"was the first episode of ""Only Fools and Horses"" to attract a UK television audience of over 10 million. Owing to the chandelier scene, it is one of the show's best known episodes. In December 2006, the scene came second in a UKTV Gold poll to find the Top 40 Only Fools Moments, second only to Del Boy falling through an open bar flap in the episode ""Yuppy Love"". It was also voted the best British comedy moment in a 2000 poll. A Touch of Glass ""A Touch of Glass"" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, ""Only Fools and"
"my favourite radio comedies"" Radio Times On the Blog On the Blog is a BBC Radio comedy series starring Caroline Quentin (""Men Behaving Badly""), Simon Greenall (""I'm Alan Partridge"") and Andy Taylor (""Red Dwarf""). It is written by Kris Dyer, Dave Marks and Andy Taylor and is an Above The Title Production for BBC Radio 2. ""Original and twisted - the don't-miss comedy appointment of the week"" Radio Times ""That rare thing - a funny new radio sitcom"" Guardian""The funniest sitcom since ""Ed Reardon's Week"""" Sunday Times ""A very funny sitcom"" Sunday Times""A laugh-out-loud delight"" Radio Times ""Cult comedy at"
"portrayal of the character, including 'Sexiest Male' in 2008, 'Villain of the Year' in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 'Best Actor' in 2008 and 2009. He has also been nominated at the ""[[Inside Soap Awards]]"" for 'Best Bad Boy' in 2007 and 2008 and also 'Best Actor' in 2009. The character was selected as one of the ""top 100 British soap characters"" by industry experts for a poll to be run by ""What's on TV"", with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover ""Who is Soap's greatest Legend?"" In August 2017, Lomas was longlisted for Best Actor"
"2006, Tom Chambers was named tenth 'Best Actor' in the BBC Drama awards for his portrayal of the character. He has proven popular with fans of the show, performing well in the annual official fan awards. In 2006 he was named 'Favourite Male' and second 'Favourite Newcomer of Series 8', with the Connie/Sam/Chrissie storyline voted second' Favourite Storyline of Series 8', and his pairing with Connie 'Best Couple of Series 8'. In 2007 he ranked second 'Favourite Male of Series 9', and also 'Favourite All-Time Male'. Connie and Sam were again voted 'Best Couple of Series 9', with Tom Chambers'"
"as a role model—I love his conflictedness about ... everybody"". Readers of AfterElton.com voted Jack the tenth best gay or bisexual television character of all time, the poll itself ultimately being won by Brian Kinney, a character from the North American version of ""Queer as Folk"" which was developed by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman from the British series created by Russell T Davies. The website praised Jack—one of only two bisexual characters on the list of 25—for being having both ""tough"" and ""tender"" sides to his personality, as seen in the ""Torchwood"" episode ""Captain Jack Harkness"". Amongst science fiction"
"in a Channel 4 poll of the greatest television characters of all time. In 2007, ""Entertainment Weekly"" placed Homer ninth on their list of the ""50 Greatest TV icons"" and first on their 2010 list of the ""Top 100 Characters of the Past Twenty Years"". Homer was also the runaway winner in British polls that determined who viewers thought was the ""greatest American"" and which fictional character people would like to see become the President of the United States. His relationship with Marge was included in ""TV Guide"" list of ""The Best TV Couples of All Time"". Dan Castellaneta has"
"1962 to 1992. On a ""The Times-Union"" list of the 50 greatest sitcom characters of all time, George was ranked third, behind Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) from ""I Love Lucy"" and Barney Fife (Don Knotts) from ""The Andy Griffith Show"". In 1999, ""TV Guide"" published a list of the 50 best characters in television history, on which George was ranked 10th. ""The People"" called George the greatest television character on a list of the 100 best television characters. British comedian Ricky Gervais and ""Guardian"" columnist Marina Hyde have both called George ""arguably the greatest sitcom character of all time"". For"
"wall, you get an episode like 'The Hobo Code' or 'For Those Who Think Young' or 'Meditations in an Emergency' or, especially, this past season's 'The Gypsy and the Hobo.'"" Bee Wilson of ""The Guardian"" praised Hamm's performance writing that ""The Eames chairs and hour-glass dresses are a visual treat, but it's really all about Jon Hamm's performance as a man sickened by his womanising and in thrall to his own pretty lies"". In 2009, ""Ask Men"" named the fictional Don Draper the most influential man in the world, ahead of real-life figures. Additionally, Comcast listed him among TV's Most"
"Times"" wrote that ""the relationship between the men is the show's emotional centerpiece."" As of 2004, Seth was named one of the 10 best current characters by ""Zap2it"", writing: ""The gangly Adam Brody effortlessly delivers his hilarious and sweetly sarcastic lines. He's positively delightful and brings a level of humor not often seen on prime time soaps. Heck, even his wardrobe is a hoot."" In 2004, he was nominated for Choice Breakout Male TV Star and Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure, losing the former to Chad Michael Murray of ""One Tree Hill"" and winning the latter. In 2005, he"
"reviews from others. In particular, a scathing review of the show by Tim Teeman was published in ""The Times"", berating the show for its perceived homophobia due to the characterisation of Horst Schwul: This view was backed up by ""The Scotsman"", which described the characters as ""crass"" and ""one-dimensional"", and describing Schwul as ""undoubtedly the worst comedy character in the history of civilisation"". By contrast, newspapers such as ""The Sun"" and the ""Daily Mirror"" gave the show broadly positive reviews, describing some sketches as ""chucklesome"", praising Murray and Eclair's performance as the Radio Ad Couple, and suggesting the show demonstrates"
"sitcom as ""a kind of social X-ray of male middle-aged Middle England."" 12 episodes were produced. Supporting Coogan are Felicity Montagu as his faithful but timid personal assistant, Lynn Benfield; Simon Greenall as Geordie handyman Michael; and Phil Cornwell as Partridge's rival DJ Dave Clifton. The series was nominated for three BAFTAs (winning two), two British Comedy Awards (winning both), and a Royal Television Society award. In a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted by industry professionals, ""I'm Alan Partridge"" was named the 38th best British television series of all time. The main character of"
"Britain's Best Sitcom. It had been placed 13th in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 and voted for by industry professionals. The series has influenced popular culture in the United Kingdom, with the series' catchphrases and characters being well known. It highlighted a forgotten aspect of defence during the Second World War. The ""Radio Times"" magazine listed Captain Mainwaring's ""You stupid boy!"" among the 25 greatest put-downs on TV. A film featuring Bill Nighy, Sir Michael Gambon, Toby Jones and Sir Tom Courtenay was released in 2016. The"
"people on radio"". The first Most Powerful People listing created by ""Radio Times"" was for TV Comedy. It listed the 50 most influential individuals in British television comedy, and was based on critical reception, viewing figures, financial success and previous successes in comedy, as well as opinions from industry experts, from the previous 12 months. The list was first published in January 2003, and was topped by Ricky Gervais. Gervais was named the most powerful person in TV comedy following the success of the second series of his TV show ""The Office"", which had won two British Academy Television Awards"
"Prince dressed in a purple suit. The last nerd is Curtis Armstrong with an appearance resembling his ""Revenge of the Nerds"" character Booger. The usenet newsgroup which he posts the message to (alt.nerd.obsessive) is a reference to the alt.tv.simpsons newsgroup. In its original broadcast, ""Radioactive Man"" finished 51st in the ratings for the week of September 18 to September 24, 1995. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 9.5. The episode was the fourth-highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following ""The X-Files"", ""Beverly Hills, 90210"", and ""Melrose Place"". Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from fans"
"'Most Popular New Male Talent' Logie Award in May 2007, for his portrayal of Frazer. He received a nomination in the ""best Newcomer"" category at the ""2007 Inside Soap Awards"". He was also nominated for ""Sexiest Male"" and ""Best Couple"" along with Saleeba, at the ""2008 Inside Soap Awards"". Whilst commenting on the programme in general, Ruth Deller of media website Lowculture praised Rosetta's relationship with Frazer describing it as a high point for ""Neighbours"" and said the serial would be ""dull"" when they departed. She drew comparisons with past couples stating: ""Of the more recent additions to the cast"
"storyline was nominated for ""Best Storyline"". At the 2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards Lister was nominated in the ""Most Popular Actor"" category. He was later nominated in the ""Sexiest Male"" category at the British Soap Awards in 2009. In 2012, Lister was nominated for the ""Best Bad Boy"" Award at the Inside Soap Awards and for ""Villain of the Year"" at the British Soap Awards. On Digital Spy's 2012 end of year reader poll, Lister was nominated for ""Best Male Soap Actor"" and came fifth with 7.0% of the vote. ""The Guardian's"" Grace Dent commented that ""Carl King is powerless"
"""Red Cap"" and ""Out of Control"", was the only soap star to make the list. Speaking about the lack of soap actors, ""Radio Times"" remarked: ""We've taken the view that any actor in a soap derives their power from the programme until they prove themselves elsewhere."" The third Most Powerful People list that ""Radio Times"" created, in June 2005, recognised the forty most influential people in British radio. The listing was based on the opinions of 70 industry experts from both BBC and commercial radio, and was restricted to current broadcasters. The winner was the DJ and TV host Jonathan"
"Spike was again placed at number one on ""Newtype""s anime list of ""Favorite Male Character"". In a ""Newtype"" poll from March 2010, Spike was voted by readers as the eighteenth most popular male anime character from the 1990s. In 2014, Kōichi Yamadera was voted by fans as the third coolest ""old guy"" voice actor in a Goo Ranking poll, and three years later, topped Asahi's list of the 25 best voice actors as voted by their peers, with his portrayal of Spike cited as one of the contributing factors. Western critics have also directed significant praise towards Spike. In his"
"is also a potentially familiar Sirius Cybernetics functionary. In addition, the double-bass player's obvious question is changed from ""I bet you wished you played the piccolo"" to ""how do you get it under your chin?"", and Dirk forgets to ask Kate to phone him ""before doing anything impossible"". The returning characters are: New characters: The adaptation of ""The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul"" won ""The Comedy.co.uk Award"" for ""Best British Radio Sitcom of 2008"". The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (radio serial) The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is an Above the Title Productions radio adaptation, dramatised"
"within the top ten of best male characters between the 7th and 8th spot. In another ""Newtype"" poll from March 2010, Gintoki was voted as the eighth most popular male anime character from the 2000s. In the Anime Grand Prix polls, Gintoki was voted as one of the most popular male anime character. The Japanese music distributor Recochoku has made two annual surveys of which anime characters that people would like to marry. Gintoki ranked second, then first in the category ""The Character I Want to Be My Groom."" Another poll from Niconico had female fans voting Gintoki as the"
"industry experts for a poll to be run by ""What's on TV"", with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover ""Who is Soap's greatest Legend?"". Miller was nominated for Best Actor for the 2015 British Soap Awards and won the 2014 Best Moment in All About Soap Awards (with Ryan Hawley, who played Aaron's on-off lover Robert). He won the Best Actor Award at the 2015 TV Choice Awards. Miller has won more awards for his character than any other Emmerdale actor for their character. In August 2017, Miller was longlisted for ""Best Actor"" at the Inside"
"for him. Writing for the ""Daily News"", David Hinckley lauded how none of the characters ""settle in as the stereotypes they could easily become"", and presumed that all of them would evolve and get smarter as the show progresses. Lori Rack of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" praised the actors' comedic timing and playing off each other. Despite the guys sounding ""like nightmares"" on paper, ""they have endearing, vulnerable cores that make them likable, and occasionally, lovable. [...] ""New Girl"" didn't give me as many laugh-out-loud moments as some comedies"", but instead made her ""feel warm and fuzzy"". Rob Owen of the"
"by ABC in 2016 with the final episode airing on May 16 of that year. BuddyTV ranked him #10 on its list of ""TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2009"", #19 in 2010, #20 in 2011 and #39 in 2012; #7 on its list of ""The 15 Best Drama Lead Actors of the 2011-2012 TV Season""; named his character's relationship with the other main character as #18 (and the Best Flirting Relationship) on its list ""Love Is All Around: Best TV Relationships of 2010"", #13 (and the Best Delayed Relationship) on its list of ""The Best Relationships of 2011"", #15 on"
"in the episode. Recurring guest voice actor Ralph Garman, and writers Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin and John Viener made minor appearances. Recurring guest voice actor Patrick Warburton reprises his role of Joe Swanson. The bit of Peter and Joe texting each other exists in two versions: one with Peter texting Joe back but was autocorrected, or using the term ""phoque"" to describe how gay Quagmire's father is. After announcing that his father is being honored by the Navy, Quagmire says his father was his greatest hero growing up. Peter then claims that his own hero while growing up"
"praising the exploration of the setting, the Daleks, Tennant, and the supporting cast. Noting how the two-part structure allowed it to take its time, he concluded that the ""script goes to the top of the pile as amongst the best modern ""Doctor Who"" has to offer."" ""SFX"" reviewer Richard Edwards was generally positive towards the two-parter, though he noted the cliffhanger of ""Daleks in Manhattan"" was hurt by the reveal of Dalek Sec's hybrid form in ""Radio Times"". IGN's Travis Fickett was less positive, giving the episode a score of 6.5 out of 10. He found the Daleks to come"
"understand human beings and how they behave. And there is something inherently funny in that, especially if he's the straight man."" The actor noted he was a little hesitant at making the character into ""the funny guy"", and was apprehensive about some moments in the early episodes of the season. However, he believes the writers have found ""the line"", allowing for the jokes to be ""more subtle"" and ""a little more believable"". Critical response to the character has been extremely favorable. Castiel ranked ninth on TV.com's top ten list of best new supporting characters of 2008. The staff and voters"
"top five and bottom five people who he liked and hated in the dorm and post it hourly. Azaria stated that he himself was always on the bottom five of the list because he complained about the playing of the music. Azaria ""loves that the character is an adult who argues with kids as if they're his peers."" Within the series, the character Comic Book Guy is often used to represent a stereotypical inhabitant of the newsgroup alt.tv.simpsons. The first such instance occurred in the seventh-season episode ""Radioactive Man"", in which Comic Book Guy is logging on to his favorite"
"that appeared in noitamina television series. In the ""Newtype"" anime awards, he was voted as sixth best male character. In a ""Newtype"" poll, he was voted the 24th most popular male anime character from the 2010s. Critical reception to the character has been positive. Hiroko Yamamura commented that although it was obvious Kogami would be the series' protagonist it was interesting seeing him ""at the wrong end of the barrel for the first episode"" leading to possible interesting character dynamics. Richard Eisenbeis from Kotaku criticized him as an ""static character"" for lacking the development Akane Tsunemori showed across the series."
"in the Noel Gay musical ""Radio Times"" at the Watermill Theatre, opposite Anna-Jane Casey and Gary Wilmot. As well as singing and dancing, Carter played saxophone, ukulele and kazoo. On 1 September 2011 Andrew Lloyd Webber was in the audience and gave the cast a standing ovation. ""Radio Times"" received five stars in The Public Reviews. Carter's performance was also praised: ""Vivien Carter, as Amy, smolders, seduces, sings, dances, plays and ends up with real heart."" - Jim Nicholson at ""The Public Reviews"" ""Vivien Carter [is] a forces sweetheart to rival Vera Lynn."" - Judi Herman at ""WhatsOnStage"" ""[Vivien Carter"
"but he acted instinctively and the actor thought that others would have reacted the same way. A writer from BBC Online named the storyline as Brad's most notable moment throughout his duration on the show. While a reporter for the ""Herald Sun"" called Brad ""one of the show's most popular characters"" and commented that Michaelson had a huge following because of his good looks. For his portrayal of Brad, Michaelson earned a nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 1993 Logie Awards. He also received a nomination for Hottest Man in Soap at the Inside Soap TV Awards, while Brad"
"""I'm absolutely thrilled to bits - I've not even been on screen yet, so it's quite flattering to be up for Sexiest Male. It's great. A few people have asked me whether it would be quite an embarrassing award to win, but considering I haven't even been on screen yet, I'd take anything! (laughs) If it was Best Haircut, I'd take that as well!"" Tommy Duckworth Tommy Duckworth is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Darryl Edwards from 1992 to 1997, Joseph Aston in 2000 and Chris Fountain from 2011 to 2013. The"
"his name, his face, and his powerful low voice."" In the early 1990s, he was described as a . He is credited as being one of the soap opera world's leading stars. Jamey Giddens of Zap2it considers Braeden the soap opera's leading male. Tommy Garrett of ""Highlight Hollywood"" stated that Braeden ""is known in the industry as the biggest daytime leading man of all time"". In 1993, Nancy Reichardt of ""The Los Angeles Times"" stated: ""Victor Newman is one of those characters. When Eric Braeden first came on the show in the role, Victor was a villain, and what a"
"a character called Romeo - well, if the cap fits"". Jaci Stephen writing for the ""Daily Mail"" said ""If a character is called Romeo, he's likely to live up to his name""; she concluded he did and branded him a ""charmer"". After Romeo has sex with Ruby and tells they have no future, Erin Miller of ""TV Week"" said ""What has happened to good guy Romeo? He's always been the dependable and loveable guy in Summer Bay but this week audiences have seen a nastier side to him."" In a Holy Soap poll to find ""Home and Away's"" ""All-time hottest"