British comedy in 1984
- The Brass Band won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
- Tommy Cooper died on stage in April
Notable comedies debuting in 1984
All new TV comedy from 1984
- Aladdin And The Forty Thieves
- Alfresco
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground
- An Audience With...
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
- The Benny Hill Show
- Big Deal
- Blankety Blank
- Bless My Soul
- Blue Money
- The Bob Monkhouse Show
- 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
- The Bullshitters
- Call Earnshaw
- Cannon And Ball
- Carrott's Lib
- Chance In A Million
- A Chance To Meet.... Barry Cryer
- A Chance To Meet.... Ian Carmichael
- A Chance To Meet.... Jimmy Jewel
- A Chance To Meet.... Marti Caine
- City Lights
- The Clairvoyant
- Cockles
- The Comedians
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- 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
- The Fainthearted Feminist
- Fairly Secret Army
- Fast Forward
- Father's Day
- A Fine Romance
- Foxy Lady
- Freddie Starr At The Royalty
- Fresh Fields
- The Front Line
- Game For A Laugh
- Go For It
- Grandad
- Hallelujah!
- The Hello Goodbye Man
- Hi-De-Hi!
- Hilary
- In Loving Memory
- I Thought You'd Gone
- It's Going To Be Alright
- It's Max Boyce
- It's Mike Yarwood
- It's Never Too Late
- Just Good Friends
- The Keith Harris Show
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- A Kick Up The Eighties
- The Kit Curran Radio Show
- Knees-Up
- The Krankies Klub
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- Lame Ducks
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
- Leaving
- The Lenny Henry Show
- The Les Dawson Show
- Let's Parlez Franglais
- Little And Large
- Little Armadillos
- Live From Her Majesty's
- The Lonelyhearts Kid
- The Magnificent Evans
- The Main Attraction
- Me & My Girl
- Mike Harding In Belfast
- Mike Reid's Mates And Music
- Mike Yarwood - This Is Him!
- Minder
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
- Never The Twain
- The New Statesman
- Night Beat News
- No Place Like Home
- No Problem!
- Now And Then
- The Optimist
- The Other 'Arf
- Poor Little Rich Girls
- Pull The Other One
- Pushing Up Daisies
- Rentaghost
- Round And Round
- Russ Abbot's Madhouse
- Scully
- See How They Run
- Sharma And Beyond
- Sharon And Elsie
- Shelley
- Shine On Harvey Moon
- Singles
- Spitting Image
- The Steam Video Company
- Struggle
- That's My Boy
- They Came From Somewhere Else
- Tom O'Connor
- Tripper's Day
- Turns
- The Two Ronnies
- Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
- What A Carry On
- Who Dares Wins...
- Yes Minister
- The Young Ones
All new radio comedy from 1984
- Alan Ayckbourn's Just Between Ourselves
- Anything Legal
- Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
- Delve Special
- Here's Bob Monkhouse
- The History Of Rock
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- It Sticks Out Half A Mile
- Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
- The Mausoleum Club
- Mrs Pooter's Diary
- The News Huddlines
- Radio Active
- The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
- Son Of Cliché
- Stilgoe's Around
- Yes Minister