The top comedy shows

Here is the list of the top 30 of the funniest TV shows of all time as produced by a survey of 8,000 comedy fans by Comic Relief sponsor McCain.

(First broadcast)

1 The Office (2001)
2 Fawlty Towers 1975
3 Only Fools and Horses 1981
4 The Simpsons 1989
5 Friends 1994
6 Little Britain 2003
7 Blackadder 1983
8 Father Ted 1995
9 Monty Pythons Flying Circus 1969
10 Porridge 1973
11 Rising Damp 1974
12 Have I Got News For You 1990
13 Seinfeld 1990
14 Dad's Army 1968
15 The Two Ronnies 1971
16 Cheers 1984
17 Open All Hours 1973
18 The Young Ones 1982
19 One Foot in the Grave 1990
20 Benny Hill 1969
21 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 1976
22 Red Dwarf 1988
23 Taxi 1978
24 Frasier 1993
25 Malcolm in the Middle 2000
26 M A S H 1972
27 Mork and Mindy 1978
28 Are You Being Served 1972
29 Some Mothers Do Ave Em 1973
30 South Park 1997