While this is something I have always known, it seems others also share this belief as Blackadder has been voted the best British TV show ever in a recent poll ahead of such classics as Sherlock, Dr. Who and Father Ted.<\/p>\n
Two more comedies \u2013\u00a0 Fawlty Towers and Father Ted \u2013 came second and third respectively in the poll of 13,500 people carried out by the film subscription service LoveFilm.<\/p>\n
Here’s the top ten for your enjoyment:<\/p>\n
1. Blackadder<\/span> While this is something I have always known, it seems others also share this belief as Blackadder has been voted the best British TV show ever in a recent poll ahead of such classics as Sherlock, Dr. Who and Father Ted. Two more comedies \u2013\u00a0 Fawlty Towers and Father Ted \u2013 came second and third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[22,23,38,42,43,59,69,100],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-series","tag-black-adder","tag-blackadder","tag-dr-who","tag-father-ted","tag-fawlty-towers","tag-lovefilm","tag-poll","tag-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54TBn-dv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":472,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackadderhall.com\/?p=472","url_meta":{"origin":837,"position":0},"title":"Blackadder makes top 5 movie wishes","author":"admin","date":"2 September 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to long-time friend of Blackadder Hall John for spotting this news nugget. 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\n2. Fawlty Towers<\/span>
\n3. Father Ted<\/span>
\n4. Only Fools and Horses<\/span>
\n5. Dr Who<\/span>
\n6. Sherlock<\/span>
\n7. Have I Got News For You<\/span>
\n8. Red Dwarf<\/span>
\n9. The Inbetweeners<\/span>
\n10. Top Gear<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"