British comedy in 1985
- Theatre De Complicité won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Notable comedies debuting in 1985
All new TV comedy from 1985
- Affairs Of The Heart
- All In Good Faith
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- American Carrott
- And There's More
- Are You Being Served?
- Arthur And Phil Go Off...
- Assaulted Nuts
- An Audience With...
- Barnet
- The Beiderbecke Affair
- The Benny Hill Show
- Blankety Blank
- Blott On The Landscape
- Bobby Davro On The Box
- The Bob Monkhouse Show
- Bottle Boys
- A Break Of Wind
- The Bright Side
- The Brothers McGregor
- Cabaret
- Cannon And Ball
- Charters And Caldicott
- The Comedians
- Cool It
- Copy Cats
- A Dabble With Digance
- Dave Allen
- Don't Wait Up
- Dutch Girls
- Emma Thompson: Up For Grabs
- Favourite Things: Les Dawson
- The Freddie Starr Comedy Express
- Fresh Fields
- From The Top
- The Front Line
- Full House
- The Funny Side
- Galloping Galaxies!
- Game For A Laugh
- The Gender Gap
- Girls On Top
- Happy Families
- Hi-De-Hi!
- Hilary
- Home To Roost
- In Sickness & In Health
- Inside Out
- I Woke Up One Morning
- The Joke Machine
- Keith And Orville's Christmas Circus
- The Keith Harris Show
- Kelly Monteith In One
- Kelly's Eye
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- Lame Ducks
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Leaving
- The Lenny Henry Show
- Little And Large
- Live From Her Majesty's
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Malc Up Market
- Mann's Best Friends
- Mapp & Lucia
- Marjorie And Men
- Me & My Girl
- Mighty Moments From World History
- Minder
- The Mistress
- Mog
- Moving
- The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
- The New Statesman
- No Problem!
- Only Fools And Horses
- Open All Hours
- The Optimist
- Relative Strangers
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Russ Abbot's Madhouse
- The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole
- Shine On Harvey Moon
- Sorry!
- South Of The Border
- Spitting Image
- Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
- Super Gran
- Tandoori Nights
- Terry & June
- That's My Boy
- There Comes A Time...
- Three Up, Two Down
- Troubles & Strife
- The Two Ronnies
- Up Our Street
- Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- Walking The Planks
- What A Carry On
- Who Dares Wins...
All new radio comedy from 1985
- After Henry
- Anything Legal
- The Bigger They Are
- Blandings On Radio 4
- Delve Special
- The Good Human Guide
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- Just Williams
- King Street Junior
- The Million Pound Radio Show
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Nineteen Ninety-Four
- Radio Active
- The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
- Son Of Cliché
- The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere