involving actors are played on members of the public who have been set up by friends or family.
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsBill BixbyLou FerrignoJack ColvinA fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.
- CreatorLeslie StevensStarsKevin ConwayAlex DiakunEric SchneiderA modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.
- StarsMichael CaineArmand AssanteRay McAnallyA Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.
- StarsTony SchiavoneMike TenayChris HarrisThis nationally syndicated pro wrestling series ran from 1975 to 2001. Launched by producer Jim Crockett Jr., the show was initially shot at the studios of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. It moved to WPCQ-TV studios in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981. By 1983, the show began taping on the road, hitting most major cities in the United States.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsLorne GreeneRichard HatchDirk BenedictAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDavid HasselhoffEdward MulhareRichard BasehartA lone crimefighter battles the forces of evil with the help of a virtually indestructible and artificially intelligent supercar.
- CreatorJim HensonJack BurnsStarsJim HensonFrank OzRichard HuntKermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode.
- DirectorFrederick StephaniRay TaylorStarsBuster CrabbeJean RogersCharles MiddletonFlash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.
- StarsWindsor DaviesMelvyn HayesDonald HewlettThe comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
- StarsEmma WrayPaul BownLiza TarbuckA young couple from Merseyside and their off again/on again relationship.
- StarsPatrick MooreDominik DiamondLeigh-Ann WoodallComputer game show.
- StarsJohn ErwinAlan OppenheimerLinda GaryThe most powerful man in the universe, He-Man, goes against the evil forces of Skeletor to save the planet Eternia and to protect the secrets of Castle Grayskull.
- CreatorBrian CosgroveMark HallStarsDavid JasonTerry ScottEdward KelseyDanger Mouse, the greatest secret agent in the world, must follow Colonel K's orders (and try not to break Professor Squawkencluck's inventions) to foil Baron Greenback's and his henchman Stiletto's plans.
- StarsJonathan PearceNoel SharkeyStuart McDonaldKnockout competition between deadly robots designed and controlled by contestants. There's chainsaws, spikes, and lots of flying metal.
- StarsJim DavidsonJohn BardonBrian HallJames 'Jim' London becomes a man of property when a relative dies, leaving him the run-down Victorian abode of 17 Railway Terrace, in Elephant and Castle (south London). He's troubled by randy neighbour Wanda, and the troublesome Councillors Allnutt and Moggs - not to mention his own lack of money, and the squatter upstairs!
- StarsJohn ThawReece DinsdaleElizabeth BennettJohn Thaw is Henry Willows, a middle-aged man in middle-management who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy with the arrangement. Apart from his prudish and persnickety daily cleaner Enid (Elizabeth Bennett), he's alone--and he revels in his hard-won solitude. However, Henry's serenity is shattered when, out of the blue, his eldest child Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) turns up on his doorstep. It seems that Matthew is disenchanted with life at home because of his mum's new boyfriend and wants to stay with his dad--for good.
- StarsWilliam GauntPatricia GarwoodMichael Sharvell-MartinWhen Arthur and Beryl Crabtree are set to begin a quiet life at last, their four grown-up children return home one by one. With a son-in-law and neighbours always popping in as well, the quiet life never gets started.
- CreatorRichard CarpenterSidney ColePaul KnightStarsRichard O'SullivanMichael DeeksChristopher BenjaminFamed 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin eludes authorities while romancing a farmer's daughter, though his days robbing coaches under the alias John Palmer may be numbered.at the beginning of the 1980's, a saturday night in Britain wasn't complete without watching an episode of 'Dick Turpin'
- StarsSyd LittleEddie LargeRonnie HazlehurstSyd Little and Eddie Large present their own comedy show, which mixes stand-up, sketches, musical guests, and variety acts.
- StarsJohn MotsonGary LinekerSteve WilsonHighlights, interviews and analysis from expert pundits of Saturday's English Premier League football matches.
- StarsNoel EdmondsBarry KillerbyTony BlackburnSet in Noel Edmonds' fictitious grand house in the equally fictitious town of Crinkley Bottom, the show centres around games involving the studio audience and special guest celebrities. Contestants can "grab a grand", home viewers can be caught out live in their own homes, and celebrities get their just deserts in the gunge tank.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsJan-Michael VincentAlex CordErnest BorgnineAs part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.
- StarsPatrick MooreChris LintottPete LawrenceAstronomy programme.the most shifted around TV show in the history of the schedules
- StarsBrian MooreJimmy HillBarry DaviesThe Big Match originally launched on London Weekend Television, the ITV regional station that served London and the Home Counties at weekends, screening highlights of Football League matches. Other ITV regions had their own shows, but would show The Big Match. The show was ITV's response to BBC's Match of the Day.
- StarsKent WaltonGiant HaystacksBig DaddyWeekly sports coverage extravaganza. Featuring previews and results of the weekend football. Famously including coverage of British professional wrestling.
- StarsStephen HendryRonnie O'SullivanSteve DavisBBC coverage of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
- StarsKeith JayneGrant WarnockJanine TidmanYoung boy discovers a teenaged caveman living in the local rubbish dump.
- StarsBilly J. SmithFiona MacDonaldMax Rowley"It's a Knockout" was a loud, colourful and downright silly game show that was a hallmark of 1980s Australian television. Small town representatives from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland would battle it out on all sorts of ridiculous physical contests.
- CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJon WalmsleyMary Beth McDonoughEric ScottThe life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.the ultimate 'Sundays' TV show
- StarsBob MonkhouseGino D'AcampoPenny LaydenTwo families go head to head to answer everyday questions.
- StarsKeith ChegwinGordon AstleyVivienne McKoneTeams of teenagers battle it out in a pop quiz and activity competitions.
- StarsTed RogersDusty BinChris EmmettThree couples compete in a missing word game, with the winning couple going on to solve riddles left by guest performers to win prizes and avoid Dusty Bin's booby prize.
- CreatorJeremy FoxStarsDick ClarkJohn HarlanWillie AamesWith the aim of finding the 'perfect human', this show ran contestants through a wide variety of competitions, designed to test knowledge, memory, reflexes, strength, endurance and coordination. The final winner of the tournament was awarded a prize of $50,000 in gold.
- StarsAndrea ArnoldNick StaversonNeil BuchananKids TV show set in a house (#73) with presenters as characters. Each episode featured music, cartoons and ongoing storylines in various comedic situations and adventures. Focused on fun and entertainment for young viewers.
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsJanet WaldoMel BlancPaul WinchellThe Ant Hill Mob has to protect Penelope Pitstop from a murderous lawyer who is after her inheritance.
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaAlex LovyStarsDon MessickPaul WinchellDick Dastardly leads a fighter plane group to try ineffectualy to stop a carrier pigeon.
- StarsAtsuo NakamuraSanae TsuchidaBurt KwoukNearly a thousand years ago in ancient China, there was a cruel government. 108 renegade will try to change the story.
- CreatorGeoff McQueenStarsGraham ColeJeff StewartTrudie GoodwinLong-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.
- CreatorHazel AdairPeter LingStarsNoele GordonRoger TongeSusan HansonThe four-or-five-times-a-week adventures of a motel owner and her son, daughter and staff. Drama was never far away from the ringing of the reception bell.
- StarsJudith ChalmersRuth EnglandMartin RobertsHoliday travel series.
- StarsMichael ParkinsonMike MorrisAnne DiamondBreakfast news and magazine programme.
- StarsKrishnan Guru-MurthyLiam DuttonMatt FreiBritain's most in-depth and probing national evening news bulletin, with political reports, interviews with prominent public figures and arts features.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStan DanielsDavid DavisStarsJudd HirschJeff ConawayDanny DeVitoThe staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things.
- StarsKirsty WarkJeremy PaxmanEmily MaitlisSerious news reports, analysis and no-holds-barred interviews with leading politicians and public figures.
- StarsAlison SteadmanNigel HawthorneTony CaunterA British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
- CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
- StarsMayumi TanakaMatt BirmanSumi ShimamotoTo return home and restore his cursed crew, a great hero of space and his child companions must find the Kingdom of Hades against all evil opposition.epic cartoon series that went on for ever!
- StarsHans ClarinStanislaw KwasniakStanislaw WyszynskiA stop-motion animated children's television series, often referred to as the Fuzzy Felt Moomins, based on the stories and illustrations by the Finnish author Tove Jansson.
- StarsKenny EverettHot GossipAnna DawsonThis show featured music set to imagery, just prior to MTV. Most of it was concert footage though some had effects and a theme. It had a choreography segment featuring dancers known as "Hot Gossip".
- CreatorReg WatsonStarsIan RawlingsLeila HayesBrian BlainDramatic incidents in the lives of the wealthy Hamilton family and working class Palmer family, linked by the long-ago secret affair of David Palmer and Patricia Hamilton and the offspring of that affair, twins John Palmer and Angela Hamilton secretly adopted into the respective families. Later more wealth arrived in the form of the Morell clan who managed to marry their way into the Hamilton family.surely the most addictive, yet mind-numbing soap ever