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Message: <blockquote data-quote="soapfan" data-source="post: 424583" data-attributes="member: 354">ITV's 1989 logo retained until present day instead of the BBC's logo from 1997?Below is my list of the all time great ITV programmes since it began in 1955.I should point out though that these programmes mentioned are programmes that have lasted at least 5 series. The Sweeney was overrated and only ran for like 2 series, so it isn’t really much different from the other poor drama series that last 1-4 series, basically they get axed sometimes after one series, they may get a second series if they’re lucky, or a third series, but no more than three or four. Anything that lasts at least 5 series has done well enough and earned its place in television history. I haven’t mentioned some gameshows, as both ITV and the BBC respectively have stolen shows between them i.e. The National Lottery, The Voice UK, The Benny Hill Show, Blankety Blank, Parkinson, Auf Wiedersehen Pet etc.Also some have been revived after having years on and off air i.e. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Catchphrase, Bullseye, Family Fortunes, The Price Is Right (IIRC it was “Bruce’s Price Is Right” when Bruce Forsyth presented it and then returning to the general title under Joe Pasquale), Dancing On Ice, Blockbusters, Gladiators and Stars In Their Eyes before which became a ridiculous dumbed down parody and shows such as Blind Date which then ended up revived on Channel 5 or Sky, just like the BBC’s Going For Gold on Channel 5. The reputations of those shows were good in their original runs with the original presenters, but reviving them numerous times is ridiculous, total desperation, really scraping the barrel. At least Crosswits, “Win, Lose or Draw” and Chain Letters stayed in the past and forever remembered fondly.Oh, and lastly forgot to mention, the way classic show Minder got revived for one continued series on Channel 5 was the awful Shane Richie, so I am therefore even hesitant to put that in the list, despite it being one of my favourites.The list below in no particular order.MinderThe ProfessionalsOn The BusesThe BillLondon's BurningThe Upper HandShelleyThe Gentle TouchThe Big MatchThe SaintWorld In Action60 Minute MakeoverA Touch of FrostAgatha Christie's MarpleAgatha Christie's PoirotAll Star Mr & MrsBad GirlsBeadle's AboutBenidormCelebrity JuiceCountrywiseDickinson's Real DealDoc MartinDownton AbbeyEndeavourFootballers' WivesFoyle's WarHarry Hill's TV BurpHeartbeatHell’s KitchenJonathan DimblebyLadette to LadyLondon’s BurningLong Lost FamilyLoose WomenLorraineMidsomer MurdersPaul O’Grady For the Love of DogsPiers Morgan’s Life StoriesPolice Camera ActionSaint and GreavsieScott & BaileyStrike It LuckyTake Me OutThe Alan Titchmarsh ShowThe ChaseThe Cook ReportThe CubeDenis Norden (IIRC it was called It’ll Be Alright On The Night?)The Jonathan Ross ShowThe Planet’s Funniest AnimalsRainbowThe RoyalThe Upper HandThis MorningTipping PointTonightVeraWild at HeartWycliffeYou BetYou’ve Been FramedFinally, because the BBC is the worst channel out of both them and ITV put together, ITV ought to continue nearly most if not all their TV programmes from the first 60 years from the 1920s-1980s being transferred over to ITV, even best suggestion boycotting BBC radio stations and just gravitating towards Smooth Radio etc.</blockquote>

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