Top 50 shows of ALL TIME- scouse influence is big!

[Kev]

The following are Broadcast magazine's 50 most influential televison shows of all time:

Those with a scouse connection are underlined, highlighted, enlarged, whatever!

Entertainment:

::Big BrotherCraig Philips plus other scousers.
Changing Rooms
Comic Relief
Coronation Street
Driving School
The Generation Game
Have I Got News For You
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Morecambe and Wise Show
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Pop Idol
Ready, Steady, Go!
::The Royle FamilyRicky Tomlinson.
Spitting Image
Steptoe and Son
That's Life!
That Was the Week That Was
The Word
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Z Cars

Factual:

Arena Civilisation
Culloden
The Family Life on Earth
Video Diaries
The World At War

Breakfast/Daytime:

The Big Breakfast
::This morningThe most successful years at The Albert Dock.


News and Current Affairs:

Man Alive
News At Ten
Panorama
Police
Sky News
This Week
Tonight
World in Action

Drama:

::Boys from the BlackstuffGritty Drama.
Brideshead Revisited
::BrooksideAddressed many social 'taboos'.
Cathy Come Home
Doctor Who
Edge of Darkness
::The Forsyte SagaFilmed in Liverpool?
The Singing Detective

Children's:

Blue Peter
Teletubbies
Tiswas
Watch With Mother

Sport:

Match of the Day


So there you go. Please correct me if I'm wrong in any way

[Kev]

Additional Info..

. Hard hitting drama Boys from the Blackstuff, by Alan Bleasdale, was first shown in 1982. It follows five working class men from Liverpool facing long term unemployment.

. Prime time soap opera Brookside had executive producer Phil Redmond at the helm. It ran for 21 years before being axed in November 2003.

. Cult show Doctor Who featured Tom Baker.

. Current affairs quiz Have I Got News For You with Jimmy Mulville running the production company.

. The Morecambe and Wise Show written by Eddie Braben.

. Hit show The Royle Family featuring Merseyside's Ricky Tomlinson. The judges said "it portrayed the humdrum nature of working class life far more vividly than any docu-soap ever could."

. Z cars was set on Merseyside. The 1962 show followed policemen on patrol around Kirkby Newtown.