British comedy in 1979

• Over 23 million people watched the final episode in Series 1 of To The Manor Born

Notable comedies debuting in 1979

All new TV comedy from 1979

1. Agony
2. Are You Being Served?
3. The Basil Brush Show
4. The Benny Hill Show
5. Beryl Reid
6. Big Jim And The Figaro Club
7. The Big Top Variety Show
8. Blankety Blank
9. Bless Me, Father
10. Bloomers
11. Butterflies
12. Canned Laughter
13. Cannon And Ball
14. Carrott Gets Rowdie
15. Celebrity Squares
16. Chalk And Cheese
17. Charles Endell Esquire
18. Charley's Aunt
19. Citizen Smith
20. The Comedians
21. Dave Allen At Large
22. The Dawson Watch
23. Design For Living
24. The Diary Of A Nobody
25. The Dick Emery Show
26. Don't Forget To Write!
27. End Of Part One
28. The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin
29. Fawlty Towers
30. Feet First
31. Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse
32. George & Mildred
33. Gloo Joo
34. The Glums
35. Grandad
36. Happy Ever After
37. Hinge And Bracket
38. How's Your Father?
39. I Didn't Know You Cared
40. In Loving Memory
41. Kelly Monteith
42. The Ken Dodd Laughter Show
43. Ken Dodd's Christmas Show
44. The Kenny Everett Video Show
45. The Knowledge
46. La Dame Aux Gladiolas
47. Last Of The Summer Wine
48. Leave It To Charlie
49. Little And Large
50. Lovely Couple
51. Maggie And Her
52. Measure For Measure
53. Michael Bentine's Potty Time
54. The Mike Harding Show
55. Mike Yarwood In Persons
56. Minder
57. Mind Your Language
58. Mixed Blessings
59. The Morecambe & Wise Show
60. Not The Nine O'Clock News
61. Of Mycenae And Men
62. Only When I Laugh
63. The Other One
64. The Plank
65. Potter
66. Q
67. Rings On Their Fingers
68. Ripping Yarns
69. Robin's Nest
70. Room Service
71. Rosie
72. Scotch And Wry
73. A Sharp Intake Of Breath
74. Shelley
75. Spooner's Patch
76. Stanley Baxter On Television
77. Sykes
78. Take My Wife
79. The Tea Ladies
80. Ted On The Spot
81. Tell Me Another
82. Terry & June
83. Thundercloud
84. Time Of My Life
85. To The Manor Born
86. Tropic
87. The Two Ronnies
88. Two's Company
89. Two Up, Two Down
90. The Unrecorded Jasper Carrott
91. Worzel Gummidge
92. You're Only Young Twice

All new radio comedy from 1979

1. The 27-Year Itch
2. The Atkinson People
3. Burglar's Bargains
4. The Burkiss Way
5. The Enchanting World Of Hinge And Bracket
6. The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show
7. Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts
8. The Frankie Howerd Variety Show
9. Funny You Should Ask
10. Give Or Take
11. Hello, Cheeky!
12. I Like Spike
13. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
14. Jim The Great
15. Just A Minute
16. Laughter In The Air
17. The News Huddlines
18. The News Quiz
19. Puss-In-Boots
20. The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter
21. Thank You, Mrs Fothergill
22. Tony's
23. Week Ending
24. What Ho, Jeeves!

British comedy films released in 1979

1. Butch Minds The Baby
2. The Cat And The Canary
3. Confessions From The David Galaxy Affair
4. Derek And Clive Get The Horn
5. The Lady Vanishes
6. Le Petomane
7. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
8. The Muppet Movie
9. Outer Touch
10. Porridge
11. Queen Of The Blues
12. A Touch Of The Sun