The shows that shaped Broadcast
From Animal Kwackers to The Young Ones, the Broadcast team name the programmes that had the biggest impact on them
Drama Masterclasses
Prestige shows including Basi Akpabio on Brideshead Revisited; Jack Thorne on Boys from the Blackstuff; and Aysha Rafaele on The Singing Detective
Cult Classics
Mel Bezalel on Red Dwarf; Ross Bentley on Thunderbirds; Marnie Dickens on Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and other weird and wonderful favourites
Gloss & Glamour
TV’s sassiest and snappiest shows, including Nicola Shindler on Dallas; Sohail Shah on Dynasty; and Damien Timmer on Sons and Daughters
Crime & Punishment
Detective dramas and prison docs from Kieran Doherty on Columbo and Lisa McGee on Murder, She Wrote to Ed Coulthard on The Thin Blue Line
Studio Shows
Shiny-floor successes, from Mark Wells on The Generation Game to Ana de Moreas on Big Brother and Alex Horne on The Krypton Factor
Make ’Em Laugh
Comedy inspirations including Ash Atalla on Alan Partridge; Kirstie Swain on Smack the Pony; and Tania Alexander on Not the Nine O’Clock News
A Window on the World
How TV broadened viewers’ horizons, including Melvyn Bragg on Monitor and David Glover and John Smithson on Horizon
Ordinary Lives
How TV has reflected the UK, including: Danny Brocklehurst on Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Kate Beal on That’s Life!; and Samira Ahmed on Newsround
A love letter to British television
These inspirational shows demonstrate the strength of the industry
Digital Edition
The shows that shaped British television
Sixty leading industry figures pick the programmes that most inspired them