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  4. 1984

British Comedy in 1984

  • The Brass Band won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
  • Tommy Cooper died on stage in April

Notable comedies debuting in 1984

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Spitting Image

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City Lights

Me & My Girl. Image shows from L to R: Simon Harrap (Richard O'Sullivan), Samantha Harrap (Joanne Ridley). Copyright: London Weekend Television.TV

Me & My Girl

Delve Special. David Lander (Stephen Fry). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Delve Special

Ever Decreasing Circles. Image shows from L to R: Ann Bryce (Penelope Wilton), Martin Bryce (Richard Briers). Copyright: BBC.TV

Ever Decreasing Circles

Fresh Fields. Image shows from L to R: Hester Fields (Julia McKenzie), William Fields (Anton Rodgers). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

Fresh Fields

Big Deal. Copyright: BBC.TV

Big Deal

Chance In A Million. Tom Chance (Simon Callow). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

Chance In A Million

Duty Free. Image shows from L to R: David Pearce (Keith Barron), Linda Cochran (Joanna Van Gyseghem), Carlos (Carlos Douglas), Robert Cochran (Neil Stacy), Amy Pearce (Gwen Taylor). Copyright: Yorkshire Television.TV

Duty Free

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All TV comedy broadcast in 1984

  • 'Allo 'Allo!
  • A Chance To Meet.... Barry Cryer
  • A Chance To Meet.... Ian Carmichael
  • A Chance To Meet.... Jimmy Jewel
  • A Chance To Meet.... Marti Caine
  • A Fine Romance
  • A Kick Up The Eighties
  • Aladdin And The Forty Thieves
  • Arthur's Hallowed Ground
  • Big Deal
  • Bless My Soul
  • Blue Money
  • Bootle Saddles
  • Bottle Boys
  • Boyce Goes West
  • Brass
  • Bring Me Sunshine - A Tribute To Eric Morecambe O.B.E.
  • Bring Me Sunshine - A Tribute To Eric Morecambe, OBE
  • Call Earnshaw
  • Cannon And Ball
  • Carrott's Lib
  • Chance In A Million
  • City Lights
  • Cockles
  • Comrade Dad
  • Dame Edna Everage - A Birthday Tribute
  • Dave Allen
  • Dear Ladies
  • Don't Wait Up
  • Dream Stuffing
  • Duty Free
  • Educating Marmalade
  • Ever Decreasing Circles
  • Fairly Secret Army
  • Fast Forward
  • Father's Day
  • Foxy Lady
  • Freddie Starr At The Royalty
  • Fresh Fields
  • Go For It
  • Grandad
  • Hallelujah!
  • Hi-De-Hi!
  • Hilary
  • I Thought You'd Gone
  • It's Going To Be Alright
  • It's Max Boyce
  • It's Never Too Late
  • Just Good Friends
  • Kelly Monteith
  • Knees-Up
  • Lame Ducks
  • Last Of The Summer Wine
  • Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
  • Leaving
  • Let's Parlez Franglais
  • Little Armadillos
  • Me & My Girl
  • Mike Harding In Belfast
  • Mike Reid's Mates And Music
  • Never The Twain
  • Night Beat News
  • No Place Like Home
  • No Problem!
  • Now And Then
  • Poor Little Rich Girls
  • Pull The Other One
  • Punchlines
  • Pushing Up Daisies
  • Rentaghost
  • Round And Round
  • Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse
  • Scully
  • See How They Run
  • Sharma And Beyond
  • Sharon And Elsie
  • Shine On Harvey Moon
  • Singles
  • Spitting Image
  • That's My Boy
  • The Benny Hill Show
  • The Bullshitters
  • The Chain
  • The Clairvoyant
  • The Entertainers
  • The Fainthearted Feminist
  • The Front Line
  • The Hello Goodbye Man
  • The Kenny Everett Television Show
  • The Kit Curran Radio Show
  • The Krankies Klub
  • The Lady Is A Tramp
  • The Lenny Henry Show
  • The Les Dawson Show
  • The Lonelyhearts Kid
  • The Magnificent Evans
  • The Main Attraction
  • The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
  • The New Statesman
  • The Other 'Arf
  • The Steam Video Company
  • The Two Ronnies
  • The Young Ones
  • They Came From Somewhere Else
  • Tom O'Connor
  • Tripper's Day
  • What A Carry On
  • Yes Minister

All radio comedy broadcast in 1984

  • Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
  • Here's Bob Monkhouse
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
  • Mrs Pooter's Diary
  • Radio Active
  • Son Of Cliché
  • The Mausoleum Club
  • The News Huddlines
  • The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
  • Yes Minister

Film comedies released in 1984

  • A Private Function
  • Bloodbath At The House Of Death
  • Comfort And Joy
  • Electric Dreams
  • Night Train To Murder

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