British comedy in 2005

• Little Britain was best TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• Laura Solon won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
• Ronnie Barker died in this year
• The first episode of The Ricky Gervais Show was launched as a podcast in December. It'd soon break podcast records

Notable comedies debuting in 2005

All new TV comedy from 2005

1. 10:96
2. 18 Stone Of Idiot
3. 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
4. 29 Minutes Of Fame
5. 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches
6. 8 Out Of 10 Cats
7. Absolutely Fabulous
8. Absolute Power
9. According To Bex
10. Arena: Galton And Simpson
11. As Time Goes By
12. An Audience With...
13. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
14. Badly Dubbed Porn
15. Balls Of Steel
16. The Basil Brush Show
17. A Bear's Tail
18. The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
19. Bill Bailey: Part Troll
20. Blackout
21. Blessed
22. Blue/Orange
23. The Booze Cruise
24. Bo' Selecta!
25. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
26. The British Comedy Awards
27. Broken News
28. Bromwell High
29. Carrie & Barry
30. The Catherine Tate Show
31. Chewin' The Fat
32. ChuckleVision
33. The Comedians' Comedian
34. Comedy Connections
35. Comedy Heroes
36. Comic Relief
37. The Comic Side Of 7 Days
38. The Comic Strip Presents...
39. Creature Comforts
40. The Crouches
41. Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
42. Dead Man Weds
43. Dead Ringers
44. Diamond Geezer
45. Distant Shores
46. Doc Martin
47. Doc Martin: Behind The Scenes
48. Don't Watch That Watch This
49. Extras
50. Fact Hunt
51. Fat Friends
52. Foley & McColl: This Way Up
53. French And Saunders
54. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
55. Funland
56. The Giblet Boys
57. Glenn Wool: What's The Story?
58. Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
59. The Green Green Grass
60. Grumpy Old Women
61. Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard
62. Harry Hill's TV Burp
63. Have I Got News For You
64. Heartless
65. Help
66. He Says, She Says
67. High Hopes
68. High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
69. How To Start Your Own Country
70. Ideal
71. I'm Spazticus
72. I'm With Stupid
73. Jeff Green: Back From The Bewilderness
74. The Joan Rivers Position
75. The Karen Dunbar Show
76. The Keith Barret Show
77. The Kumars At No. 42
78. The Last Laugh
79. Last Of The Summer Wine
80. The Late Edition
81. Lee Evans: Wired And Wonderful - Live At Wembley
82. The Lenny Henry Show
83. Little Britain
84. Live At The Apollo
85. Look Around You
86. Love Soup
87. Lucas And Walliams: The Early Years
88. Man Stroke Woman
89. Marigold
90. Meet The Magoons
91. The Mighty Boosh
92. Mike Bassett: Manager
93. Mock The Week
94. Modern Toss
95. Monarch Of The Glen
96. Monkey Dust
97. Monkey Trousers
98. My Family
99. My Hero
100. Nathan Barley
101. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
102. Nighty Night
103. Not The Royal Wedding
104. Not Tonight With John Sergeant
105. Only An Excuse?
106. Peep Show
107. Perfect Day
108. Peter Kay - The Early Years
109. Pritch And Panch Do The Cinderfella Experience
110. QI
111. Return Of The Goodies
112. The Robinsons
113. Room 101
114. Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle
115. Sensitive Skin
116. Shakespeare's Happy Endings
117. Shameless
118. Shoot The Writers!
119. Skin Deep
120. The Smoking Room
121. Speeding
122. Spoons
123. Still Game
124. The Sunday Night Project
125. Supernova
126. Swinging
127. They Think It's All Over
128. The Thick Of It
129. Tittybangbang
130. Toju
131. Twisted Tales
132. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
133. The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
134. The Unknown Hancock
135. The Unseen...
136. The Vicar Of Dibley
137. Vic Reeves's Best And Worst Of God
138. Whatever
139. What's The Problem? With Anne Robinson
140. William And Mary
141. World Shut Your Mouth
142. The Worst Week Of My Life

All new radio comedy from 2005

1. 15 Minute Musical
2. Another Case Of Milton Jones
3. The Ape That Got Lucky
4. Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
5. Baggage
6. Banter
7. Be Prepared
8. The Blagger's Guide
9. Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture
10. Chain Reaction
11. Clare In The Community
12. Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio
13. The Comedy Album Show
14. Comic To Comic
15. The Consultants
16. Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
17. Dad Made Me Laugh
18. Dave Podmore
19. Dead Ringers
20. Deep Trouble
21. The Department
22. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
23. Eddie Izzard: Circle
24. Ed Reardon's Week
25. Fighting Talk
26. The Flight Of The Conchords
27. Francophile Namesakes
28. Genius
29. Gilbert Without Sullivan
30. Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
31. The Green Guide To Relationships
32. Heresy
33. High Table, Lower Orders
34. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
35. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
36. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
37. In Search Of Mornington Crescent
38. It's Been A Bad Week
39. Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet
40. Just A Minute
41. Just Plain Gardening
42. King Street Junior
43. Lee Mack And Friends At The Fringe
44. The Lee Mack Show
45. Lenin Of The Rovers
46. Mark Thomas Presents
47. Mastering The Universe
48. The Milk Run
49. The Mitch Benn Music Show
50. The Museum Of Everything
51. Nebulous
52. The News Quiz
53. No Commitments
54. The Now Show
55. Old Harry's Game
56. The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
57. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
58. The Party Line
59. Pleased To Meet You
60. Political Animal
61. The Problem With Adam Bloom
62. Radio 9
63. The Reunion: Not The Nine O'Clock News
64. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
65. Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
66. Serious About Comedy
67. Six Characters In Search Of An Answer
68. The Smith Lectures
69. Snap
70. The Spaceship
71. The Straight Man
72. Street And Lane
73. That Mitchell & Webb Sound
74. Think The Unthinkable
75. Three Off The Tee
76. Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
77. Trapped
78. Trevor's World Of Sport
79. The Unofficial Election
80. Waterloo Sunset
81. Weak At The Top
82. What A Carve Up!
83. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
84. Whispers

British comedy films released in 2005

1. The Best Man
2. Colour Me Kubrick
3. Festival
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
5. It's All Gone Pete Tong
6. Keeping Mum
7. Kinky Boots
8. The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
9. Millions
10. Mrs Henderson Presents
11. Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont
12. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit