''100 Greatest'' is a long-running TV strand on

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in the

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that has been broadcasting from 11 September 1999 to 10 October 2015, originating in

Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV (TV network), ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from stud ...

’s Factual Features department under Executive Producer Mark Robinson. The "list show" programmes are generally public polls, and reflect the votes of visitors to the Channel 4 website. However, the results of some of the polls are determined by experts. The programmes are usually broadcast in the weekend schedule, in three- or four-hour blocks, throughout the year. Although the strand has never been officially retired, there have been no new editions since 2015. They are also repeated on E4 on Saturday nights or on Sunday nights.

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Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), better known by his stage name Graham Norton, is an Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter. Well known for his work in the UK, he is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy ...

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Death of Princess Diana In the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died from injuries sustained earlier that day in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Dodi Fayed, Diana's partner, and Henri Paul, their chauffeur, were found d ...

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Fall of the Berlin Wall The fall of the Berlin Wall (german: Mauerfall) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, was a pivotal event in world history which marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain and one of the series of eve ...

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1966 FIFA World Cup Final The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup. The match was contested by England and West Germany, with England ...

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Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until t ...

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Assassination of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was in the vehicle with ...

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Bohemian Rhapsody "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth album, '' A Night at the Opera'' (1975). Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, the song is a six-minute suite, notable for its lack ...

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Every Breath You Take "Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album ''Synchronicity'' (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart for ei ...

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The Drugs Don't Work "The Drugs Don't Work" is a song by English rock band the Verve. The song was written by Richard Ashcroft and is featured on their third studio album, ''Urban Hymns'' (1997). It was released on 1 September 1997 as the second single from the albu ...

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Don't Look Back in Anger "Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by English rock band Oasis. It was written by the band's guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher. The song was produced by Gallagher and Owen Morris. Released on 19 February 1996 as the fifth single fro ...

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(Everything I Do) I Do It for You "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Written by Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the power ballad was the lead single for both the soundtrack album from the 1991 film '' Robi ...

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Basil Fawlty Basil Fawlty is the main character of the 1970s British sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'', played by John Cleese. The proprietor of the hotel Fawlty Towers, he is a cynical and misanthropic snob, desperate to belong to a higher social class. His attempts ...

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Fawlty Towers ''Fawlty Towers'' is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television ...

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Niles Crane Niles Crane (born 1957) is a fictional character on the American sitcom ''Frasier'', a spin-off of the television show ''Cheers''. He was portrayed by David Hyde Pierce. Niles is the younger brother of Frasier Crane (played by Kelsey Grammer). ...

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Jamie Theakston James Paul Theakston (born 21 December 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, and actor. He co-presented the former Saturday morning BBC One children's show ''Live & Kicking'', alongside Zoe Ball between 1996 and 1999. He co-hosted ...

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Grange Hill ''Grange Hill'' is a British Children's television series, children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical Comprehensive school (England and Wales), comprehensive school. The show began its ru ...

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line ''Masters of the Universe''. The show, often referred to as simply ''He-Man'', was one of the most popular anima ...

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The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, ...

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The Godfather Part II ''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. ''Part II'' s ...

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The Shawshank Redemption ''The Shawshank Redemption'' is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption''. It tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), w ...

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Pulp Fiction ''Pulp Fiction'' is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary.See, e.g., King (2002), pp. 185–7; ; Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhame ...

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Some Like It Hot ''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitney and N ...

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Gladiator A gladiator ( la, gladiator, "swordsman", from , "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gla ...

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Blade Runner ''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick' ...

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Schindler's List ''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film fo ...

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Goodfellas ''Goodfellas'' (stylized ''GoodFellas'') is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book '' Wis ...

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Dickie Davies Richard John Davies (born 30 April 1933) is a retired British television sports presenter, who anchored '' World of Sport'' from 1968 until 1985. Early life Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School after passing his eleven-plus; he then did ...

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Bob Mortimer Robert Renwick Mortimer (born 23 May 1959) is an English comedian, podcast presenter and actor. He is known for his work with Vic Reeves as part of their Vic and Bob comedy double act, and more recently the '' Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing ...

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Harry Hill Matthew Keith Hall (born 1 October 1964), known professionally as Harry Hill, is an English comedian, presenter and writer. He pursued a career in stand-up following years working as a medical doctor, developing an off-beat, energetic performan ...

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Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino (; ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy ...

Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles before gaining a leading man status in film and television. Spacey has received various accolades ...

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Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure. He received numerous ...

Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolad ...

Sean Connery Sir Sean Connery (born Thomas Connery; 25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond on film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Origina ...

Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British ...

Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...

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Jimmy Carr James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is a British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer, and actor. He is known for his deadpan delivery of controversial one-liners and distinctive laugh, for which he has been both praised and criti ...

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Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

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Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. S ...

Jade Goody Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was an English television personality. She came to public prominence in 2002 when she appeared on the third series of the Channel 4 reality show '' Big Brother''. She went on to s ...

Martin Bashir Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's ''Panorama'' programme, for which he interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995. Although the intervie ...

Gareth Gates Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show ''Pop Idol'' in 2002. As of 2008, Gates had sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is ...

Sir Alex Ferguson Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all tim ...

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Geri Halliwell Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, author, and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. With over 100 million records ...

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The Shining (film) ''The Shining'' is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall ...

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty W ...

Jaws (film) ''Jaws'' is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist ( Richard Dreyfuss) and a profess ...

Alien (film) ''Alien'' is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug ''Nostromo'', who, after coming across a ...

The Blair Witch Project ''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (director), Eduardo Sánchez. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Mic ...

# Ring (film) #

Halloween (1978 film) ''Halloween'' is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut) and Donald Pleasence, with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in ...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, ...

The Omen ''The Omen'' is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer ...

A Nightmare On Elm Street ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment in the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp ...

Psycho (1960 film) ''Psycho'' is a 1960 American psychological horror Psychological thriller, thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the Psycho (novel), 1959 novel of the same name by Rober ...

The Evil Dead ''The Evil Dead'' is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, produced by Robert Tapert and executive produced by Raimi, Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, who also starred alongside Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeMan ...

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

Squeeze (The X-Files) "Squeeze" is the third episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series ''The X-Files''. It premiered on the Fox network on September 24, 1993. "Squeeze" was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong and directed by Harry ...

Seven (1995 film) ''Seven'' (stylized as ''Se7en'') is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and John C. McGinley. Set in a crime-ridden, unnamed cit ...

Friday the 13th (1980 film) ''Friday the 13th'' is a 1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, ...

# An American Werewolf In London #

The Thing (1982 film) ''The Thing'' is a 1982 American Science fiction film, science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell Jr. novella ''Who Goes There?'', it tells t ...

28 Days Later ''28 Days Later'' is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover the accidental release of a highly contagi ...

Hellraiser ''Hellraiser'' is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, and produced by Christopher Figg, based on Barker's 1986 novella ''The Hellbound Heart''. The film marked Barker's directorial debut. Its plot invol ...

Don't Look Now ''Don't Look Now'' ( it, A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking, lit=In Venice... a shocking red December) is a 1973 English-language film in the thriller genre directed by Nicolas Roeg, adapted from the 1971 short story by Daphne du Mauri ...

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company, ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cance ...

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Scream (1996 film) ''Scream'' is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. The film stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore. Rel ...

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) ''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', the film was primarily directed by ...

The League Of Gentlemen ''The League of Gentlemen'' is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the lives o ...

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

Jam (TV series) ''Jam'' is a British experimental black comedy sketch show, created, written, produced and directed by Chris Morris. It was broadcast on Channel 4 between 23 March and 27 April 2000. It was based on the earlier BBC Radio 1 show, ''Blue Jam'', ...

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Carrie (1976 film) ''Carrie'' is a 1976 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay written by Lawrence D. Cohen, adapted from Stephen King's 1974 epistolary novel of the same name. The film stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White ...

The Silence of the Lambs (film) ''The Silence of the Lambs'' is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunt ...

Poltergeist (1982 film) ''Poltergeist'' is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. It stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson and Beatrice Straight, and wa ...

Carry On Screaming! ''Carry On Screaming!'' is a 1966 British black comedy horror film, the twelfth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was the last of the series to be made by Anglo-Amalgamated before the series moved to The Rank Organisati ...

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Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

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Richard Hillman Richard Charles Hillman is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Brian Capron. He first appeared on 20 June 2001 and became the show's main antagonist until his eventual departure on 14 March 2 ...

The Sixth Sense ''The Sixth Sense'' is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead. Released by ...

The Wicker Man ''The Wicker Man'' is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 ...

Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...

Come to Daddy (song) "Come to Daddy" is a song by British electronic music producer Richard D. James, released under his main pseudonym Aphex Twin. It was released as a single through Warp Records on 6 October 1997, coinciding with the lengthier extended play releas ...

# Dracula: Prince of Darkness #

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 musical-fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes with a screenplay co-written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel '' Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car'' (1964). The film stars ...

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...

The Daleks ''The Daleks'' (also known as ''The Mutants'' and ''The Dead Planet'') is the second serial in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC TV in seven weekly parts from 21 December 1963 to ...

The Others (2001 film) ''The Others'' ( es, Los otros) is a 2001 English-language Spanish gothic supernatural psychological horror film written, directed, and scored by Alejandro Amenábar. It stars Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassid ...

Ghostwatch ''Ghostwatch'' is a British reality– horror/pseudo-documentary television film, first broadcast on BBC1 on Halloween night, 1992. Written by Stephen Volk, and directed by Lesley Manning, the drama was produced for the BBC anthology series ''S ...

Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries) ''Salem's Lot'' (also known as ''Salem's Lot: The Movie'', ''Salem's Lot: The Miniseries'' and ''Blood Thirst'') is a 1979 American miniseries television adaptation of the 1975 horror novel '' 'Salem's Lot'' by Stephen King. Directed by To ...

The Birds (film) ''The Birds'' is a 1963 American natural horror-thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Loosely based on the 1952 short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird ...

The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) "The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio drama, radio series ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel ''The War of the Worlds'' (1898). It was perform ...

The Vanishing (1988 film) ''The Vanishing'' ( nl, Spoorloos, literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a 1988 thriller film directed by George Sluizer, adapted from the novella ''The Golden Egg'' (1984) by Tim Krabbé. It stars Gene Bervoets as a man who searches ...

Final Destination (film) ''Final Destination'' is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong, with a screenplay written by Wong, Glen Morgan, and Jeffrey Reddick, based on a story by Reddick. It is the first installment in the ''Final Destination ...

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' is a 1956 American science fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film was shot in Superscope and in the film ...

Les Diaboliques (film) ''Les Diaboliques'' (, released as ''Diabolique'' in the United States and variously translated as ''The Devils'' or ''The Fiends'') is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret ...

# AIDS: Don't Die of Ignorance #

Hammer House of Horror ''Hammer House of Horror'' is a British television series made in 1980. An anthology series created by Hammer Films in association with Cinema Arts International and ITC Entertainment, it consists of 13 hour-long episodes, originally broadca ...

Rosemary's Baby (film) ''Rosemary's Baby'' is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on Ira Levin's 1967 novel of the same name. The film stars Mia Farrow as a young (soon pregnant) wife living in Manhattan who comes to ...

V The Final Battle ''V: The Final Battle'' (abbreviated as ''V:TFB'') is a 1984 American TV miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1983 miniseries ''V'' written by Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth. Johnson parted ways ...

Night of the Living Dead ''Night of the Living Dead'' is a 1968 American independent horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, with a screenplay by John Russo and Romero, and starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. The story follows seven peop ...

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Marathon Man (film) ''Marathon Man'' is a 1976 American thriller film directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller. In ...

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Little Mo Mitchell Maureen "Little Mo" Slater (previously Morgan and Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Kacey Ainsworth from 18 September 2000 to 26 May 2006. Little Mo originally appeared with a turbulent marria ...

Candyman (1992 film) ''Candyman'' is a 1992 American gothic supernatural horror film, written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, and Vanessa E. Williams. Based on Clive Barker's short story " T ...

Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) ''Tales of the Unexpected (Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected)'' is a British television series that aired between 1979 and 1988. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. E ...

- Royal Jelly #

Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the underground house scene ...

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Quiet as a Nun ''Quiet as a Nun'' is a thriller novel, written by Antonia Fraser. First published in 1977, it features Fraser's sleuthing heroine Jemima Shore as she revisits the convent school where she was educated following the mysterious death of one of ...

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Theatre of Blood ''Theatre of Blood'' (known in the U.S. as ''Theater of Blood'') is a 1973 British horror comedy film directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring Vincent Price as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart and Diana Rigg as his daughter Edwina. The cast als ...

Misery (film) ''Misery'' is a 1990 American psychological thriller film directed by Rob Reiner, based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen. The plot centers ...

Shallow Grave (1994 film) ''Shallow Grave'' is a 1994 British black comedy crime film directed by Danny Boyle, in his feature directorial debut, and starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox. Its plot follows a group of flatmates in Edinburgh who set ...

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# Cracker (British TV series)- Episodes 8 and 9 -To Be A Somebody # The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV series) # Protect and Survive # Dracula (1931 English-language film) # Star Wars - Darth Vader # The Stone Tape # The Thing From Another World # Cat People (1942 film) # The Singing Ringing Tree # Breathe (The Prodigy song) # Alien autopsy # Doomwatch # The Night of the Hunter (film) # L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=20 , Title=100 Greatest Sexy Moments , Aux1=Anna Chancellor , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 11, 29, df=y , Viewers=3.06 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Dr. No (film), Dr. No'' (1962) #''Cruel Intentions'' (1999) #''From Dusk till Dawn'' (1996) #''Out of Sight'' (1998) #''Basic Instinct'' (1992) #''9½ Weeks'' (1986) #''Queer as Folk (UK TV series), Queer as Folk'' (1999) #''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) #''Emmanuelle (film), Emmanuelle'' (1974) #''American Pie (film), American Pie'' (1999) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=21 , Title=The 100 Greatest TV Treats of 2003 , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 12, 24, df=y , Viewers=2.33 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #2003 Rugby World Cup Final, England's World Cup rugby #''Wife Swap (UK TV series), Wife Swap'' #Living with Michael Jackson, Jacko meets Bashir #Den Watts#2003–2005, Dirty Den #Tonight (1999 TV programme)#Controversies, ''Tonight'' Special: The Millionaire Trial #''How Clean Is Your House?'' #United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, Britain score nil points at Eurovision #''Cold Feet'' #Richard Hillman, Tricky Dicky #''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'' {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=22/23 , Title=100 Greatest Musicals , Aux1=Denise Van Outen , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2003, 12, 26, df=y (part one)
{{Start date, 2003, 12, 26, df=y (part two) , Viewers=2.15 (part one)
3.83 (part two) , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Grease (film), Grease'' (1978) #''The Sound of Music (film), The Sound of Music'' (1965) #''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'' (1939) #''West Side Story (1961 film), West Side Story'' (1961) #''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'' (1964) #''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952) #''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) #''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'' (2002) #''Oliver! (film), Oliver!'' (1968) #''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=24 , Title=100 Worst Pop Records , Aux1=Jimmy Carr (presenter)
Ann Bryson (narrator) , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2004, 1, 1, df=y , Viewers=2.99 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #"Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" – The Cheeky Girls #"The Millennium Prayer" – Cliff Richard #"Agadoo" – Black Lace (band), Black Lace #"Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John #"Fast Food Song" – Fast Food Rockers #"Mr Blobby (song), Mr Blobby" – Mr Blobby #"Because We Want To" – Billie Piper, Billie #"Barbie Girl" – Aqua (band), Aqua #"Achy Breaky Heart" – Billy Ray Cyrus #"Jenny from the Block" – Jennifer Lopez {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=25/26 , Title=The Ultimate Film , Aux1=John Cleese (presenter)
Fern Britton (narrator) , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2004, 11, 27, df=y (part one)
{{Start date, 2004, 11, 28, df=y (part two) , Viewers=2.31 (part one)
3.32 (part two) , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (35m admissions, 1940) #''The Sound of Music (film), The Sound of Music'' (30m admissions, 1965) #''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (28m admissions, 1938) #''

'' (20.76m admissions, 1978) #''Spring in Park Lane'' (20.5m admissions, 1948) #''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (20.4m admissions, 1947) #''The Jungle Book (1967 film), The Jungle Book'' (19.8m admissions, 1968) #''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' (18.91m admissions, 1998) #''The Wicked Lady'' (18.4m admissions, 1946) #''The Seventh Veil'' (17.9m admissions, 1945) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=27 , Title=100 Greatest Christmas Moments , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2004, 12, 24, df=y , Viewers=2.04 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #Band Aid (band), Band Aid – "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1984) #''

'' – "A Christmassy Ted" (Christmas Eve 1996) #''The Snowman (1982 film), The Snowman'' (Boxing Day 1982) #''

'' Christmas specials (26 and 27 December 2003) #''

'' Christmas specials (1981–2002) #''The Vicar of Dibley'' Christmas specials (1996–present) #Slade – "Merry Xmas Everybody" (1973) #Wallace and Gromit – ''A Close Shave'' (Christmas Eve 1995) #''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'' (23 December 1988) #''

'' (1946) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=28 , Title=The 100 Greatest TV Treats of 2004 , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2004, 12, 26, df=y , Viewers=1.80 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #The Last One (Friends), Final episode of ''Friends'' #''Big Brother 5 (UK), Big Brother 5'' #An American Girl In Paris (Part Deux), Final episode of ''Sex and the City'' #''Strictly Come Dancing'' #I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' (both series) #''Himalaya with Michael Palin'' #Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Great Britain triumphs at the Olympics #Peter Kay appears in ''

'' #''Green Wing'' #''The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off'' {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=29 , Title=The Comedian's Comedian , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 1, 1, df=yBBC News
/ref> , Viewers=2.63 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #Peter Cook #John Cleese #Woody Allen #Eric Morecambe #Groucho Marx #Tommy Cooper #Laurel and Hardy #Billy Connolly #Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer #Richard Pryor {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=30 , Title=The 100 Greatest Pop Videos , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 2, 6, df=y , Viewers=2.25 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #"Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), Thriller" – Michael Jackson (1983) #"Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)#Music video, Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel (1986) #"Take On Me#Music videos, Take On Me" – A-ha (1985) #"Bohemian Rhapsody#Promotional video, Bohemian Rhapsody" –

(1975) #"Like a Prayer (video), Like a Prayer" – Madonna (entertainer), Madonna (1989) #"Rock DJ#Music videos, Rock DJ" – Robbie Williams (2000) #"Billie Jean#Music video, Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson (1983) #"Bitter Sweet Symphony#Music video, Bitter Sweet Symphony" –

(1997) #"Vogue (Madonna song)#Music video, Vogue" – Madonna (entertainer), Madonna (1990) #"Smells Like Teen Spirit#Music video, Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana (band), Nirvana (1991) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=31 , Title=The 100 Greatest Tearjerkers , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 2, 13, df=y , Viewers=2.08 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) #''The Green Mile (film), The Green Mile'' (1999) #''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' (1997) #''

'' (1946) #''Ghost (1990 film), Ghost'' (1990) #''Bambi'' (1942) #''

'' (1994) #''The Champ (1979 film), The Champ'' (1979) #''Field of Dreams'' (1989) #''My Girl (film), My Girl'' (1991) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=32 , Title=100 Greatest Cartoons , Aux1=Jimmy Carr , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 2, 27, df=y , Viewers=3.14 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 100 , #''

'' (1989–present) #''Tom and Jerry'' (1940–present) #''South Park'' (1997–present) #''Toy Story''/''Toy Story 2'' (1995 & 1999) #''Family Guy'' (1999–present) #''Shrek''/''Shrek 2'' (2000 & 2004) #''The Lion King'' (1994) #''Spirited Away'' (2001) #''The Incredibles'' (2004) #''Bugs Bunny'' (1938–present) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=33 , Title=50 Greatest Comedy Sketches , Aux1=Tom Baker , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 4, 3, df=y , Viewers=3.30 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #"Lou and Andy, Lou and Andy (Swimming Pool)" (''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'') #"Dead Parrot sketch, Petshop/Dead Parrot" (''Monty Python's Flying Circus'') #"Tubbs and Edward, Tubbs and Edward (Road Men)" (''The League of Gentlemen'') #"Vicky Pollard, Vicky Pollard (Swimming Pool)" (''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'') #"Four Candles" (''The Two Ronnies'') #"Going for an English" (''Goodness Gracious Me (BBC), Goodness Gracious Me'') #"Acorn Antiques" (''Victoria Wood as Seen on TV'') #"Morecambe and Wise#The Breakfast Sketch, Breakfast" (''The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series), The Morecambe & Wise Show'') #"Ted and Ralph, Ted and Ralph (Drinking Game)" (''The Fast Show'') #"Good Aids/Bad Aids" (''Brass Eye'') {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=34 , Title=100 Greatest Albums , Aux1=Alexander Armstrong , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 4, 17, df=y , Viewers=2.30 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''OK Computer'' – Radiohead (1997) #''The Joshua Tree'' – U2 (1987) #''Nevermind'' – Nirvana (band), Nirvana (1991) #''Thriller (Michael Jackson album), Thriller'' – Michael Jackson (1982) #''The Dark Side of the Moon'' – Pink Floyd (1973) #''Definitely Maybe'' –

(1994) #''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' –

(1967) #''Like a Prayer (album), Like a Prayer'' – Madonna (entertainer), Madonna (1989) #''Appetite for Destruction'' – Guns N' Roses (1987) #''Revolver (Beatles album), Revolver'' –

(1966) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=35/36 , Title=100 Greatest War Films , Aux1=Sean Pertwee , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 5, 14, df=y (part one)
{{Start date, 2005, 5, 15, df=y (part two) , Viewers=1.63 (part one)
2.34 (part two) , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998) #''Apocalypse Now'' (1979) #''The Great Escape (film), The Great Escape'' (1963) #''

'' (1993) #''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987) #''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986) #''A Bridge Too Far (film), A Bridge Too Far'' (1977) #''Zulu (1964 film), Zulu'' (1964) #''Black Hawk Down (film), Black Hawk Down'' (2001) #''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' (1957) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=37 , Title=50 Greatest Documentaries , Aux1=Zoë Wanamaker , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 10, 9, df=y , Viewers= , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Up Series, Seven Up!'' (1964) #''Touching the Void (film), Touching the Void'' (2003) #''Bowling for Columbine'' (2002) #''The World at War'' (1973) #''Capturing the Friedmans'' (2003) #''The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off'' (2004) #''Life on Earth (TV series), Life on Earth'' (1979) #''Fahrenheit 9/11'' (2004) #''When We Were Kings'' (1996) #'' Faking It'' (2000) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=38/39 , Title=100 Greatest Family Films , Aux1=Bob Hoskins , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2005, 12, 22, df=y (part one)
{{Start date, 2005, 12, 23, df=y (part two) , Viewers=2.26 (part one)
2.93 (part two) , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982) #''Shrek'' (2001) #''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'' (1964) #''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' (2003) #''Toy Story'' (1995) #''The Lion King'' (1994) #''Back to the Future'' (1985) #''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971) #''

'' (1977) #''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'' (1939) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=40 , Title=50 Greatest Comedy Films , Aux1=Stephen Fry , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2006, 1, 1, df=y , Viewers=2.21 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (1979) #''Airplane!'' (1980) #''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004) #''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997) #''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999) #''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' (1975) #''American Pie (film), American Pie'' (1999) #''Blazing Saddles'' (1974) #''There's Something About Mary'' (1998) #''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=41 , Title=100 Greatest Funny Moments , Aux1=Rob Brydon , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2006, 2, 26, df=y , Viewers= , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #Peter Kay #''Have I Got News For You?'' #''Trigger Happy TV'' #''Brass Eye'' #''This Is Spinal Tap'' #''

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#''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' #''Dead Ringers (comedy), Dead Ringers'' #George W. Bush, George Bush #''The Mrs Merton Show'' {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=42 , Title=50 Greatest One Hit Wonders , Aux1=Justin Lee Collins , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2006, 5, 7, df=y , Viewers=1.86 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #"Kung Fu Fighting" – Carl Douglas (September 1974) #"99 Red Balloons" – Nena (March 1984) #"Because I Got High" – Afroman (October 2001) #"Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies (October 1969) #"Can You Dig It (song), Can You Dig It?" – The Mock Turtles (April 1991) #"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" – Monty Python (April 1991) #"Spirit in the Sky#Doctor & the Medics version, Spirit in the Sky" – Doctor and the Medics (June 1986) #"Who Let the Dogs Out?" – Baha Men (October 2000) #"The Safety Dance" – Men Without Hats (November 1983) #"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please" – Splodgenessabounds (June 1980) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=43 , Title=50 Films to See Before You Die , Aux1=Richard Teideman , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2006, 7, 22, df=yBBC News
/ref> , Viewers= , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Apocalypse Now'' (1979) #''The Apartment'' (1960) #''City of God (2002 film), City of God'' (2002) #''Chinatown (1974 film), Chinatown'' (1974) #''Sexy Beast'' (2000) #''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968) #''North by Northwest'' (1959) #''À bout de souffle'' (1960) #''Donnie Darko'' (2001) #''Manhattan (1979 film), Manhattan'' (1979) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=44 , Title=30 Greatest Political Comedies , Aux1=Charles Kennedy & Michael Howard (presenters)
Miranda Richardson (narrator) , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2006, 12, 11, df=y , Viewers= , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''Yes Minister'' (BBC2, 1980–1984) #''Spitting Image'' (ITV (TV network), ITV, 1984–1996) #''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'' (

, 1998–2006) #''Have I Got News for You'' (BBC1/BBC2, 1990–present) #''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (Channel 4, 1990–1998) #''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'' (BBC, 2003–present) #''That Was the Week That Was'' (BBC1, 1962–1963) #''The New Statesman (1987 TV series), The New Statesman'' (ITV, 1987–1992) #''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' (BBC2, 1979–1982) #''Dead Ringers (comedy), Dead Ringers'' (BBC2, 2002–present) {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=45 , Title=50 Greatest Television Dramas , Aux1=Miriam Margolyes , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2007, 2, 3, df=y , Viewers= , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #''The Sopranos'' #''Boys from the Blackstuff'' #''Edge of Darkness'' #''The Singing Detective'' #''Cathy Come Home'' #''The West Wing'' #''Cracker (UK TV series), Cracker'' #''Our Friends in the North'' #''

'' #''Heimat'' {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=46 , Title=100 Greatest Sex Symbols , Aux1=Anna Chancellor , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2007, 2, 24, df=y , Viewers= , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #Angelina Jolie #Elvis Presley #Marilyn Monroe #Beyoncé #Brad Pitt #Lara Croft #George Clooney #Kylie Minogue #Johnny Depp #Scarlett Johansson {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=47 , Title=The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups , Aux1=Ann Bryson , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2007, 3, 18, df=y , Viewers=2.88 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #Billy Connolly #Peter Kay #Eddie Izzard #Richard Pryor #

#Bill Hicks #Bill Bailey #Victoria Wood #Chris Rock #Ross Noble {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber=48 , Title=The World's Greatest Comedy Characters , Aux1=Simon Pegg , OriginalAirDate={{Start date, 2007, 4, 14, df=y , Viewers=1.70 , ShortSummary={{Hidden, Top 10 , #

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