Four Weddings 'best British film'
Four Weddings and a Funeral has beaten off stiff competition to be named the best British movie of all time in a new poll.
The survey also saw Sir Sean Connery and Sir Anthony Hopkins sharing the title of Britain's favourite actor while Dame Judi Dench was named best actress.
Richard Curtis's 1994 romantic comedy took 22% of the vote in the poll for Virgin Media, squeaking past Monty Python's Life of Brian by just 1%.
The film made a star of its leading actor Hugh Grant and his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley who wore a daring black Versace dress - held together with gold safety pins - to the premiere.
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Grant, who came fourth in the poll for best actor, played commitment-phobe Charles who realises he is in love with Carrie (Andie MacDowell) as he attends four weddings and a funeral.
Life of Brian's mixture of comedy and religious themes prompted controversy when it was released in 1979. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Graham Chapman) who is born in the manger next to Jesus and spends his life being mistaken for the Messiah.
Third was Trainspotting with 15% of the vote. The film, which followed a group of friends in Edinburgh, was controversial because of its graphic depiction of heroin use.
Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, made it into fourth place with 10% and Guy Ritchie's gangster film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels came fifth with 8%.
Dame Judi took nearly a third (29%) of the votes in the best actress poll, more than double that of her nearest rivals Dame Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, both on 14%.
The survey of 1,000 adults was carried out on June 25 and 26 by Onepoll.com for Virgin Media. It was commissioned to mark the closing date for film makers to enter the Virgin Media Shorts competition.
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