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
Red Dwarf
Rab C. Nesbitt
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
After Henry
Second Thoughts
That's Love
You Rang, M'Lord?
A Kind Of Living
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Count Duckula
Palace Hill

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All TV comedy broadcast in 1988
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- 1st Exposure
- A Gentleman's Club
- A Kind Of Living
- A Very Peculiar Practice
- A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
- Abracadigance
- After Henry
- After Ten With Tarbuck
- Alexei Sayle's Stuff
- All In Good Faith
- And There's More
- Andy Capp
- Beadle's About
- Best Of British: Film Fun
- Blackadder
- Bobby In Wonderland
- Bread
- Bruce And Ronnie
- Brush Strokes
- Cabaret At The Jongleurs
- Cannon And Ball
- Carrott Confidential
- Casting Off
- Chelmsford 123
- ChuckleVision
- Clarence
- Colin's Sandwich
- Comic Relief
- Cool It
- Coppers And Co!
- Count Duckula
- Craig Goes Mad In Melbourne
- Divided We Stand
- Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy
- Don't Wait Up
- Double First
- Every Second Counts
- Everyone A Winner
- Executive Stress
- Farrington Of The F.O.
- Fascinating Aida
- First Of The Summer Wine
- French And Saunders
- Friday Night Live
- Gruey
- Hale And Pace
- Help!
- Hi-De-Hi!
- Hot Metal
- Incident On The Line
- John Sessions
- John Wells And The Three Wise Men
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Les Girls
- Life Without George
- Little And Large
- Live From The Palladium
- Me & My Girl
- Mr H Is Late
- My Husband And I
- Natural Causes
- Never The Twain
- News At Twelve
- No Frills
- Number 27
- Once In A Lifetime
- Only Fools And Horses
- Palace Hill
- Pastoral Care
- Playing For Real
- Red Dwarf
- Room At The Bottom
- Shelley
- Small World
- Sorry!
- Spin Off
- Spitting Image
- Square Deal
- Stand Up
- Streets Apart
- That's Love
- The Beiderbecke Connection
- The Benny Hill Show
- The Brothers McGregor
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- The Importance Of Being Earnest
- The Kate Robbins Show
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- The Lenny Henry Show
- The Lenny Henry Special
- The Management
- The Refuge
- The River
- The Russ Abbot Show
- The Steamie
- The World According To Smith And Jones
- This Is David Lander
- Thompson
- Twenty-Two Years Of The Two Ronnies
- Valentine Park
- Who Dares Wins...
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Wife Begins At 40
- Wyatt's Watchdogs
- Yes, Prime Minister
- You Must Be The Husband