What is your greatest ever British comedy? OK, perhaps that’s an unfair question as there are loads to choose from and it’s impossible to settle on just one. Also, you’re comparing chalk with cheese when looking at sitcoms in relation to sketch shows etc.

But anyway – who would be in say, your top five?

What about Dad’s Army? The show did have the knack of putting you in the moment, but maybe it’s one of those that’s better in the memory than it is in reality?

How about Til Death Us Do Part? Alf Garnett trying to rule over his family but being thwarted at every turn. The film version of the show taking Alf and family from World War 2 and after, to the World Cup win of 1966, the demolition of the old terraced house and the family’s compulsory relocation to a tower block is quite superb. If any kids want to really know about post war social history in Britain – they should just watch that.

How about Monty Python or The Office? The Good Life maybe? It Aint Half Hot Mum? Love Thy Neighbour? The list goes on…

Fawlty Towers was one of the most popular ever but doesn’t seem to quite stand the test of time for me – though I loved it at the time it was shown in the late 1970s. So I suppose there are two different questions here – which are your favourites now – and which, honestly, were your favourites at the time they were first shown.

To be completely fair to the producers of the shows, the latter has to be the definitive list – even if there are past favourites you feel a little embarrassed at in hindsight. Comedy reflects the time it was created. Something cutting edge and new at the time, like Monty Python, can seem a bit tired decades on.

So without further ado, my chronological top five are: Dad’s Army, Monty Python, Reggie Perrin, Reeves and Mortimer, and The Fast Show.

What’s yours?