Which comedy character is the best?

Please choose your top ten. Want to vote for a comedy character that's not on our list? Simply send us an email with the name of your favourite.

	Adrian Mole				Al Murray - The Pub Landlord
	Alan B'stard - The New Statesman				Alan Partridge
	Alf Garnet				Ali G
	Arkwright - Open All Hours				Arthur Daley
	Avid Merrion				Baldrick
	Basil Fawlty				Bernard Black - Black Books
	Blackadder				Blakey - On The Buses
	Borat - Sasha Baron Cohen				Brian Potter - Phoenix Nights
	Captain Mainwaring - Dad's Army				Cockney Granny - Catherine Tate
	Compo - Last Of The Summer Wine				Councillors Cox and Evans - The Smell Of Reeves and Mortimer
	Daffydd - Little Britain				Dame Edna Everage
	David Brent - The Office				Del Boy - Only Fools and Horses
	Dennis Pennis				Desmond
	Dorian - Birds of a Feather				Eddy Monsoon - Ab Fab
	Father Dougal - Father Ted				Frank Gallagher - Shameless
	Frank Spencer				Fred Scuttle - Benny Hill
	Gary Strang - Men Behaving Badly				Geraldine Granger - The Vicar of Dibley
	Gloria Melvyn-Hayes - It Ain't Half Hot Mum				Gordon Brittas - The Brittas Empire
	Grandma Sushila Kumar				Gus Hedges - Drop The Dead Donkey
	Hancock				Harold Steptoe
	Hyacinth Bucket				Jill Tyrell - Nighty Night
	Jim Royle - The Royle Family				Keith Barrett - Marion and Geoff
	Kevin the teenager - Harry Enfield and Chums				Kevin Turvey - A Kick Up The Eighties
	Lauren - Catherine Tate Show				Lily Savage
	Lister - Red Dwarf				Loadsamoney - Harry Enfield and Chums
	Lou & Andy - Little Britain				Lurcio - Up Pompeii
	Malcom Tucker - The Thick Of It				Mandy 'Ooh You Are Awful But I Like You'
	Manuel - Fawlty Towers				Margo Leadbetter - The Good Life
	Mark Corrigan - Peep Show				Mark Heap - Green Wing
	Miss Jones - Rising Damp				Mr Bean
	Mr Humphreys - Are You Being Served?				Mr Mackay - Porridge
	Mrs Merton				Mrs Overall
	Nathan Barley				Nellie 'Ma' Boswell - Bread
	Nick Harper - My Family				Norman Stanley Fletcher - Porridge
	Oz - Auf Wiedersehn Pet				Papa Lazarou - League of Gentleman
	Patsy Stone - Ab Fab				Paul Calf
	Pauline - League of Gentleman				Pete & Dud
	Rab C Nesbitt				Reggie Perrin
	Rene - 'Allo 'Allo				Rik Mayall - The Young Ones
	Rigsby - Rising Damp				Sid Abbot - Bless This House
	Sid Snot - Kenny Everett				Sir Humphrey Appleby
	Smashy and Nicey - Harry Enfield and Chums				Sue White - Green Wing
	Ted and Ralph - The Fast Show				Ted Maul - Chris Morris' roving reporter
	Terry Collier - Likely Lads				The Pepperpots - Monty Python in drag
	The Scousers - Harry Enfield and Chums				Theophilus P Wildebeest - Lenny Henry
	Simon Pegg - Spaced				Timothy Lumsden
	Tubbs Tattsyrup - The League of Gentlemen				Vicky Pollard - Little Britain
	Victor Meldrew - One Foot in The Grave				Kelly Marie Tunstall - Victoria Wood
	Paul Nicholas - Just Good Friends				Wallace & Grommit
	Waynetta Slob - Harry Enfield and Chums				Wolfie Smith - Citizen Smith