| 100% | THEEXPERT | 9 | BBC TV drama series starring Marius Goring in the title role as forensic scientist Professor John Hardy |
| 49% | POLDARK | 7 | 1970s BBC TV drama series starring Robin Ellis in the title role |
| 49% | BEINGAPRIL | 10 | 2002 BBC TV drama series starring Pauline Quirke in the title role |
| 47% | DIXON | 5 | & 7D BBC TV drama series starring Jack Warner in the title role which ran from 1955-76 |
| 43% | JONATHAN | 8 | & 4D BBC TV comedy-drama series starring Alan Davies in the title role as an inventor of magical tricks and investigator of mysteries |
| 42% | REV | 3 | BBC TV sitcom that starred Tom Hollander in the title role as Adam Smallbone |
| 41% | ADAMADAMANT | 11 | & 18D 1960s BBC TV adventure series starring Gerald Harper in the title role |
| 40% | BLACKADDER | 10 | The —, 1983 BBC TV comedy series starring Rowan Atkinson in the title role |
| 39% | REV | 3 | BBC TV sitcom starring Tom Hollander in the title role as Adam Smallbone |
| 38% | CATHY | 5 | & 12A 1966 BBC TV drama in The Wednesday Play series starring Carol White in the title role |
| 38% | MATTHEWS | 8 | Francis —, actor who played the title role in BBC TV crime drama series Paul Temple |
| 38% | COMRADEDAD | 10 | 1980s BBC TV sitcom starring George Cole in the title role as Reg Dudgeon |
| 37% | MARTIN | 6 | & 20A Actor who played the title role in BBC TV series Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently |
| 37% | MICHELL | 7 | Keith —, actor who played the title role in 1970 BBC TV historical drama series The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
| 37% | KEITH | 5 | & 14A Actor who played the title role in 1970 BBC TV historical drama series The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
| 37% | KINGDOM | 7 | 2000s ITV drama series that starred Stephen Fry in the title role as a Norfolk solicitor |
| 36% | GRANDAD | 7 | BBC TV series for children that starred Clive Dunn in the title role |
| 36% | CONNIE | 6 | 1985 ITV drama series starring Stephanie Beacham in the title role |
| 36% | GRANDAD | 7 | BBC TV series for children starring Clive Dunn in the title role which ran from 1979-84 |
| 35% | MCGOWAN | 7 | Alistair —, comedian-impressionist who played the title role in 2006 BBC TV comedy-drama series Mayo |
| 35% | CRIBB | 5 | 1980s ITV detective drama series starring Alan Dobie in the title role |
| 35% | HARRYO | 6 | 1970s US television drama series starring David Janssen in the title role |
| 35% | SHOESTRING | 10 | BBC TV series set in Bristol starring Trevor Eve in the title role that ran from 1979-80 |
| 35% | CALLAN | 6 | ITV spy drama series starring Edward Woodward in the title role that ran from 1967-72 |