British comedy in 1983

• Frank Chickens won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1983

All new TV comedy from 1983

1. Affairs Of The Heart
2. Alfresco
3. Are You Being Served?
4. Astronauts
5. At Last... It's Mike Elliott
6. An Audience With...
7. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
8. Bananaman
9. Behind The Bike Sheds
10. The Benny Hill Show
11. Blackadder
12. Blankety Blank
13. The Bob Monkhouse Show
14. Book 'Em An' Risk It
15. The Bounder
16. Brass
17. Butterflies
18. The Cabbage Patch
19. Cannon And Ball
20. Capstick Capers
21. Carrott's Lib
22. Carry On Laughing
23. Chas & Dave's Knees-Up
24. The Climber
25. A Clip Round The Year
26. The Comedy Of Errors
27. Comic Roots
28. The Comic Strip Presents...
29. The Crystal Cube
30. Cuffy
31. Dead On Time
32. Dear Ladies
33. Don't Rock The Boat
34. Don't Wait Up
35. Educating Marmalade
36. Emery Presents
37. The Entertainers
38. An Evening For Nicaragua
39. Father's Day
40. A Fine Romance
41. For 4 Tonight
42. The Freddie Starr Showcase
43. The Gaffer
44. Game For A Laugh
45. Get Knighted
46. Give Us A Break
47. Good Night And God Bless
48. The Green Tie On The Little Yellow Dog
49. Hallelujah!
50. The Happy Apple
51. Heartattack Hotel
52. Hi-De-Hi!
53. The Home Front
54. In Loving Memory
55. Interference
56. The Irish R.M.
57. It'll All Be Over In Half An Hour
58. It's George
59. It's Got To Be Funny, Hasn't It...
60. It Takes A Worried Man...
61. Just Good Friends
62. Karen Kay
63. Keep It In The Family
64. The Keith Harris Show
65. Kelly Monteith
66. The Kenny Everett Television Show
67. The Krankies Klub
68. The Lady Is A Tramp
69. Last Of The Summer Wine
70. The Last Song
71. The Les Dawson Show
72. Let There Be Love
73. Little And Large
74. Live From Her Majesty's
75. Luna
76. The Main Attraction
77. Max Boyce And Friends
78. Michael Barrymore
79. Minder
80. The Morecambe & Wise Show
81. Never The Twain
82. No Place Like Home
83. No Problem!
84. Now And Then
85. One Night In Lincoln
86. Only Fools And Horses
87. The Optimist
88. Pig In The Middle
89. Pinkerton's Progress
90. Potter
91. Red Monarch
92. Rentaghost
93. Russ Abbot's Madhouse
94. Scotch And Wry
95. Seaview
96. Shelley
97. Struggle
98. Sweet Sixteen
99. Tears Before Bedtime
100. Terry & June
101. That's My Boy
102. Three Of A Kind
103. Tom, Dick And Harriet
104. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
105. The Two Ronnies
106. Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
107. Who Dares Wins...
108. The World Of Stanley Holloway

All new radio comedy from 1983

1. Albert And Me
2. Christmas Night With Dr Evadne Hinge And Dame Hilda Bracket
3. A Cuckoo In The Nest
4. Drop Me Here, Darling
5. The Fosdyke Saga
6. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
7. In One Ear
8. It Sticks Out Half A Mile
9. Just A Minute
10. The Lenny Henry Sunday Hoot!
11. The News Huddlines
12. The News Quiz
13. Prince Ivor
14. Radio Active
15. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
16. Reuben's Oath
17. Second Holmes
18. Son Of Cliché
19. A Sound Of Goons
20. There Have Always Been Starkadders At Cold Comfort Farm
21. Thirty Minutes Worth
22. Week Ending
23. What Every Woman Knows
24. Yes Minister

British comedy films released in 1983

1. The Best Of The Adventures
2. The Boys In Blue
3. Bullshot
4. Curse Of The Pink Panther
5. Educating Rita
6. Fanny Hill
7. Invitation To The Wedding
8. Local Hero
9. Loose Connections
10. The Missionary
11. Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl
12. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
13. A Shocking Accident
14. Where Is Parsifal?
15. Yellowbeard