Sherlock is a British mystery crime drama television series based on the Sherlock Holmes detective novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this updated take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mystery novels, the eccentric detective prowls the streets of modern London in search of clues.

The script, acting, and direction of Sherlock have all been praised. It has been nominated for a number of prizes, including Emmys, BAFTAs, and a Golden Globe, and has won a number of them. At the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, the show took home three awards. It won Outstanding Television Movie two years later. In 2011, the show was also recognized with a Peabody Award. Since 2001, the third season has been the most-watched drama series in the United Kingdom. Sherlock has been licensed in 180 countries.

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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Comedy-drama

Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Vinette Robinson, Tanya Moodie, Siobhan Hewlett
Premiered: July 25, 2010
Network: BBC One

Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom created by John Sullivan and written by him. From 1981 to 1991, seven seasons were shown on BBC One in the United Kingdom, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials airing until the show ended in 2003. Classic comedy following the misadventures of two rogue traders Del and Rodney Trotter, two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

The show did not start off well with viewers and had little promotion at first, but it eventually grew in popularity and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (previously described as the final episode) retains the record for the greatest UK audience for a sitcom episode, with 24.3 million people. The series had an impact on British culture, and various terms and phrases were introduced into the English language as a result of it. It inspired a plethora of goods, including books, movies, DVDs, toys, and board games, among other things.

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Genre: Sitcom

Actors: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Lennard Pearce, Kenneth MacDonald
Premiered: September 8, 1981
Network: BBC One

Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom created by John Cleese and Connie Booth that aired on BBC2 from 1975 and 1979. Basil Fawlty, an inept and hysterical English hotel owner and manager, isn't cut out for the job. He's a tyrant, a jerk, and a paranoid. As Basil tries to run the hotel, he is continually attacked verbally (and sometimes physically) by his unhelpful wife Sybil and hindered by Manuel, their Spanish waiter, who is incompetent yet easy to target.

It was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute in 2000, and it was named the greatest ever British TV sitcom by a panel of comedy experts compiled by the Radio Times in 2019. Cleese won the BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance in 1980, and Basil Fawlty came in second place on Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters in 2001.

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Genre: Sitcom, Farce

Actors: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, Ballard Berkeley
Premiered: September 19, 1975
Network: BBC Two

From 1983 until 1989, Blackadder was a series of four-period British sitcoms, as well as various one-off episodes, that were broadcast on BBC One. Set in England during the end of the War of the Roses. In actuality, Henry VII did not win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost it, and despite Richard III dying in the fight, his nephew King Richard IV (who was not smothered while still a child in the Tower of London) reigned for a time. The plot revolves around Richard IV's younger son, Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward known as the 'Black Adder.' Edmund plots his ascent to power with the help of his grungy servant and the idiotic Lord Percy.

The fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth, was named 16th in the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programs in 2000. Edmund Blackadder was placed third on Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters in a survey conducted in 2001. Blackadder was chosen the second-best British sitcom of all time in a 2004 television survey, behind only Only Fools & Horses. Empire magazine listed it as the 9th best television show of all time.

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Genre: Period sitcom

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray
Premiered: 1983
Network: BBC One

Line of Duty is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. After refusing to be a part of a cover-up concerning an accidental shooting, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott is assigned to a police anti-corruption team. AC-12, a notorious police anti-corruption team, is investigated in this drama series.

The first season premiered on BBC Two on June 26, 2012, and it was the show's best-performing drama series in ten years, with a total viewership of 4.1 million viewers. It was named one of the top 50 BBC Two shows of all time, as well as one of the top 80 BBC shows of all time. The series was named ninth in The Independent's top twenty police shows of all time in 2016, and third in a Radio Times poll of the best British crime dramas of all time in 2018.

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Genre: Police procedural

Actors: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Kelly Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Adrian Dunbar
Premiered: June 26, 2012
Network: BBC Two, BBC One

Monty Python's Flying Circus (abbreviated MPFC) is a British surreal sketch comedy series developed by and starring Monty Python's Flying Circus. This is the Monty Python troupe's first bizarre sketch comedy presentation. The irreverent Monty Python comedy troupe performs a series of weird, raunchy, uncompromising, obscene sketches, all of which are always hilarious.

After originally failing to attract an audience in the United States, the show acquired popularity in the United States after member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service began showing it in 1974. The Pythons went on live tours and made three more films as a result of their popularity on both sides of the Atlantic, while the individual Pythons flourished in solo careers. Monty Python's Flying Circus has had a significant impact on both comedy and popular culture.

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Genre: Sketch comedy, Surreal comedy, Satire, Black comedy

Actors: John Cleese, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle
Premiered: October 5, 1969
Network: BBC One

Since 1963, the BBC has broadcast Doctor Who, a British science-fiction television series. The Doctor, a Time Lord from the Gallifreyan race, travels through time and space with his companions on their ship, the TARDIS (an acronym for Time and Relative Dimension in Space). And in the journey, the Doctor regenerates into a new form from time to time.

The show is an important part of British popular culture, and it has a cult following in other countries. It has impacted generations of television professionals in the United Kingdom, many of whom grew up watching the show. Whovians are a term used to describe fans of the show. Based on overall broadcast ratings, DVD and book sales, and iTunes traffic, the show is featured in Guinness World Records as the world's longest-running science fiction television show, as well as the "most successful" science fiction series of all time.

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Genre: Science fiction, Adventure, Drama

Actors: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Tosin Cole, Bradley Walsh
Premiered: March 26, 2005
Network: BBC One

Luther is a British psychological criminal thriller television series developed by Neil Cross that stars Idris Elba as DCI John Luther and Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan. John Luther is a police detective who is exceptionally competent at what he does. He works on murder cases, typically involving serial killers, and he has an amazing ability to get into the killer's mind. His tactics, personality, and difficult private life, on the other hand, sometimes cause him to conflict with his superiors, causing some to see him as a problem rather than a solution.

For his portrayal as John Luther, Elba received a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Elba garnered four nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his work on the show, which has received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations in several categories.

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Genre: Crime Drama, Psychological thriller, Serial drama

Actors: Idris Elba, Ruth Wilson, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown
Premiered: May 4, 2010
Network: BBC One

The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series. When a firm decides to downsize its branches, a branch office faces closure. A documentary film crew follows staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

The Office received mixed reviews during its short first season, but subsequent seasons, notably those starring Steve Carell, gained widespread praise from reviewers as the show's characters, content, structure, and tone diverged significantly from the British original. These seasons were named to multiple reviewers' top TV series lists at the end of the year, and they received numerous honors, including a Peabody Award in 2006, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Golden Globe Award for Carell's performance, among others. The series finale, which was broadcast on May 16, 2013, was seen by an estimated 5.69 million people and received positive reviews.

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Genre: Mockumentary, Workplace comedy, Cringe Comedy, Sitcom

Actors: Ricky Gervais, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis, Martin Freeman, Ralph Ineson
Premiered: August 7, 2002
Network: BBC Two, BBC One

Yes, Minister is a political satire comedy created by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn in the United Kingdom. Jim Hacker is now Prime Minister, and Sir Humphrey Appleby is Cabinet Secretary, following in the footsteps of Yes Minister. Bernard, Hacker's personal secretary, is also there for the voyage. As in past positions, Hacker and Sir Humphrey's duties often devolve into a war of agendas, ideologies, wills, and wits.

It was initially shown on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984 and consisted of three seven-episode episodes. The series won a number of BAFTAs and was chosen sixth in Britain's Best Sitcom poll in 2004. Margaret Thatcher, the then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, had it as her favorite television show.

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Genre: Political satire, British sitcom

Actors: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Deborah Norton, Diana Hoddinott
Premiered: January 9, 1986
Network: BBC Two, Gold (revival)