2013

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2013. New shows launched this year include The Job Lot (pictured).

2012

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2012. New shows launched this year include Bad Sugar (pictured), Just A Minute, Cricklewood Greats and Sex And The Chippy.

2011

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2011. New shows launched this year included Beaver Falls (pictured), Friday Night Dinner, Sugartown and Edinburgh Comedy Live.

2010

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2010. New shows launched this year included Dylan Moran: What It Is (pictured), Zimbani, One Non Blonde: Down Under and Mark Watson Kicks Off.

2009

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2009. New shows launched this year included Burnistoun (pictured), Guantanamo Phil, Unwrapped With Miranda Hart and Big Top.

2008

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2008. New shows launched this year included Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (pictured), The Curse Of Steptoe, Argumental and New Heroes Of Comedy.

2007

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2007. New shows launched this year included Doug Stanhope: Go Home (pictured), Be More Ethnic, The Armstrong & Miller Show and The Comedy Map Of Britain.

2006

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2006. New shows launched this year included The Charlotte Church Show (pictured), Rich Hall's Cattle Drive, TV Heaven, Telly Hell and Man To Man With Dean Learner.

2005

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2005. New shows launched this year included According To Bex (pictured), The Comedians' Comedian, Bromwell High and The Robinsons.

2004

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2004. New shows launched this year included Ross Noble: Unrealtime (pictured), Doctors And Nurses, Sex, Secrets & Frankie Howerd and 2004: The Stupid Version.

2003

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2003. New shows launched this year included My New Best Friend (pictured), The Pilot Show, Absolute Power and QI.

2002

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2002. New shows launched this year included Meet The Magoons (pictured), Victoria At The Albert, Ed Stone Is Dead and Matthew & Tone.

2001

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2001. New shows launched this year included The Mitchell And Webb Situation (pictured), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, Being Dom Joly and Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day.

2000

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2000. New shows launched this year included Time Gentlemen Please (pictured), Jam, Life's A Pitch and Beast.

1999

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1999. New shows launched this year included Heart & Sole (pictured), From Spam To Sperm, Passion Killers and Small Potatoes.

1998

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1998. New shows launched this year included Jack & The Beanstalk (pictured), Duck Patrol, The Last Salute and Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round.

1997

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1997. New shows launched this year included Comedy Store (pictured), Harry Hill, Keeping Mum and No Sweat.

1996

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1996. New shows launched this year included Never Mind The Buzzcocks (pictured), An Evening With..., My Wonderful Life and Blouse And Skirt.

1995

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1995. New shows launched this year included Game On (pictured), The Glam Metal Detectives, Down To Earth and Agony Again.

1994

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1994. New shows launched this year included The Fast Show (pictured), The Tales Of Para Handy, Zig And Zag's Dirty Deeds and Carrott-U-Like.

1993

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1993. New shows launched this year included Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge (pictured), Every Silver Lining, The Brown Man and Stuck On You.

1992

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1992. New shows launched this year included Mulberry (pictured), Bunch Of Five, Dead At Thirty and The Brian Conley Show.

1991

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1991. New shows launched this year included Joking Apart (pictured), The Boys From The Bush, So You Think You've Got Troubles and Hope It Rains.

1990

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1990. New shows launched this year included Haggard (pictured), Spatz, Nightingales and The Mary Whitehouse Experience.

1989

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1989. New shows launched this year included Victoria Wood (pictured), Creature Comforts, Close To Home and All Change.

1988

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1988. New shows launched this year included Friday Night Live (pictured), Palace Hill, The Beiderbecke Connection and News At Twelve.

1987

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1987. New shows launched this year included ChuckleVision (pictured), Ffizz, A Small Problem and The Corner House.

1986

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1986. New shows launched this year included Slinger's Day (pictured), Hale And Pace, Bread and Farrington Of The F.O..

1985

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1985. New shows launched this year included Home To Roost (pictured), Walking The Planks, A Dabble With Digance and Happy Families.

1984

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1984. New shows launched this year included The Bullshitters (pictured), Singles, Ever Decreasing Circles and See How They Run.

1983

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1983. New shows launched this year included Affairs Of The Heart (pictured), The Home Front, The Bob Monkhouse Show and Luna.

1982

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1982. New shows launched this year included Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim (pictured), Third Time Lucky, Don't Rock The Boat and Horace.

1981

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1981. New shows launched this year included Solo (pictured), The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Scoop and 81 Take 2.

1980

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1980. New shows launched this year included The Sun Trap (pictured), Frankie Howerd Reveals All, Hi-De-Hi! and The Glamour Girls.

1979

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1979. New shows launched this year included Terry & June (pictured), The Plank, The Ken Dodd Laughter Show and Mixed Blessings.

1978

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1978. New shows launched this year included Going Straight (pictured), The Glums, Cooper - Just Like That and An Evening With Dave Evans.

1977

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1977. New shows launched this year included Big Deal At York City (pictured), Citizen Smith, Eric Sykes Shows A Few Of Our Favourite Things and Rosie.

1976

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1976. New shows launched this year included Yus, My Dear (pictured), The Two Ronnies Present - The Picnic, Maggie And Her and The Day I Shot My Dad.

1975

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1975. New shows launched this year included Sadie, It's Cold Outside (pictured), The Last Of The Best Men, The Truth About Verity and You Must Be Joking!.

1974

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1974. New shows launched this year included It Ain't Half Hot Mum (pictured), Follow That Dog, Behind The Fridge and Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt.

1973

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1973. New shows launched this year included Man About The House (pictured), Men Of Affairs, Oh Father! and The Tommy Cooper Hour.

1972

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1972. New shows launched this year included Clochemerle (pictured), Love Thy Neighbour, Pardon My Genie and The Train Now Standing.

1971

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1971. New shows launched this year included The Two Ronnies (pictured), Tottering Towers, Uncle Tulip and Now Look Here....

1970

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1970. New shows launched this year included The Lovers (pictured), Norman, The Misfit and Don't Ring Us... We'll Ring You.

1969

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1969. New shows launched this year included Dear Mother.... ....Love Albert (pictured), The Valley Express, The Corbett Follies and Tooth And Claw.

1968

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1968. New shows launched this year included Please Sir! (pictured), Never A Cross Word, Minding The Shop and Ukridge.

1967

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1967. New shows launched this year included A. P. Herbert's Misleading Cases (pictured), Heirs On A Shoestring, Mr Aitch and A Series Of Bird's.

1966

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1966. New shows launched this year included All Gas And Gaiters (pictured), Mr John Jorrocks, On The Margin and A Little Learning.

1965

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1965. New shows launched this year included Till Death Us Do Part (pictured), Are There Any More At Home Like You?, The Bed-Sit Girl and The Worker.

1964

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1964. New shows launched this year included The Big Noise (pictured), Not So Much A Programme More A Way Of Life, Dave's Kingdom and Joyce Grenfell.

1963

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1963. New shows launched this year included Fools Rush In (pictured), The Des O'Connor Show, The Bachelor Girls and Comedy Four.

1962

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1962. New shows launched this year included The Channel Swimmer (pictured), Visiting Day, Mr Pastry's Pet Shop and That Was The Week That Was.

1961

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1961. New shows launched this year included The Rag Trade (pictured), Colonel Trumper's Private War, Lunch In The Park and Mr Pastry Hooks A Spook.

1960

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1960. New shows launched this year included Sykes And A... (pictured), Arthur's Treasured Volumes, The Love Of Mike and A Life Of Bliss.

1959

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1959. New shows launched this year included Something In The City, The Two Charleys and Don't Tell Father.

1958

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1958. New shows launched this year included Educating Archie (pictured), Frankie Howerd In..., New Look and East End - West End.

1957

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1957. New shows launched this year included The Arthur Haynes Show (pictured), The Howerd Crowd, The Adventures Of Charlie Quick and Ray's A Rat.

1956

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1956. New shows launched this year included Hancock's Half Hour (pictured), The Adventures Of Aggie, Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure and Tracey And Me.

1955

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1955. New shows launched this year included Joan And Leslie (pictured), Arthur Askey, The Harry Secombe Show and Great Scott - It's Maynard!.

1954

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1954. New shows launched this year included Fast And Loose (pictured), Emney Enterprises, And So To Bentley and Running Wild.

1953

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1953. New shows launched this year included Nuts In May, Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School and Peter's Troubles.

1952

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1952. New shows launched this year included Frankie Howerd's Korean Party, A Mixed Bag and A Flight Of Fancy.

1951

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1951. New shows launched this year included Hi There!, Caught Napping and These Are The Days.

1950

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1950. New shows launched this year included Out Of This World, Mr Pastry's Progress and Joyce Grenfell.

1949

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1949.

1948

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1948.

1947

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1947. New shows launched this year included The Handle Bar, Going Places and Just For Fun.

1946

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1946. New shows launched this year included Pinwright's Progress (pictured), Joyce Grenfell, Paging You and Ballet 'How'.

1940 - 1945

Word War II resulted in the fledgling BBC Television Service shutting down. There was no TV at all between 1940 - 1945. BBC Home Service radio continued to be broadcast during this period and some films were released, however we have not yet established what, if any, new comedy programming was made during this period.

1939

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1939. New shows launched this year included Take Two Eggs, Ronald Frankau and Bebe Daniels And Ben Lyon.

1938

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1938. New shows launched this year included Bath H&C, Comedy Cabaret and Nice Work.

1937

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1937. New shows launched this year included Reginald Purdell, Stanelli and Billy Maloney.

1936

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1936. New shows launched this year included Claude Dampier (pictured).

Pre 1936

The BBC's Television Service started in 1936, before this time broadcast comedy only came in the form of movies and the radio (BBC National Programme). Because of a lack of recordings and paperwork for this period, we have not begun to research what comedy was broadcast in these pre-TV days yet.