Britain's Best Sitcom
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Britain's Best Sitcom is the name of a poll conducted in 2003 and 2004 by the BBC. 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 surprised many observers.
- Only Fools and Horses - 342,426 votes
- Blackadder - 282,106 votes
- The Vicar of Dibley - 212,927 votes
- Dad's Army - 174,138 votes
- Fawlty Towers - 172,066 votes
- Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister - 123,502 votes
- Porridge - 93,902 votes
- Open All Hours - 67,237 votes
- The Good Life - 40,803 votes
- One Foot in the Grave - 31,410 votes
- Father Ted
- Keeping Up Appearances
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- Last of the Summer Wine
- Steptoe and Son
- Men Behaving Badly
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Red Dwarf
- The Royle Family
- Are You Being Served?
- To the Manor Born
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- The Likely Lads
- My Family
- The Office
- Drop the Dead Donkey
- Rising Damp
- Dinnerladies
- As Time Goes By
- Hancock's Half Hour
- The Young Ones
- Till Death Us Do Part
- Butterflies
- The Thin Blue Line
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
- Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
- Waiting for God
- Birds of a Feather
- Bread
- Hi-De-Hi!
- The League of Gentlemen
- I'm Alan Partridge
- Just Good Friends
- 2point4 children
- Bottom
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum
- The Brittas Empire
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Rab C. Nesbitt
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Up Pompeii
- Ever Decreasing Circles
- On the Buses
- Coupling
- George and Mildred
- A Fine Romance
- Citizen Smith
- Black Books
- The Liver Birds
- Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
- The New Statesman
- Sykes
- Please, Sir!
- Dear John
- Barbara
- Spaced
- Bless this House
- Love Thy Neighbour
- Man About the House
- Desmonds
- Duty Free
- All Gas and Gaiters
- Happy Ever After/Terry & June
- Only When I Laugh
- Brass
- The Rag Trade
- Sorry
- Kiss Me Kate
- Doctor in the House
- I Didn't Know You Cared
- Shelley
- Nearest and Dearest
- Fresh Fields
- The Army Game
- Robin's Nest
- The Dustbinmen
- Whoops Apocalypse
- My Wife Next Door
- Never the Twain
- Nightingales
- Early Doors
- Agony
- The Lovers
- Father Dear Father
- Hot Metal
- And Mother Makes Three/And Mother Makes Five
- Life With the Lyons
- Marriage Lines
- A Sharp Intake of Breath
- No Problem
Further reading
Lewisohn, Mark (2003) Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. 2nd Ed. Revised - BBC Consumer Publishing. ISBN 0563487550
External links
- Britain's Best Sitcom (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/)
- British Sitcom Guide (http://www.sitcom.co.uk/bbc2_show.shtml)