ITV's 50 TOP SHOWS (in alphabetical order)

1. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002 - Present day)

2. An Audience With... (1980 - Present Day) - from Victoria Wood via Kenneth Williams to Kylie Minogue

3. The Avengers (1961 - 1969)

4. The Benny Hill Show (1969 - 1989)

5. The Bill (1984 - Present)

6. Blind Date (1985 - 2003)

7. Brideshead Revisited (1981)

8. Candid Camera (1960 - 1967; 1974)

9. Cold Feet (1997 - 2003)

10. Coronation Street (1960 - Present day)

11. Cracker (1993 - 1996)

12. The Darling Buds of May (1991 - 1993)

13. Death on The Rock (an addition of This Week - 1998)

14. Emmerdale (1972 - Present day)

15. Family Fortunes (1980 - 1985; 1987 - 2002)

16. Footballers' Wives (2002 - Present Day)

17. Heartbeat (1992 - Present)

18. Hillsborough (1996)

19. I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (2002 - Present)

20. Inspector Morse (1987 - 2000)

21. It'll Be Alright On The Night (1977 - Present)

22. The Jewel in the Crown (1984)

23. Jimmy's (1987 - 1996)

24. The Kenny Everett Video Show (1978 - 1981)

25. Minder (1979 - 1985; 1988 - 1994)

26. The Muppet Show (1976 - 1981)

27. The Naked Civil Servant (1975)

28. Opportunity Knocks (1956 - 1978)

29. Pop Idol (2001 - 2003)

30. Prime Suspect (1991 - Present)

31. The Prisoner (1967 - 1968)

32. Ready, Steady, Go! (1963 - 1966)

33. Rising Damp (1974 - 1978)

34. Seven Up (1964 - Present)

35. The South Bank Show (1978 - Present)

36. Spitting Image (1984 - 1996)

37. Stars In Their Eyes (1990 - Present)

38. Sunday Night At The London Palladium (1955 - 1967; 1973 - 1974)

39. Survival (1961 - 2001)

40. The Sweeney (1975 - 1978)

41. This Is Your Life (1969 - 1994)

42. This Morning (1988 - Present)

43. Tiswas (1974 - 1982)

44. Tonight With Trevor McDonald (1999 - Present)

45. A Touch of Frost (1992 - Present)

46. Upstairs Downstairs (1971 - 1975)

47. Whicker's World (1968 - 1994)

48. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (1998 - Present)

49. The World at War (1973 - 1974)

50. World in Action (1963 - 1998)

Published: 23/06/2005