The Launch

An evening of fun and laughter is guaranteed as Jonathan Ross counts down the 50 best British sitcoms of all time, as voted for by the viewing public. During the next three hours classic clips and celebrity interviews help illustrate all that's best about home-grown comedy. The programme also launches a series of in-depth, hour-long shows, each dedicated to one of the top ten comedy masterpieces, as over the next ten Saturdays celebrity advocates will be making the case for their favourite sitcom in the hope of winning the public's votes. The series concludes with a live programme revealing the winner of the poll -the most popular British sitcom of all time. Tonight's programme features interviews with a host of sitcom stars, including June Whitfield, Ronnie Barker, Penelope Keith, Ricky Tomlinson, Peter Kay, Andrew Sachs, Richard Briers, Richard Wilson, Ardal O'Hanlon and David Jason.