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  4. 1988

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. Image shows from L to R: Cat (Danny John-Jules), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Lister (Craig Charles), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). Copyright: UKTV.TV

Red Dwarf

Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit.TV

Rab C. Nesbitt

Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Image shows from L to R: Tony Slattery, Clive Anderson, Colin Mochrie, Caroline Quentin, Ryan Stiles. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions.TV

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Clare France (Janine Wood), Russell Bryant (Jonathan Newth), Eleanor Prescott (Joan Sanderson), Sarah France (Prunella Scales). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

After Henry

Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Second Thoughts

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That's Love

You Rang, M'Lord?. Image shows from L to R: Ivy Teasdale (Su Pollard), Alfred 'Alf' Stokes (Paul Shane). Copyright: BBC.TV

You Rang, M'Lord?

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A Kind Of Living

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Alexei Sayle's Stuff

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Count Duckula

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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

All radio comedy broadcast in 1988

  • After Henry
  • Fallen Arches
  • I Should Say So
  • Ken Dodd's Easter Special
  • King Street Junior
  • Pull The Other One!
  • Radio Fun: The Story Of Radio Comedy
  • Second Thoughts
  • The Big Fun Show
  • The Mausoleum Club
  • The News Huddlines
  • The News Quiz
  • Thirty Minutes Worth
  • Up The Garden Path
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Film comedies released in 1988

  • A Fish Called Wanda
  • Buster
  • Consuming Passions
  • Hawks
  • High Hopes

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