THEY say the old ones are the best.

Forget the Bake Off, with all its scrummy feel goodness, the histrionics of the X-Factor performers or even the grandeur of period drama Downton Abbey, modern TV just doesn’t make the grade, it seems.

It seems we’re all hankering for the golden age of broadcasting if a poll to find Britain’s favourite TV schedule of all time is anything to go by.

Radio Times readers voted for their ultimate night in and came up with some corkers from the back catalogue.

Apparently we would watch Morecambe & Wise, Doctor Who and Only Fools And Horses followed by Sir Trevor McDonald presenting the news.

Admittedly this was a vote by Radio Times readers to celebrate its 90th birthday and I can’t imagine many youngsters rely on that for their listings information, so subscribers were likely to hark back to the good old days.

But they do have a point.

What this really says is just how little modern TV plays a part in our lives compared to in previous decades.

We’re all buying our favourites on DVD or watching them on the net, if at all, rather than sitting through the constant barrage of cookery shows, reality TV and repeats.

But who wouldn’t stay in and watch the box for a night of skip dancing and classic Del Boy and Rodney.

Cushty.

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