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Britain's Best Sitcom was a poll conducted in 2003 and 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. Criticism was levelled at the BBC after it was revealed that the top ten programmes were all produced by or for the BBC, and that only one place lower at number 11 was the highest ranking non-BBC production (Father Ted).

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 about each of the Top 10 before the final round, 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.

Some were surprised at the high position achieved by The Vicar of Dibley, which some critics have labelled as being down to 'housewife support' based on Carol Vorderman pleading on the show to vote for it as the only female lead sitcom left. Also the low positioning of Fawlty Towers and Open All Hours surprised many observers.

1. Only Fools and Horses — 342,426 votes
2. Blackadder — 282,106 votes
3. The Vicar of Dibley — 212,927 votes
4. Dad's Army — 174,138 votes
5. Fawlty Towers — 172,066 votes
6. Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister — 123,502 votes
7. Porridge — 93,902 votes
8. Open All Hours — 67,237 votes
9. The Good Life — 40,803 votes
10. One Foot in the Grave — 31,410 votes
11. Father Ted
12. Keeping Up Appearances
13. 'Allo 'Allo!
14. Last of the Summer Wine
15. Steptoe and Son
16. Men Behaving Badly
17. Absolutely Fabulous
18. Red Dwarf
19. The Royle Family
20. Are You Being Served?
21. To the Manor Born
22. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
23. The Likely Lads
24. My Family
25. The Office
26. Drop the Dead Donkey
27. Rising Damp
28. dinnerladies
29. As Time Goes By
30. Hancock's Half Hour
31. The Young Ones
32. Till Death Us Do Part
33. Butterflies
34. The Thin Blue Line
35. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
36. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
37. Waiting for God
38. Birds of a Feather
39. Bread
40. Hi-de-Hi!
41. The League of Gentlemen
42. I'm Alan Partridge
43. Just Good Friends
44. 2point4 children
45. Bottom
46. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
47. The Brittas Empire
48. Gimme Gimme Gimme
49. Rab C. Nesbitt
50. Goodnight Sweetheart
51. Up Pompeii
52. Ever Decreasing Circles
53. On the Buses
54. Coupling
55. George and Mildred
56. A Fine Romance
57. Citizen Smith
58. Black Books
59. The Liver Birds
60. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
61. The New Statesman
62. Sykes
63. Please, Sir!
64. Dear John
65. Barbara
66. Spaced
67. Bless This House
68. Love Thy Neighbour
69. Man About the House
70. Desmond's
71. Duty Free
72. All Gas and Gaiters
73. Happy Ever After/Terry & June
74. Only When I Laugh
75. Brass
76. The Rag Trade
77. Sorry
78. Kiss Me Kate
79. Doctor in the House
80. I Didn't Know You Cared
81. Shelley
82. Nearest and Dearest
83. Fresh Fields
84. The Army Game
85. Robin's Nest
86. The Dustbinmen
87. Whoops Apocalypse
88. My Wife Next Door
89. Never the Twain
90. Nightingales
91. Early Doors
92. Agony
93. The Lovers
94. Father, Dear Father
95. Hot Metal
96. ...And Mother Makes Three/...And Mother Makes Five
97. Life With The Lyons
98. Marriage Lines
99. A Sharp Intake of Breath
100. No Problem

• Lewisohn, Mark (2003) Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. 2nd Ed. Revised — BBC Consumer Publishing. ISBN 0-563-48755-0

• Britain's Best Sitcom
• British Sitcom Guide