Frank and Pat Butcher of “EastEnders” have been voted TV’s most beloved couple.
The previous residents of Albert Sq. – who have been performed by the late Mike Reid and 80-year-old Pam St Clement on the BBC One cleaning soap opera – beat out different beloved {couples} like energy couple ‘Neighbours’ Scott and Charlene, performed by Jason Donovan , 54, and Kylie Minogue, 54 within the late Eighties.
The outcomes come amid a ballot of 1,500 individuals, which gave third place to a different Den and Angie Watts, performed by the late Leslie Grantham and West Finish star Anita Dobson, 73.
Elite Singles – who carried out the survey – mirrored the outcomes by mirroring qualities that ‘delight’ a singular sensibility for ‘British viewers’.
The pollsters stated: “Frank and Pat Butcher are a primary instance of the type of tragic couple who can by no means discover their glad ending, however they definitely offered us with some laughs and pleasure alongside their journey.
“Probably the most weird, hilarious and baffling of those is Frank’s bare arrival on the entrance door.
“It is precisely the type of whimsical, unromantic love story that delights British moviegoers and leaves the remainder of the world scratching their heads.”
Fourth place was taken by ‘Coronation Avenue’ pair Jack and Vera Duckworth, performed by Invoice Tarmey and Liz Daybreak within the lengthy operating ITV1 collection.
The on-screen lovers went US for fifth place as “Cheers” couple Sam Malone and Diane Chambers, who have been dropped at life within the Eighties sitcom by 75-year-old Ted Danson and Shelley Lengthy, 73.
Homer and Marge Simpson from the beloved grownup cartoon collection ‘The Simpsons’ took sixth place and Basil and Sybil Fawlty – performed by John Cleese, 83, and Prunella Scales, 90 – from the Seventies basic’ Fawlty Towers” positioned seventh.
It was saved classic once more for eighth when Tom and Barbara Good — performed by Richard Briers, 79, and Felicity Kendall, 76 — of “The Good Life” got here subsequent.
In ninth place have been the beloved pair of “Buddies,” Ross Geller and Rachel Greene, 54, performed by Jennifer Aniston, 54, and David Schwimmer, 56, and eventually “Solely Fools and Del Boy and Raquel of Horses, performed by Sir David Jason, 83, and Tessa Peake-Jones, 65.
1 – Frank and Pat Butcher, ‘EastEnders’ – 17%
2 – Scott and Charlene Robinson, ‘Neighbors’ – 15%
3 – Den and Angie Watts, ‘EastEnders’ – 12%
4 – Jack and Vera Duckworth, ‘Coronation Avenue’ – 11%
5 – Sam and Diane, “Cheers” – 9%
6 – Homer and Marge Simpson, ‘The Simpsons’ – 8%
7 – Basil and Sybil Fawlty, ‘Fawlty Towers’ – 8%
8 – Tom and Barbara Good, ‘The Good Life’ – 7%
9 – Ross and Rachel, ‘Buddies’ – 7%
10 – Del Boy and Raquel, ‘Simply Fools and Horses’ – 6%
