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#1Prime Suspect

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Gould

7.8 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

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#2Shooting Stars

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Self

7.7 / 10
Comedy

Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.

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#3GamesMaster

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
FamilyKids

GamesMaster was a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998, and was the first ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games.

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#4Surprise, Surprise

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Self - Co-Presenter

5.7 / 10
Reality

Surprise, Surprise is a British television programme originally hosted by Cilla Black and produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. It ran for 14 series from 6 May 1984 to 5 September 1997, after which four annual specials were produced between 1998 to 2001. In 2012, the show returned after a 11-year hiatus. The revived version is produced by ITV Studios and presented by Holly Willoughby. The show is currently in its second series.

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#5Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
Comedy

The lives of five loveable, 20-somethings are followed in the northern town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, where the friends meet often at a local pub to chat about life and love.

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#6Sooty & Co.

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
KidsComedy

Second incarnation of the childrens puppet show, picking up almost directly where "The Sooty show" left off Sooty, Sweep, Soo and little cousin Scampi continue their adventures with Matthew.

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#7The Krypton Factor

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

7.8 / 10

The Krypton Factor was a British game show produced by Granada Television for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from 7 September 1977 to 20 November 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns. Contestants from across the United Kingdom and Ireland competed in a series of rounds that tested their physical stamina and mental attributes. The title of the show is a reference to Superman's home planet Krypton, the title perceiving that the contestants had strong superhuman "powers" for taking part in the challenges they were set.

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#8Cluedo

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Himself

6.8 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.

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#9Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
DramaComedy

Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb, whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency. Events move at lightning speed and the whole family, including Ashley's fraternal twin sister Jade, are affected. The first episode was shown on BBC Three on Sunday, 11 June 2006 at 10pm, with weekly episodes until the finale, which aired on 2 July 2006. The first series was shown for the first time on BBC One in August 2007, in the run up to the premiere of the second series on BBC Three. The second series began on 16 September 2007 at 9pm, again with weekly episodes until the finale on 22 October 2007. As yet, the BBC have not cleared the series for release on DVD.

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