British comedy in 1988

• Jeremy Hardy won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
• Following an overdose, Carry On star Kenneth Williams was found dead in his flat

Notable comedies debuting in 1988

All new TV comedy from 1988

1. 1st Exposure
2. Abracadigance
3. After Henry
4. After Ten With Tarbuck
5. Alas Smith & Jones
6. Alexei Sayle's Stuff
7. All In Good Faith
8. 'Allo 'Allo!
9. And There's More
10. Andy Capp
11. An Audience With...
12. Beadle's About
13. The Beiderbecke Connection
14. The Benny Hill Show
15. Best Of British: Film Fun
16. Blackadder
17. Blankety Blank
18. Bobby In Wonderland
19. Bread
20. The Brothers McGregor
21. Bruce And Ronnie
22. Brush Strokes
23. Cabaret At The Jongleurs
24. Cannon And Ball
25. Carrott Confidential
26. Casting Off
27. Chelmsford 123
28. ChuckleVision
29. Clarence
30. Colin's Sandwich
31. Comic Relief
32. The Comic Strip Presents...
33. Cool It
34. Coppers And Co!
35. Count Duckula
36. Craig Goes Mad In Melbourne
37. Divided We Stand
38. Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy
39. Don't Wait Up
40. Double First
41. Everyone A Winner
42. Executive Stress
43. Fascinating Aida
44. First Of The Summer Wine
45. French And Saunders
46. Friday Night Live
47. A Gentleman's Club
48. Gruey
49. Hale And Pace
50. Help!
51. Hi-De-Hi!
52. Home James!
53. Hot Metal
54. The Importance Of Being Earnest
55. Incident On The Line
56. John Sessions
57. John Wells And The Three Wise Men
58. The Kate Robbins Show
59. The Kenny Everett Television Show
60. A Kind Of Living
61. Last Of The Summer Wine
62. The Laughter Show
63. The Lenny Henry Show
64. The Lenny Henry Special
65. Les Girls
66. Life Without George
67. Little And Large
68. Live From The Palladium
69. Lucky Sunil
70. The Management
71. Me & My Girl
72. Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
73. Minder
74. Mr H Is Late
75. Mr Majeika
76. My Husband And I
77. Natural Causes
78. Never The Twain
79. News At Twelve
80. The New Statesman
81. No Frills
82. Number 27
83. Once In A Lifetime
84. Only Fools And Horses
85. Palace Hill
86. Pastoral Care
87. Playing For Real
88. Rab C. Nesbitt
89. Red Dwarf
90. The Refuge
91. The River
92. Room At The Bottom
93. The Rory Bremner Show
94. The Russ Abbot Show
95. Scotch And Wry
96. Shelley
97. Singles
98. Small World
99. Sorry!
100. Spin Off
101. Spitting Image
102. Square Deal
103. The Steamie
104. Streets Apart
105. That's Love
106. This Is David Lander
107. Thompson
108. Twenty-Two Years Of The Two Ronnies
109. The Two Of Us
110. Valentine Park
111. A Very Peculiar Practice
112. Watching
113. Who Dares Wins...
114. A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
115. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
116. Wife Begins At 40
117. The World According To Smith And Jones
118. Wyatt's Watchdogs
119. Yes, Prime Minister
120. You Must Be The Husband
121. You Rang, M'Lord?

All new radio comedy from 1988

1. The Big Fun Show
2. Blood And Bruises
3. Fallen Arches
4. Flying The Flag
5. The Goon Show
6. Hancock's Last Half Hour
7. I Should Say So
8. Just A Minute
9. Ken Dodd's Easter Special
10. King Street Junior
11. Lenin Of The Rovers
12. Little Blighty On The Down
13. The Mausoleum Club
14. The News Huddlines
15. The News Quiz
16. Pull The Other One!
17. Radio Fun: The Story Of Radio Comedy
18. Saturday Night Fry
19. Second Thoughts
20. Thirty Minutes Worth
21. Uncle Mort's North Country
22. The Unfair Quiz
23. Up The Garden Path
24. Week Ending
25. Whose Line Is It Anyway?

British comedy films released in 1988

1. Buster
2. Consuming Passions
3. Drowning By Numbers
4. A Fish Called Wanda
5. Hawks
6. High Hopes
7. Soursweet