Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms
- TV factual
- Channel 4
- 2015
- 2 episodes (1 series)
A new poll across all age groups to find the nation's most loved sitcom. Narrated by Tamsin Greig. Features Brendan O'Carroll, Richard Wilson, Tony Robinson, Ricky Tomlinson, Wendy Craig and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Further details
Tonight's show reaches a climax, counting down the Top 25 UK comedies, as decided in a specially commissioned Channel 4 poll conducted with viewers across the age ranges from all over Britain.
Vying for top spot are an eclectic mix of sitcoms from down the years - and of vastly varying styles - including experimental hits The Young Ones, Father Ted and Outnumbered, traditional favourites Dad's Army, The Good Life and Porridge, recent big-hitters Gavin & Stacey, The Inbetweeners and Red Dwarf - and perennial contenders for 'people's choice', Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, One Foot In The Grave and Only Fools And Horses.
Featured interviews include Brendan O'Carroll, Richard Wilson, Tony Robinson, Ricky Tomlinson, Patricia Routledge, Leslie Ash and Alison Steadman - as well as pioneering writers such as Dick Clement and Iain la Frenais.
Packed with great clips from all our favourite comedies, there are also some more fascinating but little-known facts and insights - like the Hollywood roots of foul-mouthed Mrs Brown and the secrets of filming improvised scenes with kids in Outnumbered.
The List
25. Rising Damp
24. Gavin & Stacey
23. Outnumbered
22. The Royle Family
21. The Young Ones
19. Steptoe And Son
18. Dad's Army
16. The Inbetweeners
13. My Family
12. The Good Life
11. Red Dwarf
10. Mrs Brown's Boys
6. Father Ted
5. Porridge
3. Blackadder
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 10th October 2015
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Brendan O'Carroll | Self |
| Richard Wilson | Self |
| Tony Robinson | Self |
| Ricky Tomlinson | Self |
| Wendy Craig | Self |
| Dave Spikey | Self |
| John Challis | Self |
| Stephen K Amos | Self |
| Sally Phillips | Self |
| Sue Holderness | Self |
| Jon Plowman | Self |
| Grace Dent | Self |
| Lynda Baron | Self |
| Ralf Little | Self |
| Morgan Jeffrey | Self |
| David Quantick | Self |
| Edgar Wright | Self |
| David Schneider | Self |
| Paul Jackson | Self |
| Emily Atack | Self |
| Roy Chubby Brown (as Roy 'Chubby' Brown) | Self |
| Laurence Marks | Self |
| Maurice Gran | Self |
| Steve Berry | Self |
| Guy Jenkin | Self |
| Andy Hamilton | Self |
| Andrew Collins | Self |
| Caroline Frost | Self |
| Dick Clement | Self |
| Ian La Frenais | Self |
| Michael Hogan | Self |
| Jean Boht | Self |
| Tamsin Greig | Narrator |
| Patricia Routledge | Self |
| Leslie Ash | Self |
| Alison Steadman | Self |
| Tyger Drew-Honey | Self |
| Nigel Planer | Self |
| Eric Chappell | Self |
| Christopher Biggins | Self |
| Mark Jenkins | Self |
| Mike Williams | Series Producer |
| Mike Williams | Producer |
| John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Kevin Hylands | Edit Producer |
| Nigel Alred | Edit Producer |
| Willy Norton | Edit Producer |
| Lucy Kenwright | Producer/Director |
| Marcus Harben | Producer/Director |
| Dan Ablett | Editor |
| Sam Bennett | Editor |
| Mark Heasman | Editor |
| Ewen McLeod | Editor |
| Nick Searle | Editor |