Only Fools and Horses voted 5
The original version of the Band Aid song "Do They Know It's
Christmas?" has been voted Britain's favourite festive moment of
all time.
The 1984 version of the charity song - written by Bob Geldof and
Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief - topped a list compiled
for the Channel 4 TV show "The 100 Greatest Christmas
Moments."
The hit single, which raised more than £100m, topped the
festive poll, in which voters were asked to pick their favourite
Christmas TV moment from a selection of yuletide movies, songs and
TV specials.
Viewers voted the 1996 Christmas special of the comedy series
"Father Ted" in at number two.
The episode, "A Christmassy Ted" saw misfit priests Ted and Dougal
getting lost in Europe's largest lingerie store.
Raymond Briggs' Christmas cartoon classic, "The Snowman" came
third.
But comedy dominated the poll of favourite Christmas TV moments,
with "The Office Christmas Special" in at fourth place.
Classic comedy series "Only Fools and Horses" also entered at
number five for the 1996 Christmas special, which saw Del and
Rodney Trotter returning to our screens after a three-year
break.
The episode in which the hapless Trotter brothers finally strike it
rich attracted more than 24 million viewers when first aired.
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