British comedy in 1986

• Ben Keaton won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1986

All new TV comedy from 1986

1. Alas Smith & Jones
2. All At No. 20
3. All Cricket And Wellies
4. All In Good Faith
5. 'Allo 'Allo!
6. And There's More
7. Arthur And Phil Go Off...
8. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
9. Beadle's About
10. The Benny Hill Show
11. Big Deal
12. Blackadder
13. Blankety Blank
14. Bobby Davro's TV Annual
15. The Bob Monkhouse Show
16. Bread
17. The Brothers McGregor
18. Brush Strokes
19. Cannon And Ball
20. Chance In A Million
21. The Clairvoyant
22. Come Dancing With Jools Holland
23. Comedians Do It On Stage
24. The Comic Strip Presents...
25. Comrade Dad
26. Constant Hot Water
27. Cool It
28. Dave Allen
29. Dear John....
30. Digance At Work
31. Don't Wait Up
32. Duty Free
33. Ever Decreasing Circles
34. Every Second Counts
35. Executive Stress
36. Fairly Secret Army
37. Farrington Of The F.O.
38. Five Alive
39. Fresh Fields
40. Full House
41. Girls On Top
42. Hale And Pace
43. Hell's Bells
44. Help!
45. Hi-De-Hi!
46. Hilary
47. Home To Roost
48. Hot Metal
49. I Feel Fine
50. In Loving Memory
51. In Sickness & In Health
52. I Woke Up One Morning
53. Jossy's Giants
54. Just Good Friends
55. The Keith Harris Show
56. The Kenny Everett Television Show
57. The Kit Curran Radio Show
58. Langley Bottom
59. Last Of The Summer Wine
60. Laugh Attack
61. Laughs From Her Majesty's
62. The Laughter Show
63. Lenny Henry Tonite
64. Little And Large
65. Live From The Piccadilly
66. Lovejoy
67. Mapp & Lucia
68. Mind Your Language
69. Mog
70. Mr Pye
71. Naked Video
72. Never The Twain
73. No Place Like Home
74. Now - Something Else
75. Only Fools And Horses
76. Prospects
77. Robbins
78. Room At The Bottom
79. The Russ Abbot Show
80. Saturday Live
81. Scotch And Wry
82. Season's Greetings
83. Slinger's Day
84. Sorry!
85. Spitting Image
86. Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
87. That's My Boy
88. Three Up, Two Down
89. The Two Of Us
90. The Two Ronnies
91. A Very Peculiar Practice
92. Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
93. We'll Think Of Something
94. What A Carry On
95. Who Dares Wins...
96. Wilderness Road
97. Yes, Prime Minister

All new radio comedy from 1986

1. After Henry
2. Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
3. Bodgers, Banks And Sparkes
4. Delve Special
5. The Goon Show
6. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
7. I Should Say So
8. Just A Minute
9. Ken Dodd's Christmas Cracker
10. Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
11. Living With Betty
12. The Million Pound Radio Show
13. The News Huddlines
14. The News Quiz
15. Only An Excuse?
16. The Phenomenon Squad
17. Radio Active
18. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
19. Take Me To Your Reader
20. Week Ending

British comedy films released in 1986

1. Car Trouble
2. Clockwise
3. Foreign Body
4. Heavenly Pursuits
5. Mr. Love
6. Ping Pong
7. Whoops Apocalypse