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* [[Speculative Fiction]], most notably ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Although the BBC made hardly any in-house SF or fantasy between the cancellation of the original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 1989 and its revival in 2005, according to rumour because of executive hostility to the genre. The only significant SFFH show made in that time was ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', which may have survived because of [[Misaimed Fandom]] on the part of the executives who thought it was laughing '''at''' the genre and its fans.
** Some American [[Speculative Fiction]] imports including ''[[Star Trek]]'' (apart from ''[[Enterprise]]''), ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
** One of the BBC's indirect contributions to the world of [[Speculative Fiction]] deserves mention too. In 1997 the Radio 4 arts reporters took quite a shine to this [[Harry Potter and
* Comedy (often risk-taking, ground-breaking and highly influential, like ''[[Monty Python]]''). This includes the entire [[Panel Show]] genre.
* Natural History series, often narrated by [[David Attenborough]].
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