Red Dwarf has been labeled the most popular science fiction television series of all time by readers of the Radio Times.

The British sitcom, which followed the adventures of the crew aboard a damaged mining spaceship, ran on the BBC for eight series between 1988 and 1999.

The 1981 six part comedy series The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy also made it into the final twenty.

It should be noted that the poll, which was conducted via the Radio Times' website, did not include hit sci-fi drama Doctor Who because it "usually wins every sci-fi and fantasy show poll going".

The full results, which clearly need to be taken with a pinch of salt, are as follows:

1. Red Dwarf
2. The X Files
3. Lost
4. Life On Mars
5. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
6. Star Trek: The Next Generation
7. Stargate SG-1
8. Star Trek
9. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
10. Quantum Leap
11. Heroes
12. Blake's 7
13. Twin Peaks
14. V
15. Torchwood
16. Babylon 5
17. The Prisoner
18. Battlestar Galactica
19. Thunderbirds
20. Lost In Space