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  4. 1986

British Comedy in 1986

  • Ben Keaton won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1986

Beadle's About. Jeremy Beadle. Copyright: London Weekend Television.TV

Beadle's About

Hale And Pace. Image shows from L to R: Norman Pace, Gareth Hale. Copyright: London Weekend Television.TV

Hale And Pace

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Every Second Counts

Bread. Copyright: BBC.TV

Bread

Lovejoy. Lovejoy (Ian McShane). Copyright: FremantleMedia.TV

Lovejoy

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The Russ Abbot Show

Brush Strokes. Image shows from L to R: Jacko (Karl Howman), Lionel Bainbridge (Gary Waldhorn), Sandra (Jackie Lye), Eric (Mike Walling). Copyright: BBC.TV

Brush Strokes

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Naked Video

A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. Image shows from L to R: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie.TV

A Bit Of Fry & Laurie

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

The Two Of Us

Executive Stress. Image shows from L to R: Caroline Fairchild (Penelope Keith), Donald Fairchild (Geoffrey Palmer). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

Executive Stress

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All TV comedy broadcast in 1986

  • 'Allo 'Allo!
  • A Very Peculiar Practice
  • All At No. 20
  • And There's More
  • Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
  • Beadle's About
  • Blackadder
  • Bobby Davro's TV Annual
  • Bread
  • Brush Strokes
  • Cannon And Ball
  • Chance In A Million
  • Come Dancing With Jools Holland
  • Comedians Do It On Stage
  • Comrade Dad
  • Constant Hot Water
  • Cool It
  • Dave Allen
  • Dear John....
  • Digance At Work
  • Duty Free
  • Ever Decreasing Circles
  • Every Second Counts
  • Executive Stress
  • Fairly Secret Army
  • Five Alive
  • Fresh Fields
  • Full House
  • Girls On Top
  • Hale And Pace
  • Hell's Bells
  • Help!
  • Hi-De-Hi!
  • Hilary
  • Home To Roost
  • Hot Metal
  • I Feel Fine
  • I Woke Up One Morning
  • In Loving Memory
  • In Sickness & In Health
  • Jossy's Giants
  • Just Good Friends
  • Langley Bottom
  • Last Of The Summer Wine
  • Laugh Attack
  • Laughs From Her Majesty's
  • Lenny Henry Tonite
  • Live From The Piccadilly
  • Mapp & Lucia
  • Mind Your Language
  • Mog
  • Mr Pye
  • Naked Video
  • Never The Twain
  • No Place Like Home
  • Now - Something Else
  • Only Fools And Horses
  • Prospects
  • Room At The Bottom
  • Saturday Live
  • Season's Greetings
  • Slinger's Day
  • Sorry!
  • Spitting Image
  • Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
  • That's My Boy
  • The Benny Hill Show
  • The Bob Monkhouse Show
  • The Brothers McGregor
  • The Clairvoyant
  • The Comic Strip Presents...
  • The Kenny Everett Television Show
  • The Kit Curran Radio Show
  • The Little And Large Show
  • The Russ Abbot Show
  • The Two Of Us
  • Three Up, Two Down
  • Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
  • We'll Think Of Something
  • What A Carry On
  • Wilderness Road
  • Yes, Prime Minister

All radio comedy broadcast in 1986

  • After Henry
  • Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
  • Delve Special
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
  • Only An Excuse?
  • Radio Active
  • The Million Pound Radio Show
  • The News Huddlines
  • The News Quiz
  • The Phenomenon Squad

Film comedies released in 1986

  • Car Trouble
  • Clockwise
  • Foreign Body
  • Mr. Love
  • Whoops Apocalypse

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