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Best 1 The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown is a six-part historical miniseries produced by ITV and Granada Television. It adapts Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet novels, exploring themes of British colonialism in India during the 1980s. The series depicts the complex relationships between British officials and Indian subjects...

2 Broadchurch (TV 2013)

Broadchurch is a British crime drama series created by Chris Chibnall that premiered on ITV in March 2013. The first season follows detectives Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) as they investigate the death of 11-year-old Danny Latimer in a fictional close-knit coastal town...

3 Unforgotten

Unforgotten is a British television crime drama created by Chris Lang for ITV. It follows detectives investigating cold cases that begin when human remains are discovered, with each series gradually revealing the connections among a group of people linked to the victim. Nicola Walker originally star...

4 World in Action

World in Action was a long-running British ITV television program presenting in-depth investigations into social and political issues. Notable for its rigorous journalism and often controversial subjects, it explored topics ranging from human rights to corruption. The show targeted informed viewers...

5 Jesus of Nazareth

The 1977 miniseries *Jesus of Nazareth*, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, presents a visually ambitious and critically acclaimed portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ. Robert Powell delivers a defining performance as the central figure. This ITV production, a collaboration between Britain and Italy, i...

6 Parkinson
Parkinson

Parkinson was a long-running British talk show presented by Michael Parkinson. The program featured extended, intimate interviews with prominent figures in music, film, television, and literature. It gained recognition for its thoughtful approach to celebrity conversations and provided viewers with...

7 Do Not Adjust Your Set

Do Not Adjust Your Set was a British television sketch comedy series broadcast by ITV from 1967 to 1969. Created by Michael A득 and Dudley Willetts, it featured surreal and absurdist humor influenced by Monty Python but predating their work. The show’s notable use of studio technology—particularly i...

Sketch Comedy Classic British Itv 1967 1969 Pre Python
8 Reilly, Ace of Spies

The miniseries Reilly, Ace of Spies recounts the extraordinary life of Sidney Reilly, a real-world British intelligence officer active in the early 20th century. It explores his dangerous missions infiltrating Russia and uncovering Bolshevik plots during the turbulent 1980s. Neill’s portrayal bring...

9 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

This ITV miniseries explores the public scrutiny and subsequent wrongful accusation surrounding Christopher Jefferies, a private detective investigated in connection to the murder of Lord Stevens. The story highlights the damaging impact of media sensationalism and police investigation tactics on an...

10 Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult is a two-part British television drama first broadcast by ITV in 2011. It dramatizes the experiences of Janet Leach, who acted as an appropriate adult during police interviews with serial murderer Fred West in 1994, with Emily Watson as Leach and Dominic West as Fred West. The prod...

11 Inspector Lewis

Inspector Lewis is a British detective drama that aired on ITV from 2006 to 2015, serving as a spin-off of the long-running Inspector Morse television series. Kevin Whately reprises his role as Robert Lewis, who has been promoted to Detective Inspector and solves complex murders in the academic city...

12 Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK was a British police procedural television program adapting the American “Law & Order” format. It ran from 2009 to 2014 on ITV, featuring an initial cast including Bradley Walsh and Freema Agyeman, with additional actors joining in later seasons. The series utilized scripts derived f...

13 The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow is a British miniseries exploring the enduring impact of the Peter Sutcliffe murders. Created by George Kay and broadcast by ITV in 2023, it centers on the lives disrupted by the Yorkshire Ripper’s crimes. The series examines the experiences of those directly affected – primarily wom...

14 At Last the 1948 Show

The 1948 Show was a British television series of sketch comedy broadcast by ITV from 1967 to 1969. It gained recognition as a significant precursor to Monty Python’s Flying Circus, sharing a similar absurdist and surreal style. Featuring talented writers and performers, the show offered clever obser...

15 The Kenny Everett Video Show

The Kenny Everett Video Show was a popular ITV variety show broadcast from 1978 to 1981. It featured a mix of sketch comedy, music performances, and celebrity interviews, largely driven by presenter Kenny Everett's distinctive broadcasting style. The show’s innovative format, blending live segments...

16 Knightmare
Knightmare

Knightmare is a British game show broadcast on ITV featuring fantasy and adventure themes. Contestants answer trivia questions related to popular franchises like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. The show’s notable challenge involves navigating a perilous dungeon using dice rolls and strategic cho...

17 Adele: An Audience with Adele

Adele: An Audience with Adele is a 2021 television special broadcast on the British network ITV. Filmed at the London Palladium, the program features the British singer-songwriter performing tracks from her then-upcoming album, 30, alongside several of her previous chart-topping hits. The special re...

18 The 1% Club

The 1% Club is a British television quiz show that premiered on ITV in 2022, hosted by comedian Lee Mack. Contestants answer progressively difficult logic and reasoning questions that, according to surveys, could be solved by decreasing percentages of the British public. The final question is one th...

19 Nolly
Nolly

Nolly is a 2023 British biographical drama miniseries created by Russell T Davies and produced by ITV. The three-part series stars Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon, focusing on the period in 1981 when Gordon was controversially fired from her role as Meg Richardson/Mortimer on the long-running B...

20 Prehistoric Park

Prehistoric Park is a six-part nature documentary series examining prehistoric life. Produced by Impossible Pictures, known for *Walking with Dinosaurs*, each episode runs approximately one hour and was initially broadcast on ITV and Animal Planet. Jasper James served as an executive producer on the...

21 Scott & Bailey

Scott & Bailey is a British police procedural television series broadcast by ITV from 2011 to 2016. Set in Greater Manchester, it centers on detectives Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey, members of a fictional major incident team led by Detective Chief Inspector Gill Murray. The series combines murder i...

22 A Confession

A Confession is a 2019 British crime drama miniseries that aired on ITV, written by Jeff Pope. The series details the real-life investigation into the 2011 disappearance and murder of Sian O'Callaghan. It focuses on Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, played by Martin Freeman, who deliberately b...

23 ITV Play of the Week

Broadcast on the ITV network from 1955 to 1974, this British anthology series presented standalone dramatic plays, becoming a prominent staple of mid-twentieth-century television.

24 Family Fortunes

Family Fortunes is a British television game show that adapts the American Family Feud format, in which two families compete to match their answers to responses drawn from surveys of the public. The programme launched on ITV in 1980 and has been hosted successively by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves, Le...

25 White House Farm

White House Farm is a 2020 British television miniseries first broadcast on ITV. The six-part true-crime drama reconstructs the 1985 killings of five members of the Bamber and Caffell family at an Essex farmhouse and the investigation that shifted suspicion from Sheila Caffell to Jeremy Bamber. Fred...

26 Litvinenko
Litvinenko

Litvinenko is a four-part British television drama released by ITVX in 2022 and written by George Kay. David Tennant portrays Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian security officer who was poisoned with polonium-210 in London in 2006. The series follows Litvinenko's deathbed testimony and the pol...

27 Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger is an American singer, dancer, and television personality who gained prominence as the lead vocalist of the pop group The Pussycat Dolls. The group achieved international commercial success in the 2000s with hit singles before disbanding. Scherzinger later established a prominent...

28 The Cube
The Cube

The Cube is a British television competition broadcast by ITV. Contestants face psychological challenges within a unique, claustrophobic cube environment. Designed to test problem-solving skills and resilience, it’s primarily for viewers interested in strategic game shows and those fascinated by hum...

29 The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe is a 2022 British television drama miniseries produced by ITV and written by Chris Lang. The four-part series dramatizes the real-life case of John Darwin, a former teacher and prison officer who faked his own death in a canoeing accident in 2002 to enable his wife...

30 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a British reality television series that premiered on ITV in 2002. The show places celebrities in a jungle environment in Australia where they complete physical challenges known as 'Bushtucker Trials' to earn food and avoid elimination through public voting....

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