Readers Have
Their Say: The
10 Greatest
British TV
Dramas of
All-Time

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Tuesday,
August 16th, 2011

Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 'Pride & Prejudice'

Weddings. Candy. TV Drama. There are simply some things the Brits traditionally do better than Americans.

In celebration of BBC America’s launch of its new Dramaville block on August 17 – beginning with the 1950s-set spy thriller The Hour – we asked readers to submit their choices for the Greatest British TV Drama of all-time. And certainly the top 10 picks display the diversity of British drama, from grim and gritty crime thrillers, to sumptuous costume drama, to high-concept sci-fi.

Let’s get started with No. 10

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87 Comments

winfield
Posted August 21, 2011 at 5:09 pm | Permalink
i didn’t read every entry to the bottom, but
wanted to add
Survivors
to the extended list.
i was very disappointed that it was not renewed.
Dave Lewis
Posted August 23, 2011 at 9:19 pm | Permalink
These are some of my favorites : As Times Goes By; Keeping Up Appearances: The Avengers, with Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg; The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan); All Creatures Great ad Small; I Claudius; Sherlock Holmes; Faulty Towers; Upstairs, Dpwnstairs; and Dr. Who (John Pertwee and Tom Baker).
mimi
Posted August 25, 2011 at 6:37 pm | Permalink
Pretty good list, but really… how serious can this list be when it’s missing
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Singing Detective. Sheesh.
Lorraine
Posted August 26, 2011 at 8:13 pm | Permalink
Go to Netflix they have several of the series of “Wire in the Blood”. Its an awesome show.
hedge
Posted September 3, 2011 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
No Luther? Luther must be the best of the rest then…complex character driving simple plots….that is good TV.
Evette Yach
Posted November 28, 2011 at 8:57 pm | Permalink
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Mary Jacobs
Posted December 28, 2011 at 11:22 am | Permalink
Trying to condense all the great shows we get from the BBC to just 10 is not an easy thing. I would have liked to see Midsommer Murders,
Wire in the Blood, Foyle’s War, House of Card, Cadfael, they are definitely on my “top 10″ list.