Top 40 greatest TV shows

According to an August, 2003 Radio Times poll of TV critics, the following are the best television programs of all time shown on British TV (in alphabetical order):

• 1 Abigail's Party (1977)
• 2 The Ascent of Man (1973)
• 3 Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
• 4 Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
• 5 Cathy Come Home (1966)
• 6 Caught on a Train (1980)
• 7 Civilisation (1969)
• 8 Coronation Street (1960)
• 9 Dad's Army (1968)
• 10 Edge of Darkness (1985)
• 11 EastEnders (2001)
• 12 ER (1995)
• 13 Fawlty Towers (1975)
• 14 Frasier (1994)
• 15 Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
• 16 Hill Street Blues (1981)
• 17 I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
• 18 The Larry Sanders Show (1993)
• 19 The League of Gentlemen (1999)
• 20 Life on Earth (1979)
• 21 M.A.S.H (1973)
• 22 Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
• 23 The Morecambe and Wise Show (1961)
• 24 9/11 (2002)
• 25 Not Only... But Also (1965)
• 26 The Office (2001)
• 27 Our Friends in the North (1996)
• 28 Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights (2001)
• 29 Police (1982)
• 30 Porridge (1973)
• 31 Pride and Prejudice (1995)
• 32 Seinfeld (1993)
• 33 The Simpsons (1990)
• 34 The Singing Detective (1986)
• 35 Steptoe and Son (1962)
• 36 The Sweeney (1975)
• 37 Talking Heads (1988)
• 38 Till Death Us Do Part (1966)
• 39 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973)
• 40 Z Cars (1962)