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This page lists British TV and radio comedies by the year they were first broadcast.

Important note: this page currently only lists about a 1/3 of the comedies in our database. There are still some notable comedies missing from this list. We are slowly-but-surely working towards providing a more complete list of comedies for each year.

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2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

  • Absolute Power [Radio]
  • Acropolis Now [Radio]
  • Anderson
  • Beast
  • Black Books
  • Bob Martin
  • Chambers
  • Chicken Run [Film]
  • Coupling
  • Cry Wolf
  • Dead Ringers [Radio]
  • Earl, The
  • Fitz, The
  • House Of Rock
  • Human Remains
  • Jam
  • Junkies, The
  • Life's A Pitch
  • Marion And Geoff
  • Mirrorball
  • My Family
  • My Hero
  • Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything, The
  • Pay And Display
  • Perfect World
  • Randall And Hopkirk: Deceased
  • Revolting People [Radio]
  • Rhona
  • Rolf's Animal Hairdressers
  • Saving Grace [Film]
  • Scunthorpe Ball Run, The
  • Stand Up For The Homeless
  • Strangerers, The
  • Time Gentlemen Please
  • Too Much Sun
  • Unforgettable..., The
  • Up Rising
  • Vic Reeves Examines
  • Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings
  • Way It Is, The
  • We Are History
  • Wilsons, The

1999

1998

  • A Many Splintered Thing
  • Alan Davies Show, The [Radio]
  • Babes In The Wood
  • Big Train
  • Bob Monkhouse - Over The Limit
  • Bob Monkhouse On Campus
  • Creatives, The
  • dinnerladies
  • Duck Patrol
  • Europigeon
  • Get Real
  • Golden Years
  • Heartburn Hotel
  • Homie & Away
  • How Do You Want Me?
  • If Only [Film]
  • In Exile
  • In The Red
  • Kiss Me Kate
  • Last Salute, The
  • Like They've Never Been Gone [Radio]
  • Lost In France
  • Microsoap
  • Now Show, The [Radio]
  • Oddbods
  • Rex The Runt
  • Royle Family, The
  • Sermon From St Albion's
  • Slap! - Love, Lies And Lipstick
  • Stressed Eric
  • That Peter Kay Thing
  • Things To Do In Hoxton When You're Dead
  • Thoughts Of Chairman Alf, The
  • Tottenham 2
  • Unfinished Business
  • You Are Here
  • Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star, The
  • Zig And Zag Show, The

1997

1996

  • Adam And Joe Show, The
  • Agent Z And The Penguin From Mars
  • Are You From The Bugle? [Radio]
  • Asylum
  • Blouse And Skirt
  • Chambers [Radio]
  • Dennis The Menace & Gnasher
  • Doon Your Way [Radio]
  • Freddie Starr Show, The
  • I Hate This House
  • Legacy Of Reginald Perrin, The
  • Life After Birth
  • Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue [Radio]
  • Mark Thomas Comedy Product, The
  • Married For Life
  • My Wonderful Life
  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  • Never Mind The Horrocks
  • Office, The
  • Out Of Tune
  • Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's...
  • Preventers, The
  • Red Dwarf [Radio]
  • Roger Roger
  • Safe And Sound
  • Snug And Cozi
  • Sunday Format, The [Radio]

1995

  • A Close Shave [Film]
  • Agony Again
  • Atletico Partick
  • Bad Boys
  • Baldy Man, The
  • Barbara
  • Bob And Margaret
  • Bob Monkhouse On The Spot
  • Chamber, The
  • Cone Zone
  • Crapston Villas
  • Down To Earth
  • Dressing For Breakfast
  • Elastic Planet [Radio]
  • Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain, The [Film]
  • Faith In The Future
  • Father Ted
  • Game On
  • Glad Rags
  • Glam Metal Detectives, The
  • How To Be A Little S*d
  • Is It Legal?
  • Jim Tavaré Pictures Presents...
  • Julia Jekyll And Harriet Hyde
  • Lily Savage Live: Paying The Rent
  • Look At The State We're In!
  • Mac
  • Mrs. Merton Show, The
  • My Good Friend
  • N7
  • Next Of Kin
  • Oh Doctor Beeching!
  • Old Harry's Game [Radio]
  • One Foot In The Grave [Radio]
  • One For The Road
  • Peter Principle, The
  • Porkpie
  • Sardines
  • Saturday Night Armistice, The
  • Searching
  • Six Pairs Of Pants
  • Smiths, The
  • Sometime, Never
  • Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters [Radio]
  • Thin Blue Line, The
  • Trev And Simon Summer Special, The
  • Two Ceasefires And A Wedding
  • Under The Moon
  • Waiting
  • Where The Buffalo Roam

1994

1993

1992

  • Absolutely Fabulous
  • As Time Goes By
  • Big One, The
  • Blue Heaven
  • Bunch Of Five
  • Dead At Thirty
  • Don't Tell Father
  • Exam Conditions
  • Frankie's On...
  • Get Back
  • Grace & Favour
  • Heroes Of Comedy
  • Inmates
  • Jack Dee Show, The
  • Kit And The Widow
  • Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge [Radio]
  • Land Of Hope And Gloria
  • Me, You And Him
  • Men Behaving Badly
  • Miles Better
  • Mulberry
  • My Dead Dad
  • Old Boy Network
  • Pall Bearer's Revue, The
  • Phil Cool
  • Room 101 [Radio]
  • Root Into Europe
  • Rowan Atkinson Live
  • Screaming
  • Sean's Show
  • Secret Life Of TV, The
  • Shall We Gather At The River
  • Side By Side
  • Sitting Pretty
  • So Haunt Me
  • Spacevets
  • Tales From The Poop Deck
  • Tall, Dark And Handsome
  • Terry And Julian
  • Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! [Radio]
  • True Adventures Of Christopher Columbus, The
  • Us Girls
  • Weekenders, The
  • WYSIWIG

1991

1990

1989

  • A Bit Of A Do
  • A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit [Film]
  • A Touch Of Spice
  • About Face
  • Absolutely
  • All Change
  • Appointments Of Dennis Jennings, The
  • Birds Of A Feather
  • Bodger And Badger
  • Bradley
  • Bubblegum Brigade, The
  • Close To Home
  • Commercial Breakdown
  • Creature Comforts
  • Desmond's
  • French Fields
  • Groovy Fellers, The
  • High Street Blues
  • Hit The Pitch
  • I, Lovett
  • John Sessions On The Spot
  • Joint Account
  • Labours Of Erica, The
  • Laura And Disorder
  • Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
  • Making Out
  • May To December
  • Mike & Angelo
  • Mornin' Sarge
  • Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
  • Nineteenth Hole, The
  • No Strings
  • Norbert Smith - A Life
  • Norbet Smith, A Life
  • Off The Wall
  • Snakes And Ladders
  • Sob Sisters
  • Something For The Weekend
  • Split Ends
  • Staggering Stories Of Ferdinand De Bargos, The
  • Stone Age, The
  • Style Monsters
  • Surgical Spirit
  • Tricky Business
  • Tygo Road
  • Young, Gifted And Broke

1988

1987

  • A Small Problem
  • Bad Boyes
  • Beiderbecke Tapes, The
  • Checkpoint Chiswick
  • ChuckleVision
  • Corner House, The
  • Divided We Stand
  • Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
  • Father Matthew's Daughter
  • Ffizz
  • Filthy, Rich And Catflap
  • Foreign Bodies
  • French And Saunders
  • Hardwicke House
  • Home James!
  • Keeping Score
  • Kin Of The Castle
  • Late Expectations
  • Laughs From The Palladium
  • Lenny Henry Show, The
  • Life Without George
  • My Husband And I
  • Never Say Die
  • New Statesman, The
  • Porterhouse Blue
  • Refuge, The
  • Rude Health
  • Running Wild
  • Saturday Night Fry [Radio]
  • Scoop
  • Stop That Laughing At The Back
  • Tutti Frutti
  • Valentine Park
  • Watching
  • Way, The Truth, The Video, The
  • World According To Smith And Jones, The
  • Worzel Gummidge Down Under
  • You Must Be The Husband

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

  • An Audience With...
  • Boom Boom... Out Go The Lights
  • Can We Get On Now, Please?
  • Cooper's Half Hour
  • Cowboys
  • Fancy Wanders
  • Glamour Girls, The
  • Grundy
  • Hi-De-Hi!
  • Him And His Magic
  • Holding The Fort
  • Hordes Of The Things [Radio]
  • Just Liz
  • Keep It In The Family
  • Likes Of Sykes, The
  • Metal Mickey
  • Nanny Knows Best
  • Nesbitts Are Coming, The
  • Nice Work
  • Nobody's Perfect
  • Oh Happy Band!
  • Other 'Arf, The
  • Pig In The Middle
  • Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse
  • Setbacks, The
  • Sink Or Swim
  • Sounding Brass
  • Square Leopard, The
  • Sun Trap, The
  • Take A Chance
  • Tales From A Long Room
  • Tell It To The Judge
  • Tell It To The Jungle
  • Thicker Than Water
  • Thoughts Of Chairman Alf At Christmas, The
  • Time Of My Life
  • Watch This Space
  • Yes Minister
  • Young At Heart

1979

1978

1977

1976

  • Battle Of The Sexes
  • Big Boy Now!
  • Cilla's World Of Comedy
  • Day I Shot My Dad, The
  • Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, The
  • Fosters, The
  • Freddie Starr Show, The
  • George & Mildred
  • Ghosts Of Motley Hall, The
  • Hello Cheeky
  • Howerd Confessions, The
  • Just Like Mum
  • Just William
  • Little And Large Tellyshow, The
  • Lucky Feller
  • Maggie And Her
  • Many Wives Of Patrick, The
  • Out Of The Trees
  • Potter's Picture Palace
  • Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill
  • Rentaghost
  • Ripping Yarns
  • Tom, Dick And Harry
  • Two Ronnies Present - The Picnic, The
  • Well Anyway
  • What's On Next?
  • Yanks Go Home
  • Yes - Honestly
  • Yus My Dear

1975

1974

1973

1972

  • Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall [Film]
  • Alcock And Gander
  • And Whose Side Are You On?
  • Are You Being Served?
  • Beyond A Joke
  • Birds In The Bush
  • Bless This House [Film]
  • Born Every Minute
  • Both Ends Meet
  • Cheap At Half The Price
  • Clochemerle
  • Cosmo And Thingy
  • Dirtiest Soldier In The World, The
  • Doctor In Charge
  • Fo A Fe
  • Follies Of The Wise
  • His Lordship Entertains
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue [Radio]
  • Idle At Work
  • In For A Penny
  • It's Murder. But Is It Art?
  • Joyce Grenfell
  • Last Goon Show Of All, The
  • Love Thy Neighbour
  • Michael Bentine Time
  • Mutiny On The Buses [Film]
  • My Good Woman
  • My Wife Next Door
  • No Peace On The Western Front
  • Pardon My Genie
  • Scoop
  • Shirley's World
  • Shut That Door!
  • Spring And Autumn
  • Sykes
  • Tales From The Lazy Acre
  • Them
  • Three In A Bed
  • Train Now Standing, The
  • Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour
  • Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?

1971

1970

  • 'Wilton's' - The Handsomest Hall In Town
  • Albert And Victoria
  • An Officer And A Gentleman
  • Bachelor Father
  • Bed Sitting Room, The [Film]
  • Ben Travers Farces
  • Better Than A Man
  • Bright's Boffins
  • Brothers In Law [Radio]
  • Charley's Grants
  • Culture Vultures, The
  • Dick Emery's Grand Prix
  • Don't Ring Us... We'll Ring You
  • For The Love Of Ada
  • From A Bird's Eye View
  • Goodies, The
  • Haven Of Rest
  • His And Hers
  • Hope And Keen's Crazy House
  • If It Moves, File It
  • Inside The Mind Of Dave Allen
  • Jugg Brothers, The
  • Keep 'Em Rolling
  • Lovers, The
  • Mating Machine, The
  • Meter Maids
  • Mike And Bernie's Special: A Tale Of Two Winters
  • Mind Your Own Business
  • Misfit, The
  • Never Say Die
  • Norman
  • Old Contemptible, The
  • On The House
  • Queenie's Castle
  • Shine A Light
  • Step Laughing Into The Grave
  • That's Your Funeral
  • Two Ds And A Dog
  • Week Ending [Radio]
  • Who's Your Friend?

1969

1968

1967

  • A Series Of Bird's
  • A. P. Herbert's Misleading Cases
  • At Last The 1948 Show
  • Baker's Half-Dozen
  • Bedazzled [Film]
  • Before The Fringe
  • Blandings Castle
  • Charlie Drake Show, The
  • Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim
  • Hancock's
  • Heirs On A Shoestring
  • Hughie
  • Just A Minute [Radio]
  • Loitering With Intent
  • Mr Aitch
  • My Man Joe
  • Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Width
  • No - That's Me Over Here!
  • Not In Front Of The Children
  • Old Campaigner, The
  • Sam And Janet
  • Sorry I'm Single
  • Spanner In The Works
  • Spike Milligan's Sad/Happy Ending Story Of The Bald Twit Lion
  • Three Of A Kind
  • To Lucifer - A Son
  • Turn Out The Lights
  • Twice A Fortnight
  • Uncle Fred Flits By
  • Vacant Lot
  • Very Merry Widow, The
  • Who Is Sylvia?

1966

  • A Little Learning
  • All Gas And Gaiters
  • Beggar My Neighbour
  • Dickie Henderson Show, The
  • End Of The Tunnel, The
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Frost Report, The
  • George And The Dragon
  • Hancock At The Royal Festival Hall
  • Harry Worth
  • Jennings
  • Judgement Day For Elijah Jones
  • Maladjusted Busker, The
  • Mr John Jorrocks
  • On The Margin
  • Reluctant Romeo, The
  • Room At The Bottom
  • Seven Year Hitch
  • Tarbuck At The Prince Of Wales
  • Three Rousing Tinkles
  • Whitehall Worrier, The

1965

1964

  • A Home Of Your Own [Film]
  • A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans
  • A World Of His Own
  • ABC Of Britain
  • Beyond The Fringe
  • Big Noise, The
  • Dave's Kingdom
  • Deep & Crisp & Stolen
  • Fire Crackers
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Frankie Howerd
  • Good Luck Sir, You've Got A Lucky Face
  • Hen House, The
  • HMS Paradise
  • I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again [Radio]
  • Joyce Grenfell
  • Just Jimmy
  • Lance At Large
  • Likely Lads, The
  • Mascot, The
  • Mate Market, The
  • Not So Much A Programme More A Way Of Life
  • Room At The Bottom - Confessions Of A Television Producer
  • Scott On...
  • Siege Of Sydney's Street, The
  • Valiant Varneys, The

1963

  • A Clerical Error
  • A Little Big Business
  • A Picture Of Innocence
  • And Here, All The Way From...
  • Bachelor Girls, The
  • Best Of Friends
  • Bold As Brass
  • Bud
  • Carry On Cabby [Film]
  • Charlie Drake Show, The
  • Chars, The
  • Comedy Four
  • Comrades In Arms
  • Corrigan Blake
  • Des O'Connor Show, The
  • Fit For Heroes
  • Fools Rush In
  • Hancock
  • Hancock
  • Handy Gang, The
  • Handyman, The
  • Have You Read This Notice?
  • Home From Home
  • Impasse
  • Marriage Lines
  • Meet The Wife
  • Mr Justice Duncannon
  • Nicked At The Bottle
  • On The Knocker
  • Our Man At St Mark's
  • Our Man In Moscow
  • Plan, The
  • Scoop
  • Shamrot
  • Tea At The Ritz
  • Tin Pan Alice
  • Tom Jones [Film]
  • Underworld Knights
  • Walrus And The Carpenter, The
  • Who Is Secombe?
  • Yes, But Seriously...

1962

1961

  • Ask Mr Pastry
  • Clicquot Et Fils
  • Colonel Trumper's Private War
  • Eggheads, The
  • Happily Ever After
  • If The Crown Fits...
  • Lunch In The Park
  • Moody In...
  • Morecambe And Wise Show, The
  • Mr Pastry Hooks A Spook
  • Private Lives Of Edward Whiteley, The
  • Rag Trade, The
  • Roamin' Holiday
  • Three Live Wires
  • Winning Widows

1960

  • A Life Of Bliss
  • And The Same To You [Film]
  • Arthur's Treasured Volumes
  • Bonehead
  • Bootsie And Snudge
  • Charlie Drake Show, The
  • Citizen James
  • Dickie Henderson Show, The
  • Don't Do It, Dempsey!
  • Fred Emney Picks A Pop
  • Glencannon
  • Here's Harry
  • Leave It To Pastry
  • Love Of Mike, The
  • Meet The Champ
  • Mess Mates
  • Our House
  • Strange World Of Gurney Slade, The
  • Sykes And A...
  • Trouble With Harry, The

1959

1958

  • Adventures Of Mr Pastry, The
  • All Aboard
  • Captain Moonlight - Man Of Mystery
  • Caxton's Tales
  • Charlie Drake In...
  • Charlie Drake Show, The
  • Christmas Night With The Stars
  • East End - West End
  • Educating Archie
  • Frankie Howerd Show, The
  • Free And Easy
  • Herlock And Sholmes
  • Hotel Imperial
  • I Only Arsked! [Film]
  • Ignorants Abroad
  • Jennings At School
  • Larkins, The
  • My Wife And I
  • New Look
  • On With The Show
  • Randall Touch, The
  • Sky Larks, The
  • Tony Hancock
  • Trouble For Two

1957

  • Adventures Of Charlie Quick, The
  • Army Game, The
  • Club Night
  • Dickie Henderson Show, The
  • Doctor At Large [Film]
  • Does The Team Think? [Radio]
  • Educated Evans
  • Friday The 13th
  • Laughter In Store
  • Living It Up
  • Most Likely Girl, The
  • My Pal Bob
  • People Like Us
  • Personal Appearance
  • Ray's A Rat
  • Sheep's Clothing
  • These Are The Shows
  • Three 'Tough' Guys
  • Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!

1956

  • Abigail And Roger
  • Adventures Of Aggie, The
  • Before Your Very Eyes
  • Bob Monkhouse Show, The
  • Double Cross
  • Evans Abode
  • Hancock's Half Hour
  • Here's Archie
  • Home James
  • I'm Not Bothered
  • Jewel And Warriss Show, The
  • Max Bygraves Show, The
  • My Husband And I
  • My Wife's Sister
  • Nathaniel Titlark
  • Round The Bend
  • Scott Free
  • Show For The Telly
  • Son Of Fred
  • Those Kids
  • Tony Hancock Show, The
  • Tracey And Me
  • Two's Company
  • Whack-O!

1955

  • Arthur Askey
  • Brothers In Law [Radio]
  • Curtains For Harry
  • Great Scott - It's Maynard!
  • Harry Secombe Show, The
  • Leslie Randall Entertains
  • Life With The Lyons
  • Love And Kisses
  • Mr Majeika
  • Sunday Night At The London Palladium

1954

  • Big Man, The
  • Dear Dotty
  • Emney Enterprises
  • Friends And Neighbours
  • Hancock's Half Hour [Radio]
  • Running Wild

1953

  • Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School
  • Frankie Howerd Show, The
  • Free And Easy
  • Great Detective, The
  • Peter's Troubles
  • Reggie Little At Large
  • Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective

1952

  • A Flight Of Fancy
  • Before Your Very Eyes!
  • Howerd Crowd, The
  • Just For Fun
  • My Wife Jacqueline
  • Reg Varney
  • Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags

1951

  • An Evening At Home With Bernard Braden And Barbara Kelly
  • Arthur Askey
  • At Your Service, Ltd
  • Caught Napping
  • Goon Show, The [Radio]
  • Lavender Hill Mob, The [Film]
  • Mr Pastry's Holiday Show
  • Parent-Craft
  • Show Me A Spy!
  • These Are The Days

1950

  • Joyce Grenfell
  • Mr Pastry's Progress
  • Out Of This World

1949

  • Cuckoo College
  • Family Affairs
  • Kind Hearts And Coronets [Film]
  • Passport To Pimlico [Film]
  • Whisky Galore! [Film]

1948

  • At Home

1947

  • Going Places
  • Handle Bar, The
  • Just For Fun
  • Merry-Go-Round

1946

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

1938

  • Bath H&C
  • Byng-Ho!
  • Comedy Cabaret
  • Half-An-Hour
  • Just For Fun!
  • Light Relief
  • Moving Furniture
  • Nice Work
  • Stanelli's Bachelor Party

1937

  • Billy Maloney
  • Charles Heslop
  • Clapham And Dwyer
  • Cyril Fletcher
  • Disorderly Room, The
  • Leslie Weston
  • Mrs Feather
  • Naunton Wayne
  • Olive Fox
  • Reginald Purdell
  • Stanelli
  • Steve Geray And Magda Kun

1936

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.