Great Britain knows great television, and these 27 shows are here as proof. From long-running cultural institutions like Doctor Who (1963–present) to recent Emmy favorites like Adolescence (2025), the ...

BritishTV has been around as long as the television itself, although Britain was swiftly overtaken as the frontrunner of small-screen programming by the United States in the immediate postwar period.

Some cult classic TV shows have gained the attention they deserved over the years, but some continue to live in obscurity ...

For most Americans, the first experience with a British TV show is often on PBS. For others, it may come after talking to that insufferable drama student in high school who impersonates his favorite ...

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