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. Eddie Izzard: Circle
  23. Ed Reardon's Week
  24. Fighting Talk
  25. The Flight Of The Conchords
  26. Francophile Namesakes
  27. Genius
  28. Gilbert Without Sullivan
  29. Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
  30. The Green Guide To Relationships
  31. Heresy
  32. High Table, Lower Orders
  33. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  34. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
  35. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  36. In Search Of Mornington Crescent
  37. It's Been A Bad Week
  38. Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet
  39. Just A Minute
  40. Just Plain Gardening
  41. King Street Junior
  42. The Lee Mack Show
  43. Lenin Of The Rovers
  44. Mark Thomas Presents
  45. Mastering The Universe
  46. The Milk Run
  47. The Mitch Benn Music Show
  48. Nebulous
  49. The News Quiz
  50. No Commitments
  51. The Now Show
  52. Old Harry's Game
  53. The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
  54. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
  55. The Party Line
  56. Pleased To Meet You
  57. Political Animal
  58. The Problem With Adam Bloom
  59. Radio 9
  60. The Reunion: Not The Nine O'Clock News
  61. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
  62. Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
  63. Serious About Comedy
  64. Six Characters In Search Of An Answer
  65. The Smith Lectures
  66. Snap
  67. The Spaceship
  68. The Straight Man
  69. Street And Lane
  70. That Mitchell & Webb Sound
  71. Think The Unthinkable
  72. Three Off The Tee
  73. Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
  74. Trapped
  75. Trevor's World Of Sport
  76. The Unofficial Election
  77. Waterloo Sunset
  78. Weak At The Top
  79. What A Carve Up!
  80. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
  81. 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

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