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 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. The Keith Harris Show
59. The Kenny Everett Television Show
60. The Kit Curran Radio Show
61. Langley Bottom
62. Last Of The Summer Wine
63. Laugh Attack
64. Laughs From Her Majesty's
65. The Laughter Show
66. Lenny Henry Tonite
67. Little And Large
68. Live From The Piccadilly
69. Lovejoy
70. Mapp & Lucia
71. Mind Your Language
72. Mog
73. Mr Pye
74. Naked Video
75. Never The Twain
76. No Place Like Home
77. Now - Something Else
78. Only Fools And Horses
79. Prospects
80. Robbins
81. Room At The Bottom
82. The Russ Abbot Show
83. Saturday Live
84. Scotch And Wry
85. Season's Greetings
86. Slinger's Day
87. Sorry!
88. Spitting Image
89. Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
90. That's My Boy
91. Three Up, Two Down
92. The Two Of Us
93. The Two Ronnies
94. A Very Peculiar Practice
95. Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
96. We'll Think Of Something
97. What A Carry On
98. Who Dares Wins...
99. Wilderness Road
100. 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. Just A Minute
11. Ken Dodd's Christmas Cracker
12. Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
13. Living With Betty
14. The Million Pound Radio Show
15. The News Huddlines
16. The News Quiz
17. Only An Excuse?
18. The Phenomenon Squad
19. Radio Active
20. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
21. Take Me To Your Reader
22. 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