Look up sexy in the dictionary and you'll find Helen Mirren. Her beauty, charisma and habit of getting her kit off in every movie she stars in have made Mirren one of the sexiest actresses in Britain. Despite having worked in film since the 1960s, she remains as attractive now as when prancing around naked in the Roman soft-core romp Caligula (1980). Having starred in The Long Good Friday (1981), Excalibur (1981), The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and The Madness Of King George (1994), Mirren found a whole new audience in the TV show Prime Suspect. Her performance as the tough Supt. Jane Tennison made her every man's fantasy powerful woman.

In the days before pop videos, Top Of The Pops used to employ a group of sexy female dancers to provide visual stimulus during its show. The two acts became just as popular as many of the popstars appearing on TOTP, thanks to revealing costumes and suggestive dancing. Many teenage boys in the 1960s and 1970s would tune into the show just to watch them.