100 Greatest (UK TV series)

100 Greatest is a long-running TV strand on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom that has been broadcasting since 1999. 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. They are also repeated on E4 on Saturday nights. The single "Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out!" (by Bentley Rhythm Ace) has featured in the soundtrack of some of the earlier programmes, while others include various tracks from the Daft Punk album Discovery.

Original series

100 Greatest TV Moments (11 September 1999) - presented by Graham Norton
100 Greatest TV Ads (29 April 2000)^[1] - presented by Graham Norton
100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell (9 September 2000)^[2] - presented by Zoe Ball
100 Greatest No. 1s (6 January 2001) - presented by Graham Norton
100 Greatest TV Characters (5-6 May 2001) - presented by Ardal O'Hanlon
100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows (27 August 2001)^[3] - presented by Jamie Theakston (with puppet characters Sooty and Sweep)
100 Greatest Film Moments (24-25 November 2001)
100 Greatest TV Treats of 2001 (29 December 2001) - presented by Jamie Theakston
100 Greatest Sporting Moments (12 & 19 January 2002)^[4] - presented by Vinnie Jones, with additional narration from Dickie Davies
100 Greatest World Cup Moments (18 May 2002) - presented by Bob Mortimer
100 Greatest Films (29 December 2002)
100 Greatest TV Treats of 2002 (31 December 2002)
100 Greatest Movie Stars (4-5 May 2003) - presented by Richard E. Grant
100 Greatest Scary Moments (25-26 October 2003)^[5] - presented by Jimmy Carr
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (29 November 2003) - presented by Anna Chancellor
100 Greatest TV Treats of 2003 (24 December 2003)
100 Greatest Musicals (26-27 December 2003) - presented by Denise Van Outen
The Ultimate Film (27-28 November 2004) - presented by John Cleese
100 Greatest Christmas Moments (24 December 2004)^[6] - presented by Jimmy Carr
100 Greatest TV Treats of 2004 (26 December 2004)
100 Greatest Pop Videos (6 February 2005) - presented by Jimmy Carr
100 Greatest Tearjerkers (13 February 2005)^[7] - presented by Jimmy Carr^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
100 Greatest Cartoons (27 February 2005)^[12] - presented by Jimmy Carr
100 Greatest Albums (17 April 2005)^[13] - narrated by Alexander Armstrong
100 Greatest War Films (14-15 May 2005) - presented by Sean Pertwee
100 Greatest Family Films (22-23 December 2005) - narrated by Bob Hoskins
100 Greatest Funny Moments (26 February 2006) - presented by Rob Brydon
100 Greatest Sex Symbols (24 February 2007) - presented by Anna Chancellor
100 Greatest Stand-Ups (18 March 2007)^[14] - narrated by Ann Bryson
100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2010 (10 April 2010) - updated list, narrated by Ann Bryson
100 Greatest World Cup Moments of All Time! (13 June 2010) - updated list, presented by Bob Mortimer
100 Greatest Toys (19 December 2010) - presented by Jonathan Ross^[15]
100 Greatest Gadgets^[16] (29 August 2011) - presented by Stephen Fry

Spin-off series

100 Worst Britons (10 May 2003) - presented by Jimmy Carr (a tongue-in-cheek response to the popular BBC Two 100 Greatest Britons series, broadcast in 2002. To maintain a light-hearted tone, voters were only permitted to nominate living persons who were not currently in jail, meaning that figures such as Oswald Mosley, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan King, Harold Shipman and Myra Hindley did not appear)
100 Worst Pop Records (1 January 2004) - presented by Jimmy Carr, with additional narration from Ann Bryson
The Comedian's Comedian (1 January 2005) - presented by Jimmy Carr
50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (3 April 2005) - presented by Tom Baker
50 Greatest Documentaries (9 October 2005) - presented by Zoë Wanamaker
50 Greatest Comedy Films (1 January 2006) - presented by Stephen Fry
50 Greatest One Hit Wonders (7 May 2006) - presented by Justin Lee Collins
50 Films to See Before You Die (22 July 2006) - narrated by Richard Teideman
50 Greatest TV Dramas (3 February 2007) - presented by Miriam Margoyles
The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (14 April 2007) - presented by Simon Pegg
Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (4 January 2008) - narrated by Ardal O'Hanlon
50 Greatest Pop Videos (17 July 2010) - presented by Kimberly Walsh
50 Greatest Plastic Surgery Shockers (4 December 2010)
50 Greatest Wedding Shockers (23 April 2011)

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^ Coffey, Kate (16 October 2007). "Why I Love…The 100 Greatest… shows". Radio Times. http://www.radiotimes.com/blogs/121-why-i-lovethe-100/. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
^ Sutcliffe, Thomas (11 February 2005). "It's enough to make you weep". The Independent. London. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/its-enough-to-make-you-weep-1529987.html. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
^ "Top 10 Tearjerkers". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-5191/Top-10-tearjerkers.html. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
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^ "Thom Yorke Debuts New Songs At Trade Justice - Xfm". 2005-04-18. Archived from the original on 2008-07-21. http://www.webcitation.org/5ZTWhqd4N. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "Alexei Sayle: My Land Rover gave up on the BBC near Dover - Motoring, Life & Style - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk". 2007-08-07. Archived from the original on 2008-07-21. http://www.webcitation.org/5ZTu25Kg5. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross - Series and Episodes". Channel 4. undated. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5v6CUqWT8. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
^ "Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets". Channel 4. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/stephen-frys-100-greatest-gadgets. Retrieved 2 January 2012.