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
- 1st Exposure
- Abracadigance
- After Henry
- After Ten With Tarbuck
- Alexei Sayle's Stuff
- All In Good Faith
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- And There's More
- Andy Capp
- An Audience With...
- Beadle's About
- The Beiderbecke Connection
- The Benny Hill Show
- Best Of British: Film Fun
- Blackadder
- Blankety Blank
- Bobby In Wonderland
- Bread
- The Brothers McGregor
- 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
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- 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
- Everyone A Winner
- Executive Stress
- Fascinating Aida
- First Of The Summer Wine
- French And Saunders
- Friday Night Live
- A Gentleman's Club
- Gruey
- Hale And Pace
- Help!
- Hi-De-Hi!
- Home James!
- Hot Metal
- The Importance Of Being Earnest
- Incident On The Line
- John Sessions
- John Wells And The Three Wise Men
- The Kate Robbins Show
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- A Kind Of Living
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- The Lenny Henry Show
- The Lenny Henry Special
- The Les Dennis Laughter Show
- Les Girls
- Life Without George
- Little And Large
- Live From The Palladium
- The Management
- Me & My Girl
- Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
- Minder
- Mr H Is Late
- Mr Majeika
- My Husband And I
- Natural Causes
- Never The Twain
- News At Twelve
- The New Statesman
- No Frills
- Number 27
- Once In A Lifetime
- Only Fools And Horses
- Palace Hill
- Pastoral Care
- Playing For Real
- Rab C. Nesbitt
- Red Dwarf
- The Refuge
- The River
- Room At The Bottom
- The Russ Abbot Show
- Shelley
- Singles
- Small World
- Sorry!
- Spin Off
- Spitting Image
- Square Deal
- The Steamie
- Streets Apart
- That's Love
- This Is David Lander
- Thompson
- Twenty-Two Years Of The Two Ronnies
- Valentine Park
- A Very Peculiar Practice
- Who Dares Wins...
- A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Wife Begins At 40
- The World According To Smith And Jones
- Wyatt's Watchdogs
- Yes, Prime Minister
- You Must Be The Husband
- You Rang, M'Lord?
All new radio comedy from 1988
- After Henry
- The Big Fun Show
- Fallen Arches
- Hancock's Last Half Hour
- I Should Say So
- Ken Dodd's Easter Special
- King Street Junior
- Lenin Of The Rovers
- Little Blighty On The Down
- The Mausoleum Club
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Pull The Other One!
- Radio Fun: The Story Of Radio Comedy
- Saturday Night Fry
- Second Thoughts
- Thirty Minutes Worth
- Uncle Mort's North Country
- Up The Garden Path
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?