British comedy in 1986
- Ben Keaton won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Notable comedies debuting in 1986
All new TV comedy from 1986
- All At No. 20
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- And There's More
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
- Beadle's About
- The Benny Hill Show
- Blackadder
- Bobby Davro's TV Annual
- The Bob Monkhouse Show
- Bread
- The Brothers McGregor
- Brush Strokes
- Cannon And Ball
- Chance In A Million
- The Clairvoyant
- Come Dancing With Jools Holland
- Comedians Do It On Stage
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- 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
- In Loving Memory
- In Sickness & In Health
- I Woke Up One Morning
- Jossy's Giants
- Just Good Friends
- The Keith Harris Show
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- The Kit Curran Radio Show
- Langley Bottom
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Laugh Attack
- Laughs From Her Majesty's
- Lenny Henry Tonite
- Little And Large
- 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
- The Russ Abbot Show
- Saturday Live
- Season's Greetings
- Slinger's Day
- Sorry!
- Spitting Image
- Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
- That's My Boy
- Three Up, Two Down
- The Two Of Us
- A Very Peculiar Practice
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- We'll Think Of Something
- What A Carry On
- Wilderness Road
- Yes, Prime Minister
All new radio comedy from 1986
- After Henry
- Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
- Delve Special
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- In One Ear
- Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
- The Million Pound Radio Show
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Only An Excuse?
- The Phenomenon Squad
- Radio Active
- Take Me To Your Reader