TV listings magazine, Radio Times, has conducted a survey into the UK's children's preferred televisual viewing.

Perhaps unsurprisingly (but a tad worrying) is top of the list favourite The Simpsons.  Slightly more concerning is their second place choice of Little Britain.

Not only does the show air after the watershed and the British Board of Film Classification certifies the DVD releases with a 15 rating but the magazine research indicates that 280,000 10 to 15 year olds watched series two and then a further 86,000 children aged between 4 and 9.

The Little Britain boys have been quick to try to quash any contention that may be thrown their way when David Walliams stated, "it's great that they love it."

He did specify that their intention was for the show to be for adults and definitely not for children but explained that, "There’s always that element in kids where they want to watch the naughty comedy that’s not for them."

Matt Lucas seemed slightly more aware of the social implications their influence may have on young impressionable minds when he said, "Watching Little Britain was affecting how the kids behaved in school. They were doing the catchphrases and coming out with rude jokes."

So, no real change there then.