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The Best TV Shows on Yorkshire Television

Every Yorkshire Television Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of Yorkshire Television’s finest, featuring more than 4 series as of January 2025. A broadcaster of distinction, Yorkshire Television has aired more than 4 shows between 1972 and 1987. For top-tier entertainment, Yorkshire Television delivered Emmerdale and Thriller in 1972 and 1973.

  • Parkinson One to One
    Parkinson One to One (1987)7.0

  • Thriller
    Thriller (1973)6.6

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.

  • Emmerdale
    Emmerdale (1972)4.1

    The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

  • Calendar Countdown
    Calendar Countdown (1982)N/A

    This programme is the original version of the popular Channel 4 words and numbers show, Countdown Countdown.Yorkshire Television purchased the format and commissioned a series of eight shows under the title Calendar Countdown, which were to be a spin-off of the regional news programme Calendar. As the presenter of Calendar, Richard Whiteley was the natural choice to present Calendar Countdown his daily appearances on both shows earned him the nickname "Twice Nightly."