British comedy in 1986

• Ben Keaton won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1986

Beadle's About

Bread

Brush Strokes

Hale And Pace

Lovejoy

Naked Video

The Russ Abbot Show

The Two Of Us

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 On The Box
15. Bobby Davro's TV Annual
16. The Bob Monkhouse Show
17. Bread
18. The Brothers McGregor
19. Brush Strokes
20. Cannon And Ball
21. Chance In A Million
22. City Lights
23. The Clairvoyant
24. Come Dancing With Jools Holland
25. Comedians Do It On Stage
26. The Comic Strip Presents...
27. Comrade Dad
28. Constant Hot Water
29. Cool It
30. Copy Cats
31. Dave Allen
32. Dear John....
33. Digance At Work
34. Don't Wait Up
35. Duty Free
36. Ever Decreasing Circles
37. Every Second Counts
38. Executive Stress
39. Fairly Secret Army
40. Farrington Of The F.O.
41. Five Alive
42. Fresh Fields
43. Full House
44. Girls On Top
45. Hale And Pace
46. Hell's Bells
47. Help!
48. Hi-De-Hi!
49. Hilary
50. Home To Roost
51. Hot Metal
52. I Feel Fine
53. In Loving Memory
54. In Sickness & In Health
55. I Woke Up One Morning
56. Jossy's Giants
57. Just Good Friends
58. Karen Kay
59. The Keith Harris Show
60. The Kenny Everett Television Show
61. The Kit Curran Radio Show
62. Langley Bottom
63. Last Of The Summer Wine
64. Laugh Attack
65. Laughs From Her Majesty's
66. The Laughter Show
67. Lenny Henry Tonite
68. Little And Large
69. Live From The Piccadilly
70. Lovejoy
71. Mapp & Lucia
72. Mind Your Language
73. Mog
74. Mr Pye
75. Naked Video
76. Never The Twain
77. No Place Like Home
78. Now - Something Else
79. Only Fools And Horses
80. Prospects
81. The Pyrates
82. Robbins
83. Room At The Bottom
84. The Russ Abbot Show
85. Saturday Live
86. Scotch And Wry
87. Season's Greetings
88. Slinger's Day
89. Sorry!
90. Spitting Image
91. Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
92. That's My Boy
93. Three Up, Two Down
94. The Two Of Us
95. The Two Ronnies
96. A Very Peculiar Practice
97. Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
98. We'll Think Of Something
99. What A Carry On
100. Who Dares Wins...
101. Wilderness Road
102. 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. Huddwinks
7. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
8. In One Ear
9. I Should Say So
10. J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
11. Just A Minute
12. Ken Dodd's Christmas Cracker
13. Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
14. Living With Betty
15. Merry Christmas Mrs Saxe-Coburg
16. The Million Pound Radio Show
17. My Music
18. My Word!
19. The News Huddlines
20. The News Quiz
21. Only An Excuse?
22. The Phenomenon Squad
23. Project Santa Claus
24. Radio Active
25. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
26. Take Me To Your Reader
27. 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