Topless Aidan Turner in the BBC1 drama Poldark has won best TV moment for the second year running, as Radio Times readers show their taste for steamy scenes.
Ross Poldark, played by Turner, washing in a tin bath topped the list a year after his topless scything scene from series one got the most votes in 2015.
Another scene from the second series, in which Poldark appears to force himself on former lover Elizabeth, came fourth. Its broadcast led to the BBC being accused of airing a “rape fantasy” which blurred the lines around consent.
The 2,000 RadioTimes.com readers who voted were asked to choose the “funniest, most dramatic, inspiring and emotional moments” from a shortlist of 35.
Tom Hiddleston’s briefly bared bottom in The Night Manager came third, just behind the finale of the third series of Peaky Blinders in which most of the Shelby gang were arrested.
Heart-stopping footage of a baby iguana escaping racer snakes in Planet Earth II came fifth. It was among a number of scenes captured using the latest technology that has helped the David Attenborough-narrated series become the most watched natural history programme in the UK for at least 15 years.
One of Ed Balls’ many eye-catching performances on Strictly Come Dancing, his salsa to Psy’s Gangnam Style, was voted in at seven.
Game of Thrones secured two entries in the top 10, with Hodor’s origin-explaining holding of the door against the white walkers at six, and the resurrection of Jon Snow at nine.
The top-ranked sporting event was Alastair Brownlee sacrificing his chance to win the final race of the World Triathalon Series in Mexico by supporting his exhausted brother Jonny over the finishing line.
Donald Trump’s victory in the US election failed to make the top 10, with his acceptance speech beaten into 12th place by Mo Farah’s trip during the 10,000m at the Rio Olympics, which did not stop him from taking the gold.
Adele’s appearance in Carpool Karaoke on James Corden’s The Late Late Show came 15th despite being watched mainly online in the UK, while the top 16 was rounded off with Danny Dyer in Who Do You Think You Are?, in which the EastEnders actor discovered he was a descendant of two kings and Henry the VIII’s adviser Thomas Cromwell.
The Radio Times top 16 TV moments
- Aidan Turner in a tin bath (Poldark)
- The Shelbys are arrested (Peaky Blinders)
- Tom Hiddleston bares all (The Night Manager)
- Ross and Elizabeth’s controversial bedroom scene (Poldark)
- Snake attack on baby iguanas (Planet Earth II)
- Hodor holds the door (Game of Thrones)
- Ed Balls does Gangnam Style (Strictly Come Dancing)
- The Brownlee brothers go arm-in-arm to the finish line (World Triathlon Series)
- Jon Snow is resurrected (Game of Thrones)
- Andrei and Natasha waltz at the ball (War and Peace)
- Mo Farah falls but still goes on to wins gold (The Rio Olympics)
- Donald Trump’s acceptance speech
- Lindsay Denton is shot (Line of Duty)
- “The Caddy” tries to escape (Line of Duty)
- Adele’s in-car karaoke (The Late Late Show with James Corden)
- Danny Dyer discovers his royal ancestry (Who Do You Think You Are?)
