Corden and Horne voted best comic duo in TV survey

COMEDIANS James Corden and Mat Horne, stars of the television comedy Gavin and Stacey, have beaten Morecambe and Wise to be named the greatest comedy duo in a new survey.

Horne and Corden, whose BBC3 sketch show was a flop and was even branded a mistake by Corden himself earlier this year, received 16 per cent of votes in a survey of more than 3,000 people by online TV service www.SeeSaw.com.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise came a close second with 15 per cent of the vote.

Little Britain's David Walliams and Matt Lucas were third with 12 per cent of votes, while Phoenix Nights' Peter Kay and Paddy McGuinness were voted into fourth place.

Peep Show's David Mitchell and Robert Webb rounded off the top five with 10 per cent of the vote.

Gavin And Stacey also topped the best British comedy catchphrase with Nessa's "What's occurring?" coming in first place, ahead of Only Fools And Horses' Del Boy classic "Lovely jubbly".

Only Fools And Horses was named the greatest comedy show in the poll, scooping 23 per cent of votes, while second favourite Fawlty Towers received 9 per cent and Gavin And Stacey came third with 7 per cent .

The moment when Del Boy accidentally fell through an open bar hatch in Only Fools And Horses was named the greatest TV comedy moment, with 41 per cent of the vote.