British comedy in 1987
- Brown Blues won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Notable comedies debuting in 1987
All new TV comedy from 1987
- After Pilkington
- All At No. 20
- All In Good Faith
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- And There's More
- Arthur And Phil Go Off...
- Bad Boyes
- Beadle's About
- The Beiderbecke Tapes
- A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
- Blackadder
- Blankety Blank
- Bobby Davro's TV Weekly
- Bread
- The Brothers McGregor
- Brush Strokes
- Bust
- Cannon And Ball
- Carrott Confidential
- Checkpoint Chiswick
- Christmas Is Coming...
- ChuckleVision
- Comedy Wavelength
- The Corner House
- Cue Gary!
- The Dame Edna Experience
- Dear John....
- Divided We Stand
- Don't Wait Up
- East Of Ipswich
- Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
- Ever Decreasing Circles
- Executive Stress
- Farrington Of The F.O.
- Father Matthew's Daughter
- Ffizz
- Filthy Rich & Catflap
- First Aids
- Foreign Bodies
- Foreign Bodies
- French And Saunders
- Hardwicke House
- Hello Mum
- Hi-De-Hi!
- High & Dry
- Home James!
- The Home-Made Xmas Video
- Home To Roost
- In Sickness & In Health
- It's A Hudd Hudd World
- Jasper Carrott - Stand Up America
- Joe Longthorne Entertains
- Jossy's Giants
- Just For Laughs
- Keeping Score
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- Kin Of The Castle
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Late Expectations
- The Lenny Henry Christmas Special
- The Lenny Henry Show
- The Les Dawson Show
- The Les Dennis Laughter Show
- Life Without George
- Lift Off! With Coppers And Co!
- Little And Large
- Live From The Palladium
- Me & My Girl
- The Mikado
- The Mistress
- Morecambe & Wise On Stage
- My Husband And I
- Never Say Die
- Never The Twain
- The New Statesman
- No Place Like Home
- Only Fools And Horses
- Porterhouse Blue
- The Refuge
- The Ritz
- Rude Health
- Running Wild
- The Russ Abbot Show
- Saturday Live
- Scoop
- The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole
- Slinger's Day
- A Small Problem
- Sorry!
- Spitting Image
- Stop That Laughing At The Back
- Superfrank
- Tandoori Nights
- Terry & June
- Three Up, Two Down
- Tutti Frutti
- The Two Ronnies
- Valentine Park
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- Watching
- The Way, The Truth, The Video
- What A Carry On
- What The Butler Saw
- The World According To Smith And Jones
- Worzel Gummidge Down Under
- Yes, Prime Minister
- You Must Be The Husband
All new radio comedy from 1987
- After Henry
- Big Jim And The Figaro Club
- Crisp And Even Brightly
- Delve Special
- Flying The Flag
- Frankie Howerd's Forum
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- King Street Junior
- The Mausoleum Club
- The Milligan Papers
- The Million Pound Radio Show
- Molesworth
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Nineteen Ninety-Eight
- The Party Party
- The Phenomenon Squad
- Pull The Other One!
- Radio Active
- The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
- Saturday Night Fry
- Uncle Mort's North Country
- Up The Garden Path