Borat: the UK's 19th most powerful man
Borat has made it into a list of the most powerful men in Britain.
The comedy character - aka Sacha Baron Cohen - is ranked 19th in GQ magazine's annual top 100. That puts him just one place behind Prince William and two behind Tory leader David Cameron.
"Not since John Lennon has an English entertainer had such an effect on the world," GQ said of Borat creator Baron Cohen.
The power list has Chancellor Gordon Brown in pole position for the second year running. Prime Minister Tony Blair is second.
"Brown is all but chief executive of a government where Blair is largely a figurehead," the magazine said.
Bank of England governor Mervyn King is third, followed by Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, BBC director-general Mark Thompson and Top Shop boss Sir Philip Green.
Top sporting figure in the list is Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.
But he has slipped from 12th place to 16th as cracks begin to show in his relationship with manager Jose Mourinho. Mourinho has fallen from 73rd to 98th.
The highest ranked Premiership manager is Sir Alex Ferguson at number 83.
England captain and Chelsea star John Terry is 32nd and the only footballer to get a mention - there is no place in the top 100 for the man he replaced, David Beckham.
Channel 4 director of programmes Kevyn Lygo is at number 50, while Peter Bazalgette, UK chairman of Big Brother makers Endemol, is 56th.
Other names making this year's list include TV chef and school meals crusader Jamie Oliver (15), M&S chief executive Stuart Rose (26), Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson (70) and comedy star Ricky Gervais (73).
TV presenter Jonathan Ross is the biggest mover in the list, rocketing from 99th to 29th place thanks to his £18 million pay deal with the BBC.
The 100 Most Powerful Men in Britain List appears in the March issue of GQ, on sale Thursday.
The Top 20
1 Gordon Brown 2 Tony Blair 3 Mervyn King (Governor of the Bank of England) 4 Sir Terry Leahy (chief executive, Tesco) 5 Rupert Murdoch (chief executive, News Corporation) 6 Mark Thompson (director-general, BBC) 7 Sir Philip Green (owner, Arcadia Group) 8 Viscount Rothermere (owner, Daily Mail and General Trust) 9 Ed Balls (Economic Secretary to the Treasury) 10 Home Secretary John Reid 11 Paul Dacre (editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers) 12 David Miliband (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 13 Sir Martin Sorrell (chief executive, WPP ) 14 Michael Grade (executive chairman, ITV) 15 Jamie Oliver 16 Roman Abramovich 17 David Cameron 18 Prince William 19 Sacha Baron Cohen/Borat 20 James Murdoch (chief executive, BSkyB)
