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 God Save The Queens (pictured), Very Important People, World Series Of Dating and Sky Jockeys.

2011

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2011. New shows launched this year included Black Mirror (pictured), Edinburgh Comedy Live, Eric & Ernie and Greatest Ever Carry On Films.

2010

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2010. New shows launched this year included The Rob Brydon Show (pictured), Lizzie And Sarah, MovieMash and Accidental Farmer.

2009

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2009. New shows launched this year included The Many Faces Of... (pictured), Horrible Histories, Lee Evans - Big - Live At The O2 and Not Again: Not The Nine O'Clock News.

2008

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2008. New shows launched this year included Think Tank (pictured), Lab Rats, Tonightly and Hughie Green, Most Sincerely.

2007

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2007. New shows launched this year included Gavin & Stacey (pictured), Grumpy Old New Year, Angelo's and Roman's Empire.

2006

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2006. New shows launched this year included Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (pictured), Dog Almighty World Cup, A History Of Oil and Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.

2005

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2005. New shows launched this year included According To Bex (pictured), Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle, Glenn Wool: What's The Story? and Nathan Barley.

2004

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2004. New shows launched this year included Fur TV (pictured), Bosom Pals, Shane and Stupid.

2003

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2003. New shows launched this year included Early Doors (pictured), Posh Nosh, The Mark Steel Lectures and The Pilot Show.

2002

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2002. New shows launched this year included Look Around You (pictured), Elvis Lives, Manchild and Arena: Radio Ha! Meet The Dead Ringers.

2001

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2001. New shows launched this year included Office Gossip (pictured), Happiness, Model, Actress, Whatever and Attention Scum.

2000

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 2000. New shows launched this year included Anderson (pictured), The Earl, My Hero and The Wilsons.

1999

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1999. New shows launched this year included Pythonland (pictured), High Hopes, People Like Us and West Heath Yard.

1998

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1998. New shows launched this year included The Royle Family (pictured), dinnerladies, Slap! - Love, Lies And Lipstick and Kiss Me Kate.

1997

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1997. New shows launched this year included Comedy Store (pictured), Animal Madness, A Word With Alf and Loved By You.

1996

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1996. New shows launched this year included The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin (pictured), Snug And Cozi, Over Here and The Mark Thomas Comedy Product.

1995

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1995. New shows launched this year included Dressing For Breakfast (pictured), Atletico Partick, Barbara and Father Ted.

1994

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1994. New shows launched this year included All Quiet On The Preston Front (pictured), The Day Today, The Last Word and Nice Day At The Office.

1993

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1993. New shows launched this year included Goodnight Sweetheart (pictured), Mr. Don And Mr. George, Newman And Baddiel In Pieces and Freddie Starr.

1992

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1992. New shows launched this year included Rowan Atkinson Live (pictured), Root Into Europe, Exam Conditions and Aah Sean.

1991

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1991. New shows launched this year included An Actor's Life For Me (pictured), Teenage Health Freak, South By South-East and The Craig Ferguson Story.

1990

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1990. New shows launched this year included Lovett Goes To Town (pictured), The Piglet Files, Have I Got News For You and The British Comedy Awards.

1989

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1989. New shows launched this year included Creature Comforts (pictured), Birds Of A Feather, May To December and The Groovy Fellers.

1988

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1988. New shows launched this year included Andy Capp (pictured), Wife Begins At 40, News At Twelve and No Frills.

1987

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1987. New shows launched this year included Superfrank (pictured), Valentine Park, Porterhouse Blue and Worzel Gummidge Down Under.

1986

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1986. New shows launched this year included Bread (pictured), Farrington Of The F.O., Jossy's Giants and Wilderness Road.

1985

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1985. New shows launched this year included Full House (pictured), Assaulted Nuts, South Of The Border and There Comes A Time....

1984

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1984. New shows launched this year included The Bullshitters (pictured), Lame Ducks, Scully and They Came From Somewhere Else.

1983

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1983. New shows launched this year included Up The Elephant And Round The Castle (pictured), The Home Front, Brass and Don't Wait Up.

1982

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1982. New shows launched this year included Outside Edge (pictured), Whoops Apocalypse, Funnybone and Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim.

1981

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1981. New shows launched this year included That Beryl Marston...! (pictured), The Last Song, Three Of A Kind and Dave Allen.

1980

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

1979

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1979. New shows launched this year included Bloomers (pictured), Hinge And Bracket Gala Evenings, Potter and Big Jim And The Figaro Club.

1978

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1978. New shows launched this year included The Morecambe & Wise Show (pictured), Pickersgill People, An Evening With Dave Evans and The Kenny Everett Video Show.

1977

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1977. New shows launched this year included Citizen Smith (pictured), After The Boom Was Over, You're Only Young Twice and Cheers.

1976

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1976. New shows launched this year included The Secret Policeman's Ball (pictured), Yes - Honestly, Rentaghost and Yus, My Dear.

1975

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1975. New shows launched this year included My Son Reuben (pictured), The Larry Grayson Show, The Life Of Riley and What A Turn Up.

1974

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1974. New shows launched this year included Happy Ever After (pictured), Mr Big, The Molly Wopsies and Badger's Set.

1973

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1973. New shows launched this year included Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (pictured), Elementary, My Dear Watson, Our Kid and An Evening With Francis Howerd.

1972

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1972. New shows launched this year included Sykes (pictured), Shut That Door!, Them and Tales From The Lazy Acre.

1971

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1971. New shows launched this year included The Last Of The Baskets (pictured), Birds On The Wing, Sykes And A Big, Big Show and The Rough With The Smooth.

1970

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1970. New shows launched this year included Never Say Die (pictured), Inside The Mind Of Dave Allen, Don't Ring Us... We'll Ring You and Meter Maids.

1969

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1969. New shows launched this year included John Browne's Body (pictured), An Evening With Jack Benny, Never Talk To Strangers and The Loves Of Larch Hill.

1968

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1968. New shows launched this year included Ukridge (pictured), Oh Brother!, Ooh La La! and Wink To Me Only.

1967

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1967. New shows launched this year included Blandings Castle (pictured), The Very Merry Widow, Turn Out The Lights and Before The Fringe.

1966

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1966. New shows launched this year included The Frost Report (pictured), Judgement Day For Elijah Jones, The Reluctant Romeo and The Dickie Henderson Show.

1965

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1965. New shows launched this year included Murray And Me (pictured), Till Death Us Do Part, Are There Any More At Home Like You? and Charlie's Place.

1964

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1964. New shows launched this year included The Likely Lads (pictured), The Hen House, The Siege Of Sydney's Street and A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans.

1963

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1963. New shows launched this year included Fools Rush In (pictured), Comedy Four, Meet The Wife and The Chars.

1962

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1962. New shows launched this year included Two Of A Kind (pictured), The Adventures Of Francie And Josie, The Channel Swimmer and Sealed With A Loving Kiss.

1961

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1961. New shows launched this year included The Morecambe And Wise Show (pictured), Moody In..., Colonel Trumper's Private War and Three Live Wires.

1960

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1960. New shows launched this year included Sykes And A... (pictured), The Strange World Of Gurney Slade, Mess Mates and Don't Do It, Dempsey!.

1959

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1959. New shows launched this year included Tell It To The Marines, The Two Charleys and The Young Lady From London.

1958

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1958. New shows launched this year included Educating Archie (pictured), Jennings At School, All Aboard and The Randall Touch.

1957

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1957. New shows launched this year included The Arthur Haynes Show (pictured), These Are The Shows, Double Six and Arthur's Anniversary.

1956

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1956. New shows launched this year included Hancock's Half Hour (pictured), The Adventures Of Aggie, The Jewel And Warriss Show and Those Kids.

1955

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1955. New shows launched this year included Joan And Leslie (pictured), Mr Majeika, Life With The Lyons and Curtains For Harry.

1954

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1954. New shows launched this year included Running Wild (pictured), Dear Dotty, Friends And Neighbours and Emney Enterprises.

1953

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1953. New shows launched this year included Free And Easy, Nuts In May and Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective.

1952

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1952. New shows launched this year included Just For Fun, A Flight Of Fancy and Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags.

1951

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1951. New shows launched this year included Parent-Craft, At Your Service, Ltd and Show Me A Spy!.

1950

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

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 Just For Fun, Going Places and The Handle Bar.

1946

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

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 Ronald Frankau, Bebe Daniels And Ben Lyon and Percy Ponsonby....

1938

A guide to the comedies broadcast in 1938. New shows launched this year included Comedy Cabaret, Stanelli's Bachelor Party and Nice Work.

1937

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

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.