Best running joke in a British sitcom

[Harlesden]

Only Fools - Trigger calling Rodney Dave
Keeping Up Appearances - (1) Hyacinth's very odd daddy (2) Hyacinth's neighbours
Last Of The Summer Wine (1) Short sighted Eli (2) "Drink your coffee" followed by "Oh, mother"
'Allo 'Allo - "You stupid woman"

More suggestions welcome

 

[EM2]

Red Dwarf - Smeg
Blackadder - Baldrick's 'I have a cunning plan...'

 

[SS4]

Fawlty Towers: It's perfectly simple!
Red Dwarf: Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!
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The IT Crowd: Have you tried turning it off an on again?

 

[gg1]

Father Ted - The money was just resting in my account

 

[EM2]

Father Ted - The money was just resting in my account

Also 'Drink! ****! Arse! Girls!' and Fr. Larry Duff's mishaps, usually caused by Ted calling him on his mobile.

 

[matt]

Dad's Army - "You stupid boy"

 

[gg1]

Also 'Drink! ****! Arse! Girls!' and Fr. Larry Duff's mishaps, usually caused by Ted calling him on his mobile.

...and Father Dougal's uncertainty as to the existence of god.

also

Allo Allo - Lieutenant Gruber's crush on Rene
Open All Hours - Gggggggggggranville
Dad's Army - Sergeant Wilson's 'friendship' with Pike's mum

 

[Eng274]

Top gear - "how hard can it be?"

Dad's Army - "they don't like it up 'em!" And the fact cpl jones is always half a step out of sync with the rest of the parade.

 

[district]

What about "Are you being served" with the pussy jokes?

My pussy is so wet!
I've got to get home, my pussy has been locked inside all day!
- Mrs Slowcombe

 

[Eng274]

The Dr Niles Crane 'seminar' jokes should get a mention I feel.

"I have to go, I'm holding a compulsive sex seminar and I don't like to leave them alone for too long."

"I have to go, I'm holding a identity crisis seminar, and I've already forgotten 3 of their names."

Edit- I realise now that Frasier is not British..

 

[SS4]

Allo Allo - Lieutenant Gruber's crush on Rene

Not forgetting Officer Crabtree's Fronch

 

[deltic1989]

Dads Army: LCpl jones always being out of time, and shouting DON'T PANIC when its clearly time to panic.
Allo allo: The British airmen, and "listen very carefully i shall say ziss only once" and the fallen madonna with the big (.)(.) .
Fawlty Towers: Manuel's limited command of English.
Open all Hours: the till , arkwrites stammer and his innuendo with nurse Gladys Emmanuell.
On The Busses: Inspector Blake nuff said.
and is it mrs Bucket or mrs Bouquet?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Not forgetting Officer Crabtree's Fronch

"Good moaning; do you have the Tim? There is no cluck in hair..."

 

[deltic1989]

Not forgetting Officer Crabtree's Fronch

"Good moaning; do you have the Tim? There is no cluck in hair..."

I was always more concerned about waht he was doing by the door.

 

[Michael.Y]

Fawlty Towers had a whole host of pseudo-catchphrases:

The Major : "Papers arrived yet Fawlty?"
Sybil : "Basil!"
Manuel : "Que?"
Various : "He's from Barcelona."

 

[martinsh]

Father Ted - "go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on"