Insults by Lord Blackadder and Dad's Army's Captain Mainwaring have been voted among the top put-downs in TV history by Radio Times magazine. To celebrate, view some of the funniest putdowns in sitcom history over the following pics. First up, Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder.

Lord Blackadder: "Your brain's so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry cannibal cracked your head open, there wouldn't be enough to cover a small water biscuit."