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English-language British television shows

  • The X Factor (British TV series)A Facebook campaign beat the British TV show The X Factor to Christmas number one in 2009.
  • The Planets (1999 TV series)The Planets, a 1999 TV series, put Apollo commanders and Soviet space veterans on screen together.
  • Doctor WhoDoctor Who first aired 80 seconds late because Kennedy news ran long. The BBC show began on November 23, 1963.
  • EastEndersTwo BBC creators invented 23 characters for EastEnders in just 14 days on a Lanzarote holiday.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerThe Rings of Power title sequence was built from sand shaped by sound. It took seven months to complete.
  • The Beatles Anthology (TV series)The Beatles Anthology began as a 1971 film that almost nobody saw. Neil Aspinall's workprint sat unused for years.
  • Peaky Blinders (TV series)Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight's British crime drama, left a mark that the Office for National Statistics could measure in baby names. In 2018, the name Arthur entered the top 10 boys' names for the first time since the 1920s. Ada jumped…
  • Granada ReportsJoy Division made its television debut on Granada Reports in 1978. They played Shadowplay on the North West news show.
  • Antiques RoadshowAntiques Roadshow began as a one-off BBC documentary filmed in Hereford in 1977.
  • The Beatles: Get BackPeter Jackson almost turned down The Beatles: Get Back. He expected the breakup bitterness he had heard about.
  • Space Race (TV series)Space Race, a BBC series, follows two rival rocket engineers instead of astronauts.
  • Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)Cowboy Bebop's original director stopped watching Netflix's live-action version at a casino scene.

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