List of longest-running UK television series
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List of longest-running UK television series

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Category	Show name	Duration	Length (years)

Entertainment review	The Film Show	1971–2018	47

Talent show	Come Dancing	1949–1995–(though not a competition until 1953)	46

News show	What the Papers Say	1956–2008	52

Sport	Grandstand	1958–2007	49

Finance show	The Money Programme	1966–2010	44

Documentary	This Is Your Life	1955–1964, 1969–2003, 2007	44

Chart show	Top of the Pops	1964–2006	42

Science & Technology	Tomorrow's World	1965–2003	38

Travel documentary	Holiday	1969–2007	38

Children's show	The Sooty Show	1955–1992	37

Sitcom	Last of the Summer Wine	1973–2010	37

Game Show	The Generation Game	1971–2007	36

Current affairs	World in Action	1963–1998	35

Kids Show	Postman Pat	1981–2016	34

Game show	Call My Bluff	1965–1988, 1994, 1996–2005, 2011	34

Crime show	Crimewatch	1984–2017	33

Children's Show	Jackanory	1965–1996	31

News show	BBC Nine O'Clock News	1970–2000	30

Children's drama series	Grange Hill	1978–2008	30

History series	Timewatch	1981–2009	28

Game show	It's a Knockout	1966–1988, 1990–1994, 1999–2001	28

Police drama	The Bill	1984–2010	26

Soap opera	Crossroads	1964–1988, 2001–2003	26

Detective Drama	Poirot (TV series)	1989–2013	24

Children's show	Play School	1964–1988	24

Game Show	Play Your Cards Right	1980–2003	23

Sitcom	Only Fools and Horses	1981–2003	22

Children's show	ChuckleVision	1987–2009	22

Detective series	Taggart	1983–2010	21

Kids Show	Pingu	1986–2006	20

Factual	Time Team	1994–2014	20

Drama	Heartbeat	1992–2010	18

Detective Drama	A Touch of Frost	1992–2010	18

Game show	The Krypton Factor	1977–1995	18

Dating game show	Blind Date (UK game show)	1985–2003	18

Teen Drama	Byker Grove	1989–2006	17

Children's show	How 2	1990–2006	16

Current affairs	Daily Politics	2003–2018	15

Comedy-drama	Minder (TV series)	1979–1994	15

Drama	London's Burning	1988–2002	14

Legal drama	Rumpole of the Bailey	1978–1992	14

Children's game show	Get Your Own Back	1991–2004	13

Sitcom	The Vicar of Dibley	1994–2007	13

Detective Drama	Inspector Morse (TV series)	1987–2000	13

Detective Drama	Foyle's War	2002–2015	13

Comedy-drama	All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)	1978–1990	12

Comedy-drama	New Tricks	2003–2015	12

Children's Show	Brum	1991-2002	11

Discussion series	After Dark	1987–1997; 2003	11

Children's drama series	Children's Ward	1989–2000	11

Comedy	Harry Hill's TV Burp	2001–2012	11

Comedy	Till Death Us Do Part	1965–1975	11

Game Show	Deal Or No Deal (UK game show)	2005–2016	11

Sitcom	My Family	2000–2011	11

Sitcom	One Foot in the Grave	1990–2000	10

Children's Show	Rosie & Jim	1990–2000	10

Sitcom	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps	2001–2011	10

Detective Drama	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)	1984–1994	10

Family Drama	Where the Heart Is (UK TV series)	1997–2006	9

Drama	Waterloo Road (TV series)	2006–2015	9

Black comedy	Shameless (UK TV series)	2004–2013	9

Medical Drama	Peak Practice	1993–2002	9

Crime Drama	Spooks (TV series)	2002–2011	9

Children's Show	Horrid Henry (TV series)	2006–2015	9

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Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running programme in Britain.

final_sentence: Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running programme in Britain.