The One Show’s "Most-Loved BBC TV Show" - The Results

[thechase]

As part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations we asked a panel of experts to help whittle down all the classic BBC TV Shows from across the years to a shortlist of 50 for viewers to vote for their most-loved BBC Television Show. The final 50 included everything from drama to comedy to entertainment to factual and natural history. The panel comprised of Sara Wallis, Mirror TV Columnist, David Butcher, Radio Times’ Choices Editor, Dick Fiddy, BFI Archive TV Programmer and Hanna Flint, Freelance Movie and TV critic and MTV Movies Host.



We opened up the vote to YOU and here are the results!



Only Fools and Horses THE WINNER!

Doctor Who

Strictly Come Dancing

Line of Duty

Call The Midwife

Gavin and Stacey

Fawlty Towers

Blackadder

Morecambe and Wise Show

The Vicar of Dibley

Dad's Army

Planet Earth I and II

Killing Eve

Dinnerladies

Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister

Sherlock

The Good Life

Top of the Pops

The Royle Family

Blue Peter

Thank you to everyone who voted!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/lqz1zGNBLkCpb6ZYHPqSpG/the-one-show-s-most-loved-bbc-tv-show-the-results

[dav]

... Vivian?

[Lizuka #BLM]

Not that I have the most exposure to BBC, but I've heard of a lot of that list yet not the winner.

[Mozenrath]

Is the Vicar of Dibley any relation to Dwayne Dibley?

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Jan 29, 2022 10:04:51 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Not that I have the most exposure to BBC, but I've heard of a lot of that list yet not the winner.

Only Fools and Horses never seemed to make a splash abroad the way shows like Red Dwarf and Black Adder did. I'm surprised really, it's not like the Royle Family where if you're not British you won't get it.

Though it's got a big following in Serbia for some reason.

[Sir Woodrow]

Good for Del Boy and Dave

[Perpetual Nirvana]

I thought it was saying The One Show was the most loved BBC show which I was ready to moan about but I can't complain about the actual winner.

Also this guy's name:

Dick Fiddy, BFI Archive TV Programmer

[Square]

Fame Academy was robbed

[Deleted]

... <looks around nervously>... Only Fool's and Horses is overrated! <runs>

I mean its fine and honestly has some amazing moments. But it's been raised to this grand pillar of sitcom comedy for over 30 years that I don't think is warranted. It's good. Just not best show ever good and it gets to the top of these kind of lists with consistent regularity.

I can understand why it never made it's way across the Atlantic. It's a very specific type of English show, about a certain type of English person in a certain era, that I don't think would have translated well overseas, whereas Red Dwarf, Blackadder and Monty Pythons loonier aspects makes it more universal.

Also what was the weird drama prequel they did where they explore Rodney's actual bio dad?

[SmashTV]

I had a feeling that would win.

[DiBiase is Good]

Jan 29, 2022 14:44:24 GMT -5 @flaminghalo said:

... <looks around nervously>... Only Fool's and Horses is overrated! <runs>

I mean its fine and honestly has some amazing moments. But it's been raised to this grand pillar of sitcom comedy for over 30 years that I don't think is warranted. It's good. Just not best show ever good and it gets to the top of these kind of lists with consistent regularity.

I can understand why it never made it's way across the Atlantic. It's a very specific type of English show, about a certain type of English person in a certain era, that I don't think would have translated well overseas, whereas Red Dwarf, Blackadder and Monty Pythons loonier aspects makes it more universal.

Also what was the weird drama prequel they did where they explore Rodney's actual bio dad?

I love OFAH but it’s not as good as other British sitcoms. The big issue with it here is that it’s always on. The channel Gold seems to have them on an infinite loop of repeats and I’ve seen each episode so many times, they start to list their shine.
I know, other channels are available and no one is forcing me to watch them but it’s over-exposed in general.
I also get a bit pissed off by the British public always lavishing praise on David Jason and not Nicholas Lyndhurst. Not that David Jason isn’t worthy of the praise for his career but a lot of people seem to behave as if OFAF’s success is down to Jason and the writer. The show would never have worked without the cast it had but without a strong straight man role, it would have sunk without trace and Lyndhurst should get the same amount of praise as Jason gets.

[thechase]

Jan 29, 2022 15:24:00 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

Jan 29, 2022 14:44:24 GMT -5 @flaminghalo said:

... <looks around nervously>... Only Fool's and Horses is overrated! <runs>

I mean its fine and honestly has some amazing moments. But it's been raised to this grand pillar of sitcom comedy for over 30 years that I don't think is warranted. It's good. Just not best show ever good and it gets to the top of these kind of lists with consistent regularity.

I can understand why it never made it's way across the Atlantic. It's a very specific type of English show, about a certain type of English person in a certain era, that I don't think would have translated well overseas, whereas Red Dwarf, Blackadder and Monty Pythons loonier aspects makes it more universal.

Also what was the weird drama prequel they did where they explore Rodney's actual bio dad?

I also get a bit pissed off by the British public always lavishing praise on David Jason and not Nicholas Lyndhurst.

I feel it too. Nic led a great show in his own right called Goodnight Sweetheart. Shocked to find it's not in the top twenty because it ran for quite a while and even got a revival pilot a few years ago.

[Totorob101]

Jan 29, 2022 15:53:51 GMT -5 thechase said:

Jan 29, 2022 15:24:00 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

I also get a bit pissed off by the British public always lavishing praise on David Jason and not Nicholas Lyndhurst.

I feel it too. Nic led a great show in his own right called Goodnight Sweetheart. Shocked to find it's not in the top twenty because it ran for quite a while and even got a revival pilot a few years ago.

As much as I love OFAH,I always loved Goodnight Sweetheart far more and was bummed they never made a new series of it after the excellent one off a few years back,Nick is a wonderful actor and just as good and funny as David.

[thechase]

Vicar of Dibley I'd also says gets over-ran a lot, though I shouldn't really speak ill of it given it's cast have been dropping like flies lately...

[The Ichi]

IDK, OFAH always gives me DX driving a tank vibes where it's treated like a bigger deal than it was. At least Strictly didn't win though.

[cj3]

But where is Mrs. Browns Boys?!?

[The Ichi]

Jan 29, 2022 16:24:04 GMT -5 cj3 said:

But where is Mrs. Browns Boys?!?

In the deepest bowels of hell where it belongs.

[DiBiase is Good]

Killing Eve shouldn’t be anywhere near the top 20 IMO.
The first series was good but by the end of Series 2 it had gone downhill.

[Sir Woodrow]

*Ahem*

And where is 'Allo 'Allo?

[DiBiase is Good]

Jan 29, 2022 17:08:29 GMT -5 Sir Woodrow said:

*Ahem*

And where is 'Allo 'Allo?

Where it belongs. As far away as possible from everything.