Coming in third is Peter Kay’s Car Share, which won a Bafta for best scripted comedy.
In a new poll by Radio Times, Brendan O’Carroll’s creation was voted the best sitcom of the 20th Century so far by 14,000 people, beating the likes of The Office, Peter Kay’s Car Share, and Count Arthur Strong.
Coming in second is Rickey Gervais’s The Office, a spin-off from which – David Brent: Life on the Road – recently hit cinemas.
Despite negative reviews, the show has been a huge success, O’Carroll saying the vote “vindicates the fans’ belief in the show.