The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.

Documentary TV Movie

Miriam Margolyes

(Narrator (voice))

David Tennant

(Self)

Carey Mulligan

(Self)

Russell T Davies

(Self)

Kyle MacLachlan

(Self)

John Hurt

(Self)

Charles Dance

(Self)

Jack Davenport

(Self)

Anne-Marie Duff

(Self)

Damian Lewis

(Self)

Verity Lambert

(Self)

Tim McInnerny

(Self)

Abi Morgan

(Self)

Jean Marsh

(Self)

Anamaria Marinca

(Self)

Robert Lindsay

(Self)

Geraldine James

(Self)

John Simm

(Self)

Mark Strong

(Self)

Joe Ahearne

(Self)

Jon Amiel

(Self)

Anthony Andrews

(Self)

Michael Angelis

(Self)

Annabelle Apsion

(Self)

George Baker

(Self)

Joe Don Baker

(Self)

John Barrowman

(Self)

Carlos Bernard

(Self)

Alan Bleasdale

(Self)

Brian Blessed

(Self)

Steven Bochco

(Self)

Peter Bogdanovich

(Self)

Lorraine Bracco

(Self)

David Chase

(Self)

Sarah Clarke

(Self)

Lorcan Cranitch

(Self)

Gemma Craven

(Self)

Phil Daniels

(Self)

Andrew Davies

(Self)

Drea de Matteo

(Self)

Brian Eastman

(Self)

Christopher Fairbank

(Self)

Peter Flannery

(Self)

Mark Frost

(Self)

Louis Gossett Jr.

(Self)

Robert Iler

(Self)

Mick Jackson

(Self)

John Judd

(Self)

Peter Kosminsky

(Self)

David Leland

(Self)

David Liddiment

(Self)

Daniela Nardini

(Self)

James Nesbitt

(Self)

Bill Paterson

(Self)

Maxine Peake

(Self)

Siân Phillips

(Self)

John Salthouse

(Self)

Nicola Shindler

(Self)

Tony Sirico

(Self)

Alison Steadman

(Self)

Steven Van Zandt

(Self)

Johnny Vegas

(Self)

Bruce Weitz

(Self)

Mal Young

(Self)