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This programme was part of the Back to the... series of documentary clip show and countdown shows, in a celebration of the four decades Channel 4 has been broadcasting, reminiscing its most memorable and iconic television shows. The fourth episode, presented by Jimmy Carr, celebrated the best TV shows, including drama, comedies, documentaries, children's TV, gameshows, music TV, chat shows, reality TV, sports, and lots more broadcast on Channel 4 during the 2010s. This was a countdown of the 25 most popular shows, as voted by the viewing public. These 25 shows were: Chewing Gum (2015-2017), Catastrophe (2015-2019), Ackley Bridge (2017-present), Leaving Neverland (2019), Top Boy (2011-present), The Last Leg (2012-present), My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2011) / Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (2011-2015), The Undateables (2012-present), The Windsors (2016-present), Educating Essex (2011) / Educating Yorkshire (2013-2014), Black Mirror (2011-2014), Made in Chelsea (2011-present), This Is England '86 (2010), Benefits Street (2014-2015), One Born Every Minute (2010-2018), 24 Hours in A&E (2011-present) / 24 Hours in Police Custody (2014-present), The Island with Bear Grylls (2014-present) / Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls (2016-present), SAS: Who Dares Wins (2015-present) / Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (2019-present), The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds (2015), Derry Girls (2018-present), Hunted (2015-present) / Celebrity Hunted (2017-present), Friday Night Dinner (2011-2020), The Great British Bake Off (2017-present), First Dates (2013-present), and number one was Gogglebox (2013-present) / Celebrity Gogglebox (2019-present). This was a really interesting programme, where I could look back on all the great shows I remember and find out about those I may not have heard of before. With contributions from Paul Abbott (writer and producer), Stephen K. Amos, Ash Atalla (TV producer), Dane Baptiste, Gyles Brandreth, Alex Brooker, Matthew Burton (senior teacher, Educating Yorkshire), Andrew Collins, Rob Delaney, Grace Dent, Simon Dickson (commissioning editor, One Born Every Minute, 24 Hours in A&E), Paddy Doherty, Stephen Drew (deputy head, Educating Essex), Kathryn Drysdale (The Windsors), Vanessa Feltz, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Charlie Higson, Jools Holland, Sharon Horgan, Professor Paul Howard-Jones (neuroscientist, Secret Life of 4 Year Olds), Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls), Dr. Christian Jessen, Dom Joly, Jo Joyner, Deidre Kelly (White Dee, Benefits Street), Jamie Laing, Robert Llewelyn, Zoe Lyons, Andrew Mackenzie (executive producer, Educating Yorkshire), Jamali Maddix (comedian), Vicky McClure, Maria McErlane, Lisa McGee (writer and creator, Derry Girls), Scarlett Moffatt, Will Macdonald (co-creator, Made in Chelsea), Andy Nyman, Ore Oduba, Robert Popper (writer and creator, Friday Night Dinner), Jenny Popplewell (producer, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding), Dan Reed (producer and director, Leaving Neverland), Anneka Rice, Leon "Locksmith" Rolle (musician and celebrity contestant, SAS), Shone Romulus (Top Boy), Sunetra Sarker, Charles Steel (producer, Top Boy), Thomas Turgoose, Bert Tyler-Moore (co-writer and co-creator, The Windsors), Danielle Walters (Chewing Gum), and Tim Whitwell (executive producer, The Island, Hunted). Very good!