Garlic bread: It’s the tastiest one-liner

PETER KAY’S line in Phoenix Nights — “Garlic bread — it’s the future, I’ve tasted it” — has been named the greatest one-liner in television comedy history.

Uttered by wheelchair-bound nightclub owner Brian Potter, it beat other British favourites from the likes of Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.

The Mrs Merton Show, where the acid-tongued pensioner played by Caroline Aherne asks Debbie McGee: “So, what first attracted you to millionaire Paul Daniels?” takes second place.