US TV icons. #6 Lt Frank Columbo (Peter Falk). Columbo. “Just one more thing…” #tvicon #tvicons #columbo #GOAT #tvdetective “Well, my wife, she says I’m second-best, but, uh... She claims there are 80 fellas tied for first.”

US TV icons. #5 Sgt Suzanne ‘Pepper’ Anderson (Angie Dickinson). Police Woman. “Be a good husband and DO ME!” #tvicon #tvicons #pepperanderson #policewoman #tvdetective #angiedickinson #tvcop

US TV icons. #4 Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery). Bewitched. “I’m a witch! I am a witch. A real broom-riding, house-haunting, cauldron-stirring witch.” #tvicon #sitcom #bewitched She put a spell on a generation.

US TV icons. #3 Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner). Star Trek. “Risk! Risk is our business. That’s what this starship is all about.” #tvicon #scifi #startrek #williamshatner #captainkirk “Scotty, beam me up.”

American TV icons. #1 Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini). The Sopranos. “I like people who don’t need everybody to like them.” #tonysoprano #thesopranos #jamesgandolfini #tvicon #tvicons #ustvicons

British TV icons #10 Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey). Game Of Thrones. Ruthless, incestuous queen, best remembered for her naked Walk of Atonement. #tvicon #gameofthrones “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”

British TV icons. #9 Lily Savage. Paul O’Grady’s acid-tongued creation was one of the great joys of 90s TV. “You need two things in a riot – flat shoes and a pram” #tvicon #tvicons #lilysavage #paulogrady #comedy RIP Paul.

British TV icons. #8 Rachel Riley (Countdown/8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown). #tvicon. #tvicons. #rachelriley #countdown #8outof10cats

British TV icons. #7 Herr Otto Flick. (Richard Gibson) ’Allo ’Allo! “Flick the Gestapo... No, I said FLICK, the Gestapo!” #tvicon #tvicons #herrflick #alloallo #sitcom #comedy #richardgibson

British TV icons. #6 Daphne Moon (Frasier). Ilford-born Jane Leeves was one of Benny Hill’s Angels before finding global fame as ‘psychic’ Daphne. “Oh, my Lord, I’ve never had a throbbing like this!” #tvicon #tvicons #daphnemoon #frasier #comedy

British TV icons. #5 Albert Tatlock, Coronation Street (Jack Howarth). “The less you expect, the less you're disappointed.” Grumpy old man, or realist? #tvicon #tvicons #alberttatlock #corrie (As immortalised by The Skids.)

British TV icons #4 Carol Cleveland, Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The 7th Python, Carol stood out in the Pewtys, Nudge Nudge, the Milkmen, the Dirty Fork & more. #tvicon #carolcleveland #montypython #comedy #actress

British TV icons #3 Loadsamoney (Harry Enfield). Saturday Live. “Shut your mouth and look at my wad!” #tvicon #tvicons #harryenfield #loadsamoney #channel4 #comedy #doingupthehouse

British TV icons. #2 Benny Hill. Master of sight gags, one-liners, comic songs, spoofs & saucy sketches, Benny was ITV’s biggest export until trendy execs axed him. #tvicon #tvicons #bennyhill #comedy #thebennyhillshow #cancelled by berks.

Another set of British TV icons. #1 Jeremy Clarkson (Clarkson’s Farm). Authentic. Curmudgeonly. Funny. Free-thinking. Dangerous when deprived of food.#jeremyclarkson #tvicons #tvicon #clarksonsfarm #topgear #thegrandtour