Welcome. You're hitting the top 30 of VICE's first ever attempt to grade and categorise the greatest British television since the millennium. Think of it as a TV version of our Love Island Power Ranking, except with more Rob Brydon and fewer I Saw It First bikini thongs.This group of shows has everything: Nick Cave's son, Frodo; interactive grime drama; bizarre phone pranks; moving depictions of addiction and family abuse; and the most accurate parody of VICE committed to celluloid. Oh, and Richard Ayoade. What more could you ask for?
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Read our editor's letter here to find out how we decided what ranked where, and click here to read all of the articles from this series.50-41: Here we go…
40. 'Marion & Geoff' (2000 – 2003, BBC Two)
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39. 'The End of the F***ing World' (2017 - present, Channel 4 and Netflix)
38. 'Dubplate Drama' (2005 – 2009, Channel 4)
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Dubplate Drama is also less well-known for being credited as the "world's first interactive drama". At the end of each episode, narrator Rodney P gave viewers the chance to steer the narrative by deciding a dilemma through text and phone votes. Those who missed the show on TV could watch it via their Sony PSPs. Ten years on from its finale, it's not a reach to overstate Dubplate Drama's influence – not least because it did audience engagement some 14 years before Black Mirror snatched up all those accolades for the choose-your-own-adventure special Bandersnatch. — David Woode
37. 'The Mighty Boosh' (2004 – 2007, BBC Three)
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Read about how 'The Mighty Boosh' went from cool to uncool here.
36. 'My Mad Fat Diary' (2013 – 2015, E4)
35. 'Nathan Barley' (2005, Channel 4)
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34. 'The Chase' (2009 – present, ITV)
33. 'Fonejacker' (2006 – 2008, E4)
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