Victor Meldrew’s ‘I don’t believe it’ catchphrase tops UK poll

OHMYGOSSIP — Victor Meldrew’s “I don’t believe it” line is the UK’s most-used catchphrase.
The miserable pensioner was played by Richard Wilson in the classic BBC sitcom ‘One Foot in the Grave’, and a new study has determined that the character’s famous quote is still used by British people more than 30 years after it was first uttered.
Michelle Wilding-Baker – a spokesperson for Freesat which commissioned the study – said: “TV has a huge influence on our lives and what at first seems like a fairly basic line can very quickly become part of everyday language. It’s great to see that UK shows have done well.”
The rest of the top 10 was made up by other famous phrases such as “Computer says no” – which was used by David Walliams as hapless receptionist Carol Beer on sketch show ‘Little Britain’ – as well as Del Boy’s “Lovely jubbly” from ‘Only Fools and Horses’ and “Am I bovvered?”, which was famously uttered by rebellious teenager Lauren Cooper on ‘The Catherine Tate Show.’
Michelle added: “Television is a huge part of our culture and that trend looks set to continue so this is something that is only going to have an increasing influence on us.”
The report also found that 80% of adults use quotes from television shows in their daily conversations and 76% of them even use catchphrases from shows they have never even seen.

TOP TEN
1. “I don’t believe it” (Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew in ‘One Foot In The Grave’)
2. “Computer says no” ( David Walliams as Carol Beer in ‘Little Britain’)
3. “Lovely jubbly” (Sir David Jason as Del Boy on ‘Only Fools And Horses’)
4. “Here’s one I made earlier” (Various presenters on ‘Blue Peter’ )
5. “D’oh” (Homer Simpson on ‘The Simpsons’, voiced by Dan Castellaneta)
6. “Am I bovvered?” (Catherine Tate as Lauren Cooper on ‘The Catherine Tate Show’)
7. “You plonker” (Sir David Jason as Del Boy on ‘Only Fools and Horses’)
8. “I have a cunning plan” (Tony Robinson as Baldrick on ‘Blackadder’)
9. “Just like that” (Magician Tommy Cooper)
10. “I’ve started so I’ll finish” (Magnus Magnusson and John Humphrys on ‘Mastermind’)

Source: VacationHunter.Online

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