Doctor Who features in most loved BBC Shows of all time
As part of the BBC Centenary celebrations, The One Show conducted a viewer poll to discover the most loved BBC TV shows of all time. The results were announced live on Friday evening, revealing Doctor Who to be the second-favourite show in the Corporation's history, only beaten by the ever popular Only Fools and Horses.
The poll featured some 50 programmes showcasing a variety of genre from throughout the BBC's history, as chosen by a panel of experts which included Sara Wallis, Mirror TV Columnist, David Butcher, Radio Times’ Choices Editor, Dick Fiddy, BFI Archive TV Programmer and Hanna Flint, Freelance Critic and MTV Movies Host.
The full Top 20 programmes are:
- Only Fools and Horses
- Doctor Who
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Line of Duty
- Call the Midwife
- Gavin and Stacey
- Fawlty Towers
- Blackadder
- The Morecambe and Wise Show
- The Vicar of Dibley
- Dad's Army
- Planet Earth I and II
- Killing Eve
- Dinnerladiers
- Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
- Sherlock
- The Good Life
- Top of the Pops
- The Royle Family
- Blue Peter
The One Show presenter Alex Jones said:
The full programme, including articles on many of the shows in the poll and guide through some of the objects illustrating the BBC's history, will be available via the BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks.