Are these the 50 most influential British TV shows of the past 50 years? Ahead of the 50th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards next week, here's what they reckon makes the cut. What do you think? What have they missed?1 7 Up series – ITV/Granada +... Read more
Are these the 50 most influential British TV shows of the past 50 years? Ahead of the 50th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards next week, here's what they reckon makes the cut. What do you think? What have they missed?

1 7 Up series – ITV/Granada + BBC
2 Life On Earth – BBC
3 The World At War – ITV/Thames
4 The Office – BBC
5 Big Brother – Channel 4 + Channel 5 + ITV
6 Planet Earth – BBC
7 Have I Got News For You – BBC
8 I May Destroy You – BBC
9 The Singing Detective – BBC
10 The Day Today – BBC
11 The Royle Family – BBC
12 Our Friends In The North – BBC
13 I’m Alan Partridge – BBC 
14 Boys From The Blackstuff – BBC 
15 Blackadder – BBC 
16 Strictly Come Dancing – BBC 
17 The Thick Of It – BBC 
18 Fleabag – BBC/Amazon
19 Only Fools And Horses – BBC 
20 The Naked Civil Servant – ITV/Thames
21 Spitting Image – ITV/Central
22 QueerAs Folk - Channel 4 
23 The Family – BBC 
24 Monty Python’s Flying Circus – BBC 
25 House Of Cards – BBC 
26 Gogglebox – Channel 4 
27 Goodness Gracious Me – BBC 
28 The Crown – Netflix
29 Newsnight – BBC 
30 Derry Girls – Channel 4 
31 Brideshead Revisited – ITV/Granada
32 Chernobyl – HBO/Sky
33 Cracker – ITV/Granada
34 Blue Peter – BBC 
35 Inspector Morse – ITV/Central
36 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – BBC 
37 The Beatles: Get Back – Disney+ 
38 I, Claudius – BBC
39 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave – BBC
40 The Word – Channel 4
41 Death On The Rock – ITV/Thames
42 This is England – Channel 4 
43 The Great British Bake-Off – BBC + Channel 4 
44 Grange Hill – BBC 
45 Pride and Prejudice – BBC 
46 Pennies From Heaven – BBC 
47 Desmond’s – Channel 4 
48 The Big Breakfast – Channel 4 
49 Parkinson – BBC + ITV 
50 The Traitors – BBC