Here is our top ten of Yorkshire Televison programmes over the 40 years it has been in existence – but we want to know your favourites. Tell us the programmes you loved and why by visiting www. yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
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Rising Damp: A British institution, it captured the mood of the seedier elements of the seventies but was intelligent, dry and astute and even today remains a UK classic.
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The New Statesman: Starring Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard, the selfish Tory boy, it showed YTV was as versatile as its rivals and still capable of breaking new ground 20 years after it launched.
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A Touch of Frost: Now in its 15th season, each episode is a well crafted, polished dainty to be savoured by its audience...already a paid-up member of TV's hall of fame.
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Guildford Four: The documentary led to a public inquiry and the quashing of the convictions of supposed terrorists, and it subsequently helped do the same for the Macguire Seven.
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Too Long A Winter: One of the first documentaries which generated a massive viewer response and made a star of its subject, Hannah Hauxwell.
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Darling Buds of May: It found a place in all our hearts as it explored an idyllic vision of peaceful post-war, rural England; it was a Sunday night slice of heaven.
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Jimmy's: The first ever 'point and shoot' documentary, it arguably gave birth to 'reality tv'.
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Emmerdale: Loved and loathed equally by millions, Yorkshire's very own soap.
9 Countdown: for its sheer longevity and appeal to a mass audience.
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The Beiderbecke Affair: Even now, it's hard to say just what this Alan Plater series was about, but the funny, astute drama of the adventures of two schoolteachers, played by James Bolam and Barbara Flynn, was one of the finest creations of the 1980s and is as good to watch today.
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