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‘The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you’ve been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil.’

So wrote Margaret Atwood in her 1985 ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’

The best fictional villains fascinate and forewarn. Who is your favourite TV villain? What do others say?

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From 20,000 voters on Ranker, we learn that Game of Thrones knows how to villain:

Top 13 Best TV Villains Of All Time. Ranker
i.    Gustavo Fring. Breaking Bad
ii.   Negan. The Walking Dead
iii.  Walter White. Breaking Bad
iv.   Ramsay Snow. Game of Thrones
v.    Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal
vi.   Cersei Lannister. Game of Thrones
vii.  Palpatine. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
viii. Joker. DC Universe
ix.   Joffrey Baratheon. Game of Thrones
x.    Pennywise the Dancing Clown. It
xi.   Petyr Baelish. Game of Thrones
xii.  Kingpin. Daredevil
xiii. Professor Moriarty. Sherlock

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And from Rolling Stone Magazine:

Top 13 Greatest TV Villains. Rolling Stone
i.     Benjamin Linus. Lost
ii.    Marlo Stanfield. The Wire
iii.   Livia Soprano. The Sopranos
iv.   Joffrey Baratheon. Game of Thrones
v.    Bob. Twin Peaks
vi.   Al Swearengen. Deadwood
vii.  Gus Fring. Breaking Bad
viii. Montgomery Burns. The Simpsons
ix.   The Borg. Star Trek: The Next Generation
x.    Catwoman. Batman
xi.    J.R. Ewing. Dallas
xii.   Gyp Rosetti. Boardwalk Empire
xiii.  Rowan Pope. Scandal

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The Peabody Awards have come up with a list of their ‘favourite black-hats’:

7 of TV’s Greatest Villains. Peabody Awards
• NoHo Hank. Barry
• Sue Sylvester. Glee. Outstanding
• Kilgrave. Jessica Jones
• Ben Linus. Lost
• Ms. Cobel/Mrs. Selvig. Severance
• Rupert Mannion. Ted Lasso
• Wilhelmina Slater. Ugly Betty

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