| UFO | science fiction television series, adventure television series | 1 | 26 |
| Uncle Dad | — | 1 | 7 |
| Undermind | science fiction television series, drama television series | 1 | 11 |
| Unforgotten on Masterpiece | crime television series, drama television series | 5 | 30 |
| University Challenge | quiz show | 53 | — |
| Up the Elephant and Round the Castle | sitcom | 3 | 22 |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | drama television series | 5 | 68 |
| Van der Valk | drama television series | 5 | 32 |
| Vanessa | — | — | — |
| Vanity Fair | historical drama | 1 | 7 |
| Vera | detective fiction, drama television series | 14 | 56 |
| Very Big Very Soon | — | 1 | 6 |
| Vicious | sitcom, LGBT-related television series | 2 | 13 |
| Victoria | historical television series, period drama film, biographical film | 3 | 25 |
| Vincent | drama television series | 2 | 8 |
| Virgin of the Secret Service | — | — | 13 |
| Vital Signs | — | 1 | 6 |
| Waffle | game show | 1 | 40 |
| Warrior Queen | — | 1 | 6 |
| Watching | sitcom | 7 | 56 |
| We'll Meet Again | drama television series | 1 | 13 |
| We'll Think of Something | sitcom | — | 6 |
| Weekend | breakfast television | 4 | 42 |
| Weirdsister College | children's television series, college life television program | 1 | 13 |
| Westway | — | 1 | 7 |
| What the Papers Say | media journalism | — | — |
| What's Up Doc? | — | — | — |
| Wheel of Fortune | game show | 14 | 735 |
| Where the Heart Is | soap opera, drama television series | 10 | 110 |
| Which Way to the War | sitcom | — | — |
| White Hunter | — | 1 | 39 |
| Whitechapel | police procedural, drama television series, detective fiction | 4 | 18 |
| Whizziwig | — | 3 | 18 |
| Who Do You Do? | — | 5 | 52 |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | game show, quiz show | 35 | 636 |
| Whodunnit? | panel game | 6 | 50 |
| Whoops Apocalypse | sitcom | — | 6 |
| Widows | drama television series | 2 | 12 |
| Wild Bill | — | 1 | 6 |
| Wilde Alliance | — | 1 | 13 |
| Will Shakespeare | — | — | 6 |
| William and Mary | drama television series | 3 | 18 |
| Wilmot | sitcom, drama television series | 2 | 13 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | drama television series | 1 | 8 |
| Wish Me Luck | drama television series | 3 | 23 |
| Wish You Were Here...? | — | — | — |
| Without Motive | — | 2 | 12 |
| Wizadora | — | 8 | 172 |
| Wokenwell | — | 1 | 6 |
| Wolf It | — | — | 35 |
| Wonderful You | drama television series | 1 | 7 |
| Wood and Walters | — | 1 | 7 |
| Woof! | — | 9 | 68 |
| World in Action | documentary film, documentary television program | 35 | 1,282 |
| World of Sport | — | — | 1,050 |
| World of Sport Wrestling | — | 1 | 10 |
| Worzel Gummidge | youth series | 4 | 31 |
| WOW! | — | 1 | 16 |
| WYSIWYG | — | — | — |
| Yanks Go Home | sitcom | 2 | 13 |