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Centenary of BBC celebrated in Isle of Man stamp issue

Centenary of BBC celebrated in Isle of Man stamp issue

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BBC stamp issue, Isle of Man Post Office

A set of Isle of Man stamps featuring a range of popular BBC’s programmes has been produced to mark the broadcaster’s centenary.

The 12-stamp collection is set to be released by the Isle of Man Post Office on Thursday.

Each features a programme from the the BBC’s history, including Match of the Day, Doctor Who, and Blue Peter.

The post office’s Maxine Cannon said the broadcaster had an “indelible place in the hearts” of people on the island.

The set also marks the island’s connection to the corporation as Castletown-born Sir Frank Gill played “an integral role in its foundation”, she added.

The engineer has been recognised as playing a formative role in the creation of the British Broadcasting Company in 1922.

The “100 Years of Our BBC” stamp collection was designed in collaboration with BBC Studios.

Head of BBC History Robert Seatter chose the programmes featured on each piece after research into which programmes were most popular with the Manx public.

“Selecting just twelve moments was extremely hard, but we hope we have captured something for everyone,” he said.

The One Show viewers award Doctor Who Silver as their most loved BBC TV programme in BBC 100 vote

The One Show viewers award Doctor Who Silver as their most loved BBC TV programme in BBC 100 vote

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The One Show asked a panel of experts to help whittle down all the classic BBC TV Shows from across the years to a shortlist of 50 for viewers to vote on. The final 50 included everything from drama to comedy to entertainment to factual and natural history.

The panel was comprised of Sara Wallis, Mirror TV Columnist, David Butcher, Radio Times’ Choices Editor, Dick Fiddy, BFI Archive TV Programmer and Hanna Flint, Freelance Critic and MTV Movies Host.

Alex Jones, The One Show presenter says:

“It’s been a joy to look back and celebrate some classic TV shows from the BBC’s history as part of BBC 100. There’s been an absolutely huge response from our lovely viewers and though we couldn’t fit everything onto the list, our viewers have shown so much love for these classic shows that have connected with them across generations.”

The BBC’s most loved 20 television programmes, as voted for by The One Show viewers, are:

    1. Only Fools and Horses
    2. Doctor Who
    3. Strictly Come Dancing
    4. Line of Duty
    5. Call The Midwife
    6. Gavin and Stacey
    7. Fawlty Towers
    8. Blackadder
    9. Morecambe and Wise Show
    10. The Vicar of Dibley
    11. Dad’s Army
    12. Planet Earth I and II
    13. Killing Eve
    14. Dinnerladies
    15. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
    16. Sherlock
    17. The Good Life
    18. Top of the Pops
    19. The Royle Family
    20. Blue Peter

The vote was shared on tonight’s episode of The One Show [Friday 28 January], which kicked off the programme’s centenary celebrations with Only Fools and Horses the Musical star Paul Whitehouse, Strictly winner Bill Bailey, and Angela Rippon opened up the BBC archives to host a special reunion between Baroness Floella Benjamin and the original Play School cuddly toys and dolls.

Plus Only Fools and Horses’ Sue Holderness (Marlene) joined the show to celebrate the big win. Watch again on BBC iPlayer here.

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