Top 100 UK Televison Series

[AndyC]

57) Blake's 7 (1978-81): If your a Doctor Who fan you'll probably love this show created by Terry Nation (the Dr. Who writer who created the Daleks). If your a Star Trek fan, however, you'll either love it or hate it. The show is a basic rip-off of Trek (with the transporter and everything) but with one major twist. The Federation are evil! The heroes are a group of criminals led by escaped political prisoner Raj Blake (Gareth Thomas). Who travel around the galaxy in their stolen spaceship, The Liberator, and fight the Federation at every turn. Blake left halway through the run but the show continued. Keir Avon played Paul Darrow (of the Dr. Who story "Timelash"), took command of a new spaceship and crew for the rest of the show. It's forever going to be compared to Doctor Who because so many in the Who camp worked on the show. Other Dr. Who alumni include Michael Keating (Who story "Underworld") as Villa. Dudley Simpson doing the music and Director David Maloney. Not to mention a guest shot by sixth Doctor himself, Colin Baker. The original crew (minus Avon and Villa) were killed off by season three. Blake returned in the finale but was killed off with the entire second crew (including Avon and Villa this time) in a real downer of an ending. The show was a little flawed, but I love British sci-fi so much that it became one of my favorites. Plus it's really violent too! 

Haven't seen that in probably 20 years or more. I remember thinking Jacqueline Pearce was hot.

[Trevor]

59) Survivors (1975 ~ 1977)

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60) Doomwatch (1970 ~ 1972)

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61) The Nightmare Man 1981 ~ a very creepy miniseries from the BBC. 

[Trevor]

62) The Day of The Triffids 1981: this scared the #1, #2, #3 and all the other numbers out of me. 

[Trevor]

63) The Sweeney 1975 ~ 1978

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64) Thriller 1973 ~ 1976

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65) Callan (1967 ~ 1972) with Edward Woodward. 

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66) The Brothers 1972 ~ 1976

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67) Love Thy Neighbour 1972 ~ 1976

[Trevor]

68) Mind Your Language 1977 ~ 1979.

Believe it or not, 67 and 68* taught me a lot about racial and religious tolerance at a young age, despite both of them being knockabout comedies.  

* Even though MYL had lines (delivered by a Muslim to a Sikh) such as:

Ranjeet: "He is..... barbarian."
Ali: "You are asking for a kick up your big brown backside!" 

[66Crush]

69) THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (1981)

I don't know if it counts because it was only six episodes. But being a big fan of Douglas Adams writing, I've got to include this series based on his books and popular radio series. I laughed out loud at the adventures of Aurthur Dent and Ford Prefect as the barley escape the destruction of earth (to make way for an interspace bypass) and ponder the significance of the great question (which nobody remembers, but the answer is 42). It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but if you like brilliant sarcasm and sci-fi parodies you have to love this show.

[JaseSF]

Bull, that's an American series. Did you mean to put it on that list instead?

[Leah]

Bull, that's an American series. Did you mean to put it on that list instead?

yep, sorry.

[JaseSF]

70) One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000): Hilarious with a dark edge is this often sardonic comedy series about the retiree next door who seems to cause no end of trouble for his wife and the neighbors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4alLbXx0fA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMX0FS0r280