Rockers Queen have beaten The Beatles to be crowned greatest British band of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners.

After them came The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Take That.

More than 20 000 listeners voted by email, text and phone. The five finalists had been selected over the previous week by Radio 2 listeners. The bands were judged on song-writing, lyrics, live performances, originality and showmanship.

The results were announced in a three-hour show on January 1 on Radio 2 and it turned out, that Queen beat The Beatles by only 400 votes.