100 Greatest British Television Programmes was a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened. Although not including any programmes made in 2000 or later, the list is useful as an indication of what were generally regarded as the most successful British programmes of the 20th century. The top 10 programmes are:
- Fawlty Towers BBC2 1975-1979
- Cathy Come Home (The Wednesday Play) BBC1 1966
- Doctor Who BBC1 1963-1989, 1996, 2005-
- The Naked Civil Servant ITV 1975
- Monty Python's Flying Circus BBC2 1969-1974
- Blue Peter BBC1 1958-
- Boys from the Blackstuff BBC2 1982
- Parkinson BBC1/ITV 1971-1982, 1998–2007
- Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister BBC2 1980-1988
- Brideshead Revisited ITV 1981
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