Britain's Best Sitcom was a poll conducted in 2004 by the BBC to identify the United Kingdom's best situation comedy. The winner by over 60,000 votes was Only Fools and Horses, not a surprise to the British voting public due to its considerable popularity.
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.
Ten special programmes were made before the final round, each about one of the Top 10, the programmes consisting of a celebrity speaking on behalf of their chosen sitcom as well as interviews with the stars and people that made it. For example, Johnny Vaughan spoke on behalf of Porridge, while Armando Iannucci represented Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.

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
Desmond's
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!

Of cause like every list there is some controversy with the Vicar of Dibley appearing at number three, not just because it isn't actually that good but because it was heavily plugged by a daytime TV show urging people to vote for it, which it is claimed, caused its entry to be higher than it naturally should have been.

In my mind, the second list is the better one, the classier comedies are better represented.