J**s W****n’s fantasy drama starred Golden Globe nominee – and Daytime Emmy winner – Sarah Michelle Gellar as the ‘slayer’, a teenage girl bestowed with supernatural abilities to defeat vampires, demons and the forces of darkness etc.
Buffy received universal acclaim during its run – with many individual episodes hailed as some of the finest in television history (Hush, The Body, Once More, with Feeling) – and has also been credited with influencing other series in the same genre.
The show also received praise for its queer representation, with resident witches Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Tara Maclay (Amber Benson) making history as the first long-term lesbian relationship on US television.