Britain's Best Sitcom

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Britain's Best Sitcom was a poll conducted in 2003 and 2004 by the BBC to identify the United Kingdom's best situation comedy. Criticism was levelled at the BBC after it was revealed that the top ten programmes were all their own productions and that only one place lower at number 11 was the highest ranking non-BBC production (Father Ted).

Out of a list of 100 sitcoms, viewers were asked to vote for their favourite by phone, text message and on the web. The top ten went forward to a final round of voting.

The high position achieved by The Vicar of Dibley and the low positioning of Fawlty Towers and Open All Hours surprised many observers.

  1. Only Fools and Horses — 342,426 votes
  2. Blackadder — 282,106 votes
  3. The Vicar of Dibley — 212,927 votes
  4. Dad's Army — 174,138 votes
  5. Fawlty Towers — 172,066 votes
  6. Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister — 123,502 votes
  7. Porridge — 93,902 votes
  8. Open All Hours — 67,237 votes
  9. The Good Life — 40,803 votes
  10. One Foot in the Grave — 31,410 votes
  11. Father Ted
  12. Keeping Up Appearances
  13. 'Allo 'Allo!
  14. Last of the Summer Wine
  15. Steptoe and Son
  16. Men Behaving Badly
  17. Absolutely Fabulous
  18. Red Dwarf
  19. The Royle Family
  20. Are You Being Served?
  21. To the Manor Born
  22. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
  23. The Likely Lads
  24. My Family
  25. The Office
  26. Drop the Dead Donkey
  27. Rising Damp
  28. dinnerladies
  29. As Time Goes By
  30. Hancock's Half Hour
  31. The Young Ones
  32. Till Death Us Do Part
  33. Butterflies
  34. The Thin Blue Line
  35. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
  36. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
  37. Waiting for God
  38. Birds of a Feather
  39. Bread
  40. Hi-de-Hi!
  41. The League of Gentlemen
  42. I'm Alan Partridge
  43. Just Good Friends
  44. 2point4 children
  45. Bottom
  46. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
  47. The Brittas Empire
  48. Gimme Gimme Gimme
  49. Rab C. Nesbitt
  50. Goodnight Sweetheart
  51. Up Pompeii
  52. Ever Decreasing Circles
  53. On the Buses
  54. Coupling
  55. George and Mildred
  56. A Fine Romance
  57. Citizen Smith
  58. Black Books
  59. The Liver Birds
  60. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
  61. The New Statesman
  62. Sykes
  63. Please, Sir!
  64. Dear John
  65. Barbara
  66. Spaced
  67. Bless This House
  68. Love Thy Neighbour
  69. Man About the House
  70. Desmond's
  71. Duty Free
  72. All Gas and Gaiters
  73. Happy Ever After/Terry & June
  74. Only When I Laugh
  75. Brass
  76. The Rag Trade
  77. Sorry
  78. Kiss Me Kate
  79. Doctor in the House
  80. I Didn't Know You Cared
  81. Shelley
  82. Nearest and Dearest
  83. Fresh Fields
  84. The Army Game
  85. Robin's Nest
  86. The Dustbinmen
  87. Whoops Apocalypse
  88. My Wife Next Door
  89. Never the Twain
  90. Nightingales
  91. Early Doors
  92. Agony
  93. The Lovers
  94. Father, Dear Father
  95. Hot Metal
  96. ...And Mother Makes Three/...And Mother Makes Five
  97. Life With The Lyons
  98. Marriage Lines
  99. A Sharp Intake of Breath
  100. No Problem

[edit] Further reading

  • Lewisohn, Mark (2003) Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. 2nd Ed. Revised — BBC Consumer Publishing. ISBN 0-563-48755-0

[edit] External links

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