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