British comedy in 1985

  • Theatre De Complicité won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1985

All new TV comedy from 1985

  1. Absurd Person Singular
  2. Affairs Of The Heart
  3. Alas Smith & Jones
  4. All In Good Faith
  5. 'Allo 'Allo!
  6. American Carrott
  7. And There's More
  8. Are You Being Served?
  9. Arthur And Phil Go Off...
  10. Assaulted Nuts
  11. An Audience With...
  12. Barnet
  13. The Beiderbecke Affair
  14. The Benny Hill Show
  15. Big Deal
  16. Blankety Blank
  17. Blott On The Landscape
  18. Bobby Davro On The Box
  19. The Bob Monkhouse Show
  20. Bottle Boys
  21. A Break Of Wind
  22. The Bright Side
  23. The Brothers McGregor
  24. Cabaret
  25. Cannon And Ball
  26. Charters And Caldicott
  27. The Comedians
  28. Cool It
  29. Copy Cats
  30. A Dabble With Digance
  31. Dave Allen
  32. Don't Wait Up
  33. Dutch Girls
  34. Emma Thompson: Up For Grabs
  35. Favourite Things: Les Dawson
  36. The Freddie Starr Comedy Express
  37. Fresh Fields
  38. From The Top
  39. The Front Line
  40. Full House
  41. The Funny Side
  42. Galloping Galaxies!
  43. Game For A Laugh
  44. The Gender Gap
  45. Girls On Top
  46. Happy Families
  47. Hi-De-Hi!
  48. Hilary
  49. Home To Roost
  50. In Sickness & In Health
  51. Inside Out
  52. I Woke Up One Morning
  53. The Joke Machine
  54. Keith And Orville's Christmas Circus
  55. The Keith Harris Show
  56. Kelly Monteith In One
  57. Kelly's Eye
  58. The Kenny Everett Television Show
  59. Lame Ducks
  60. The Last Laugh Before TV-am
  61. Last Of The Summer Wine
  62. The Laughter Show
  63. Leaving
  64. The Lenny Henry Show
  65. Little And Large
  66. Live From Her Majesty's
  67. Love's Labour's Lost
  68. Malc Up Market
  69. Mann's Best Friends
  70. Mapp & Lucia
  71. Marjorie And Men
  72. Me & My Girl
  73. Mighty Moments From World History
  74. Minder
  75. The Mistress
  76. Mog
  77. Moving
  78. The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
  79. The New Statesman
  80. No Problem!
  81. Only Fools And Horses
  82. Open All Hours
  83. The Optimist
  84. Relative Strangers
  85. Roll Over Beethoven
  86. Russ Abbot's Madhouse
  87. Scene: Victoria Wood: A Personal View
  88. Scotch And Wry
  89. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole
  90. Sharon And Elsie
  91. Shine On Harvey Moon
  92. Sorry!
  93. South Of The Border
  94. Spitting Image
  95. Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
  96. Super Gran
  97. Tandoori Nights
  98. Terry & June
  99. That's My Boy
  100. There Comes A Time...
  101. Three Up, Two Down
  102. Troubles & Strife
  103. The Two Ronnies
  104. Up Our Street
  105. Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
  106. Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
  107. Walking The Planks
  108. What A Carry On
  109. Who Dares Wins...

All new radio comedy from 1985

  1. After Henry
  2. Anything Legal
  3. The Bigger They Are
  4. Blandings On Radio 4
  5. Delve Special
  6. The Good Human Guide
  7. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  8. In Other Words.... The Bodgers
  9. Just A Minute
  10. Just Williams
  11. King Street Junior
  12. The Million Pound Radio Show
  13. The News Huddlines
  14. The News Quiz
  15. Nineteen Ninety-Four
  16. Radio Active
  17. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
  18. Son Of Cliché
  19. Week Ending
  20. The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

British comedy films released in 1985

  1. Brazil
  2. The Frog Prince
  3. The Girl In The Picture
  4. Morons From Outer Space
  5. My Beautiful Laundrette
  6. No Surrender
  7. Restless Natives
  8. Shadey
  9. The Supergrass
  10. Turtle Diary
  11. Water

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