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
- Blackadder
- Bobby In Wonderland
- Bread
- Bruce And Ronnie
- Brush Strokes
- Cabaret At The Jongleurs
- Cannon And Ball
- Casting Off
- Chelmsford 123
- ChuckleVision
- Clarence
- Colin's Sandwich
- Comic Relief
- Coppers And Co!
- Count Duckula
- Craig Goes Mad In Melbourne
- Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy
- Don't Wait Up
- Double First
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Square Deal
- Streets Apart
- That's Love
- The Beiderbecke Connection
- The Benny Hill Show
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- The Importance Of Being Earnest
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- The Lenny Henry Show
- The Lenny Henry Special
- The Little And Large Show
- The Management
- The Refuge
- The River
- The Russ Abbot Show
- The World According To Smith And Jones
- This Is David Lander
- Valentine Park
- Who Dares Wins...
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Wife Begins At 40
- Wyatt's Watchdogs
- Yes, Prime Minister