Talk:List of British television programmes

[Untitled]
Is this a list of TV series made in / by UK or a list of series shown on UK TV?


 * made in and shown in UK. So Imports should not be listed. Graham 08:19, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Anoymous says: Added a link for 'Smuggler', A UK tv series shown in NZ in the early 80's. Have not found any documentation or records on the net for this series. The series was set in Cornwall around 1750.

Order vs Classification
I reckon the lists should be amalgamated in alphabetical order and each entry annotated with the "classification" as per the current header. This format should also be extended to the other lists referenced (at least some of which are already in order but unclassified). If no-one objects mightily I'll take a swipe at it at lunch. --Phil 10:51, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)

In preparation, the current classifications are as follows: These or slight variations are OK with me: any objections/additions? I will assume that combinations of these are acceptable where appropriate (which makes my intended scheme more flexible). --Phil 10:57, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Animated
 * Children's
 * Comedy/Satire
 * Drama/Action
 * Factual
 * Game Show
 * Music
 * Science Fiction
 * Situation Comedy
 * Soap Opera

OK, I've modified the categories a bit for context. I've merely copied the existing categories so there is probably some adjustment needed, plus multiple categories where appropriate.

On that subject, I assume that it is helpful to distinguish "comedy" game shows from others, the major distiguishing feature being that the latter involve members of the public competing for money as opposed to the former involving comedians (however defined :-) competing for laughs? --Phil 12:50, Feb 11, 2004 (UTC)

I've done a bit of reclassification. It's not always easy to sum up a programme in a couple of words, but I've sought to distinguish Game Shows (in which members of the public play) from Panel Games (in which "celebrities" play). Also it seems that everything without a script gets thrown in the "reality" bucket these days, so I'm trying to distinguish different strands. As far as I'm aware, "reality" only started to be used as a genre term when 24-hour total-immersion gameshows like Survivor and Big Brother (UK) came along; previously shows like Airport were described as "docusoaps", and horrible though the term may be, I think it's useful to distinguish these from the gameshow type. Then there are shows like Faking It and Wife Swap, which don't really fit into either strand (they're not game shows, even though FI does have a climactic challenge, and they're not docusoaps because "characters" don't carry through from one episode to the next). Faking It I would characterise as a variety of makeover show (I've listed it as "Makeover/challenge"), I don't really know what to call Wife Swap. Bonalaw 12:30, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

"The" Problem
How are we going to sort all the TV programmes starting with the word "The"? For example, should we list all the "The" entries in the T section ('The' begins with 'T' - duh), or perhaps put them into sections which are relevant to their second word (for example, 'The Day Today' would be in the 'D' section - 'Day' begins with 'D', totally ignoring the 'The'). It isn't a big problem, I was just pointing it out so the page can look more organized. If we go with the second approach, I suggest listing the entries as 'Day Today, The'. On a side note, the pun in "'The' Problem" was totally intended. King Wagga 10:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Am I the only one to remember a British series (70's to 80's) called Hazell? It had Janis Ian's "Fly Too High" as its theme tune and Nicholas Ball as the eponymous lead.86.148.255.213 21:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)Northerner

Missing Shows
I think there should be a section in the discussion page about the shows that are not yet listed in the article, for example Mile High http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_high —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.80.199.7 (talk) 20:18, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

What is British?
Does a programme actually have to be made in the UK? e.g. Most animation these days is made in South Korea regardless of whether it is a UK, US or Japanese programme. I am wondering about Octonauts which is commissioned and presumably paid for by CBeebies but produced by an Irish (Eire) animation studio who I think sub-contract the actual animation work to South Korea. Meanwhile the intellectual property rights for the title are owned by whatever sleazy IP company bought them off whichever IP company owned them last year and are probably based in Luxembourg or Liberia or somewhere! Samatarou (talk) 00:22, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

date
to make the list usable add dates shown or at least first date, especially series that do not run for decades like dr who. also channel can help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.82.80.251 (talk) 06:26, 7 February 2015 (UTC)