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  4. 1985

British Comedy in 1985

  • Theatre De Complicité won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1985

King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC.Radio

King Street Junior

In Sickness & In Health. Image shows from L to R: Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell), Mrs Hollingbery (Carmel McSharry). Copyright: BBC.TV

In Sickness & In Health

The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Million Pound Radio Show

After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC.Radio

After Henry

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And There's More

Home To Roost. Image shows from L to R: Matthew Willows (Reece Dinsdale), Henry Willows (John Thaw). Copyright: Yorkshire Television.TV

Home To Roost

The Brothers McGregor. Image shows from L to R: Wesley McGregor (Paul Barber), Cyril McGregor (Philip Whitchurch). Copyright: Granada Television.TV

The Brothers McGregor

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The Good Human Guide

Three Up, Two Down. Image shows from L to R: Angie Tyler (Lysette Anthony), Nick Tyler (Ray Burdis), Sam Tyler (Michael Elphick), Daphne Trenchard (Angela Thorne). Copyright: BBC.TV

Three Up, Two Down

All In Good Faith. The Reverend Philip Lambe (Richard Briers). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

All In Good Faith

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Cool It

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Copy Cats

Full House. Image shows from L to R: Diana (Natalie Forbes), Murray McCoy (Brian Capron), Marsha Hatfield (Sabina Franklyn), Paul Hatfield (Christopher Strauli). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

Full House

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All TV comedy broadcast in 1985

  • 'Allo 'Allo!
  • A Break Of Wind
  • A Dabble With Digance
  • Affairs Of The Heart
  • All In Good Faith
  • American Carrott
  • And There's More
  • Are You Being Served?
  • Arthur And Phil Go Off...
  • Assaulted Nuts
  • Barnet
  • Blott On The Landscape
  • Bobby Davro On The Box
  • Bottle Boys
  • Charters And Caldicott
  • Cool It
  • Copy Cats
  • Dave Allen
  • Don't Wait Up
  • Dutch Girls
  • Emma Thompson: Up For Grabs
  • Favourite Things: Les Dawson
  • Fresh Fields
  • From The Top
  • Full House
  • Galloping Galaxies!
  • Game For A Laugh
  • Girls On Top
  • Happy Families
  • Hi-De-Hi!
  • Hilary
  • Home To Roost
  • I Woke Up One Morning
  • In Sickness & In Health
  • Inside Out
  • Kelly Monteith In One
  • Kelly's Eye
  • Lame Ducks
  • Last Of The Summer Wine
  • Leaving
  • Live From Her Majesty's
  • Malc Up Market
  • Mann's Best Friends
  • Mapp & Lucia
  • Marjorie And Men
  • Me & My Girl
  • Mighty Moments From World History
  • Mog
  • Moving
  • No Problem!
  • Only Fools And Horses
  • Open All Hours
  • Relative Strangers
  • Roll Over Beethoven
  • Russ Abbot's Saturday Madhouse
  • Shine On Harvey Moon
  • Sorry!
  • South Of The Border
  • Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
  • Super Gran
  • Tandoori Nights
  • Terry & June
  • That's My Boy
  • The Beiderbecke Affair
  • The Benny Hill Show
  • The Bob Monkhouse Show
  • The Bright Side
  • The Brothers McGregor
  • The Freddie Starr Comedy Express
  • The Front Line
  • The Funny Side
  • The Gender Gap
  • The Joke Machine
  • The Kenny Everett Television Show
  • The Lenny Henry Show
  • The Little And Large Show
  • The Mistress
  • The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
  • The New Statesman
  • The Optimist
  • The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole
  • The Two Ronnies
  • Three Up, Two Down
  • Troubles & Strife
  • Up Our Street
  • Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
  • Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
  • Walking The Planks
  • What A Carry On

All radio comedy broadcast in 1985

  • After Henry
  • Blandings On Radio 4
  • Delve Special
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • Just Williams
  • King Street Junior
  • Nineteen Ninety-Four
  • Radio Active
  • Son Of Cliché
  • The Bigger They Are
  • The Million Pound Radio Show
  • The News Huddlines
  • The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket

Film comedies released in 1985

  • Brazil
  • Morons From Outer Space
  • My Beautiful Laundrette
  • No Surrender
  • Restless Natives
  • The Girl In The Picture
  • The Supergrass
  • Water

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