Special: Britain's Best Sitcom

It's not quite time for the second series of Britcom Goes to the Movies yet, but in the meantime, we've prepared a top ten British sitcoms special.In 2004 Jonathan Ross hosted Britain's Best Sitcom on the BBC. Audiences were polled on their favourite British sitcom. A top 50 list was compiled, episode one rattled through numbers 50-11 at a dismissive pace and then audiences were polled once again on the top ten.This time, each sitcom from the top ten had it's own celebrity advocate who would try to persuade you to vote for their favourite. Ranging from Carol Vorderman to David Dickinson. So like a French Presidential run-off (but with few fascists), voters were asked to choose again from a smaller sample.Rob and Guy discuss this poll, the accompanying show, and then after, run down their top 10 British sitcoms. Who (if at all) do you agree with? Get in touch and tell us!Britain's Best Sitcom - Blackadder with John Sargeanthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwgFjrfXqYcBritain's Best Sitcom - Yes Minister with Armando Ianuccihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtKm9HuFs4Britain's Best Sitcom - Fawlty Towers with Jack Deehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MOdntdKa8 Britain's Best Sitcom Top 50 sitcoms listhttps://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/top/Keeping Up Appearances: 30 years of Laughshttps://www.channel5.com/show/keeping-up-appearances-30-years-of-laughs

Episode 12 of the Britcom Goes To The Movies podcast, hosted by Film Stories, titled "Special: Britain's Best Sitcom" was published on February 29, 2024 and runs 61 minutes.

February 29, 2024 ·61m · Britcom Goes To The Movies

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It's not quite time for the second series of Britcom Goes to the Movies yet, but in the meantime, we've prepared a top ten British sitcoms special. In 2004 Jonathan Ross hosted Britain's Best Sitcom on the BBC. Audiences were polled on their favourite British sitcom. A top 50 list was compiled, episode one rattled through numbers 50-11 at a dismissive pace and then audiences were polled once again on the top ten. This time, each sitcom from the top ten had it's own celebrity advocate who would try to persuade you to vote for their favourite. Ranging from Carol Vorderman to David Dickinson. So like a French Presidential run-off (but with few fascists), voters were asked to choose again from a smaller sample. Rob and Guy discuss this poll, the accompanying show, and then after, run down their top 10 British sitcoms. Who (if at all) do you agree with? Get in touch and tell us! Britain's Best Sitcom - Blackadder with John Sargeant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwgFjrfXqYc Britain's Best Sitcom - Yes Minister with Armando Ianucci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtKm9HuFs4 Britain's Best Sitcom - Fawlty Towers with Jack Dee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MOdntdKa8 Britain's Best Sitcom Top 50 sitcoms list https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/top/ Keeping Up Appearances: 30 years of Laughs https://www.channel5.com/show/keeping-up-appearances-30-years-of-laughs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Description

It's not quite time for the second series of Britcom Goes to the Movies yet, but in the meantime, we've prepared a top ten British sitcoms special. In 2004 Jonathan Ross hosted Britain's Best Sitcom on the BBC. Audiences were polled on their favourite British sitcom. A top 50 list was compiled, episode one rattled through numbers 50-11 at a dismissive pace and then audiences were polled once again on the top ten. This time, each sitcom from the top ten had it's own celebrity advocate who would try to persuade you to vote for their favourite. Ranging from Carol Vorderman to David Dickinson. So like a French Presidential run-off (but with few fascists), voters were asked to choose again from a smaller sample. Rob and Guy discuss this poll, the accompanying show, and then after, run down their top 10 British sitcoms. Who (if at all) do you agree with? Get in touch and tell us! Britain's Best Sitcom - Blackadder with John Sargeant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwgFjrfXqYc Britain's Best Sitcom - Yes Minister with Armando Ianucci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtKm9HuFs4 Britain's Best Sitcom - Fawlty Towers with Jack Dee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MOdntdKa8 Britain's Best Sitcom Top 50 sitcoms list https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/top/ Keeping Up Appearances: 30 years of Laughs https://www.channel5.com/show/keeping-up-appearances-30-years-of-laughs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices