• Hancock's Half Hour started on BBC radio in this year

Notable comedy series that started in 1954

All TV comedy broadcast in 1954

• And So To Bentley
• Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School
• Charlie Drake And Jack Edwardes
• Clive Dunn
• Dear Dotty
• Emney Enterprises
• Fast And Loose
• Friends And Neighbours
• Happy Holidays
• Just Sally
• Mr Pastry's Spicy Life
• Running Wild
• The Big Man
• The Chameleon
• Tons Of Money

All radio comedy broadcast in 1954

• Archie's The Boy
• Doctor In The House
• Hancock's Half Hour
• Paradise Street
• The Goon Show
• You're Only Young Once

1954 British comedy films

• Aunt Clara
• Calling All Cars
• Doctor In The House
• Fast And Loose
• Father Brown
• For Better, For Worse
• Happy Ever After
• Hobson's Choice
• Life With The Lyons
• Lilacs In The Spring
• Mad About Men
• Make Me An Offer
• Orders Are Orders
• The Beachcomber
• The Belles Of St. Trinian's
• The Crowded Day
• The Final Test
• The Gay Dog
• The Happiness Of Three Women
• The Love Lottery
• The Maggie
• The Million Pound Note
• The Runaway Bus
• To Dorothy A Son
• Trouble In The Glen
• What Every Woman Wants
• You Know What Sailors Are