'Powerful' Comic Character

Borat has made it into a list of the most powerful men in Britain.

The comedy character - aka Sacha Baron Cohen - is ranked 19th in GQ magazine's annual top 100.

That puts him just one place behind Prince William and two behind Tory leader David Cameron.

"Not since John Lennon has an English entertainer had such an effect on the world," GQ said of Borat creator Baron Cohen.

The power list has Chancellor Gordon Brown in pole position for the second year running. Prime Minister Tony Blair is second.

"Brown is all but chief executive of a government where Blair is largely a figurehead," the magazine said.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King is third, followed by Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, BBC director-general Mark Thompson and Top Shop boss Sir Philip Green.

Mr Murdoch's son, BSkyB boss James, makes number 20.

England captain and Chelsea star John Terry is 32nd and the only footballer to get a mention - with no place in the top 100 for the man he replaced, David Beckham.

:: Here is the top 20:

1 Gordon Brown
2 Tony Blair
3 Mervyn King (Governor of the Bank of England)
4 Sir Terry Leahy (chief executive, Tesco)
5 Rupert Murdoch (chief executive, News Corporation)
6 Mark Thompson (director-general, BBC)
7 Sir Philip Green (owner, Arcadia Group)
8 Viscount Rothermere (owner, Daily Mail and General Trust)
9 Ed Balls (Economic Secretary to the Treasury)
10 Home Secretary John Reid
11 Paul Dacre (editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers)
12 David Miliband (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
13 Sir Martin Sorrell (chief executive, WPP )
14 Michael Grade (executive chairman, ITV)
15 Jamie Oliver
16 Roman Abramovich
17 David Cameron
18 Prince William
19 Sacha Baron Cohen/Borat
20 James Murdoch (chief executive, BSkyB

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