List of BBC television programming - Definition and Overview

An incomplete list of popular BBC produced shows and shows originally produced for BBC TV:

Numbers Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Numbers

• 2point4 children

A

• Absolute Power
  • Originally on BBC Radio 4
• Absolutely Fabulous
• Ace Lightning
• Adam Adamant Lives!
• 'Allo 'Allo!
• Animal Hospital
• Are You Being Served?
• As Time Goes By
• The Ascent of Man
• Auf Wiedersehen Pet
  • originally an ITV show from 1983 - 1986, revived by the BBC in 2002 - 2004

B

• Bagpuss
• Ballykissangel
• Band of Brothers
• Bargain Hunt
• The Big Read
• Bill and Ben
• Birds of a Feather
• Blackadder
• Blackpool
• Blake's 7
• Blue Peter
• The Blue Planet
• Bob the Builder
• Bottom
• Boys from the Blackstuff
• The Brittas Empire
• Bugs

C

• Cambridge Spies
• The Canterbury Tales
• Captain Pugwash
• Casualty
• Cathy Come Home
• Celebdaq
• Century Falls
• Challenge Anneka
• Changing Rooms
• Chucklevision
• Civilisation
• Comedy Playhouse
• Countryfile
• Coupling
• Cutting It

D

• Dad's Army
• Daily Politics
• Dark Season
• Dead Ringers
  • Originally on BBC Radio 4
• Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
• Didn't They Do Well
• Doctor Who
• Doomwatch

E

• Eastenders
• Edge of Darkness
• Eldorado
• Essential Guide to Rocks

F

• Fame Academy
• The Fast Show
• Fawlty Towers
• The Flying Gardener
• Food and Drink
• French and Saunders

G

• Gardener's World
• Gimme Gimme Gimme
• The Good Life
• Goodness Gracious Me
  • Originally on BBC Radio 4
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Grandstand
• Great Britons
• Ground Force
• The Grove Family

H

• Hancock's Half Hour / Hancock
  • Originally on BBC Radio
• Harry Enfield's Television Programme
• Have I Got News For You
  • Television version of BBC Radio 4's News Quiz
• A History of Britain
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Originally on BBC Radio 4
• Hollywood Science
• Home Front
• Horizon
• House of Cards
• Hustle
• The Human Body
• Human Instinct

I

• I'm Alan Partridge

J

• Jackanory
• Jonathan Creek

K

• Keeping Up Appearances

L

• Last of the Summer Wine
• Later with Jools Holland
• The League of Gentlemen
  • Originally on BBC Radio 4 as On the Town with the League of Gentlemen
• The Life of Birds
• The Life of Mammals
• Life on Earth
• Life in the Freezer
• Linda Green
• Little Britain
  • Originally on BBC Radio 4
• The Living Planet

M

• The Man With the Flower in His Mouth
• Manchild
• Mastermind
• Match of the Day
• Meet the Ancestors
• Men Behaving Badly
  • One series for ITV, then transferred to the BBC
• Messiah
• Monarch of the Glen
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• The Morecambe and Wise Show
  • Also on ITV at various times
• My Family
• My Hero

N

• The Naked Chef
• Never Mind The Buzzcocks
• Newsnight
• Newsround
• Nighty Night
• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Noddy
• Not the Nine O'Clock News

O

• The Office
• One Foot in the Grave
• Only Fools and Horses
• Open All Hours
• Our Friends in the North

P

• Panorama
• Parkinson
• Patrick Kielty
• Pennies From Heaven
• Picture Page
• Play for Today
• Porridge
• Postman Pat
• The Power of Nightmares
• The Private Life of Plants

Q

• Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8 / Kuwait and Q9
• The Quatermass Experiment
• Quatermass II
• Quatermass and the Pit
• QI
• A Question of Sport
• Question Time

R

• Ready Steady Cook
• Real Story
• Red Dwarf
• Restoration
• Robot Wars
• Rough Science
• The Royle Family

S

• Science Shack
• See Hear
• Silent Witness
• The Singing Detective
• The Sky at Night
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
• Songs of Praise
• Spooks
• Steptoe and Son
• Strange
• Survivors
• Sykes

T

• Talking to a Stranger
• Teletubbies
• The Telegoons
• The Thin Blue Line
• They Think It's All Over
• Test the Nation
• Theatre 625
• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Till Death Us Do Part
• Timewatch
• Tipping the Velvet
• Tomorrow's World
• Top Gear
• Top of the Pops
• To the Manor Born
• Trials of Life
• The Two Ronnies
• Two Thousand Acres of Sky

U

• University Challenge
  • Originally shown on ITV, still produced by Granada Television
• Up Pompeii

V

• The Vicar of Dibley

W

• Waking the Dead
• Walking With Beasts
• Walking With Cavemen
• Walking With Dinosaurs
  • The Walking With... series were co-produced with the Discovery Channel.
• Watchdog
• The Way We Cooked
• The Weakest Link
• The Wednesday Play
• What Not To Wear
• What The Romans Did For Us
• What The Victorians Did For Us
• Wild In Your Garden
• Wildlife on One / Wildlife on Two
• The Wombles

Y

• Yes, Minister
• Yes, Prime Minister
• The Young Ones

Z

• Z-Cars
• The Zoo Gang
• Zoo Quest

Special events

• Chelsea Flower Show
• Children in Need
• Comic Relief
• Edinburgh Festival
• European Championship
• Eurovision Song Contest
• Glastonbury Festival
• Olympic Games
• Football World Cup
• The Proms

See also

• BBC television drama
• List of television programs
  • Broadcast by ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, UPN, Cartoon Network
  • List of animated series
  • List of British TV shows remade for the American market
  • List of children's television series
  • List of comedies
  • List of game shows
  • List of science fiction television programs
  • List of television commercials
  • List of television spin-offs