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Big Brother and The Office named among landmark shows of last 50 years

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Reality TV show Big Brother and mockumentary The Office have been named as among the top 50 landmark programmes from the last half-century.

Members from the Broadcasting Press Guild were asked for the “shows that changed broadcasting, influenced how we look at the world and made us laugh or think in a new way” during the last 50 years and the rankings are formed from their selections.

Number one on the documentary series Up, which began as Seven Up! in 1964 and took a look at a selection of British people’s lives from when they were children to adulthood.

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