British comedy in 1989
- Simon Fanshawe won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
- Monty Python star Graham Chapman died
Notable comedies debuting in 1989
All new TV comedy from 1989
- 1st Exposure
- About Face
- Abracadigance
- Absolutely
- The Accountant
- After Henry
- Alexei Sayle's Stuff
- All Change
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- And A Nightingale Sang
- The Appointments Of Dennis Jennings
- Ball-Trap On The Côte Sauvage
- Beadle's About
- The Benny Hill Show
- Birds Of A Feather
- A Bit Of A Do
- A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
- Blackadder
- Blankety Blank
- Bodger & Badger
- Bradley
- Bread
- Brian Conley: This Way Up
- The Bruce Forsyth Show
- Brush Strokes
- The Bubblegum Brigade
- Carrott Confidential
- ChuckleVision
- Close To Home
- The Comedy Store
- Comic Relief
- Commercial Breakdown
- Creature Comforts
- The Dame Edna Experience
- Davro's Sketch Pad
- Desmond's
- Dowie
- Ever Decreasing Circles
- Every Second Counts
- Ffizz
- First And Last
- First Of The Summer Wine
- Foreign Bodies
- French Fields
- A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit
- The Groovy Fellers
- Gruey
- Hale And Pace
- Happy Christmas - I Love You
- Harry's Kingdom
- High Street Blues
- Hit The Pitch
- Home James!
- Home Run
- Home To Roost
- Hot Metal
- Hysteria
- I, Lovett
- In Sickness & In Health
- John Sessions On The Spot
- Joint Account
- Just Like That!
- Krankies Television
- KYTV
- The Labours Of Erica
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Laura And Disorder
- The Les Dawson Show
- The Les Dennis Laughter Show
- Life Without George
- Little And Large
- Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
- Making Out
- Marti Caine
- May To December
- Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
- Mike & Angelo
- Minder
- Mornin' Sarge
- Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
- The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
- Never The Twain
- The New Statesman
- Nice Work
- Nick Revell
- The Nineteenth Hole
- Norbert Smith - A Life
- No Strings
- Off The Wall
- Only Fools And Horses
- Parrot Sketch Not Included: 20 Years Of Monty Python
- Press Gang
- Red Dwarf
- Rory Bremner
- The Russ Abbot Show
- Shelley
- Singles
- Smith And Jones In Small Doses
- Smith & Jones
- Snakes And Ladders
- Sob Sisters
- Something For The Weekend
- Spitting Image
- Split Ends
- The Staggering Stories Of Ferdinand De Bargos
- Stand Up
- Stay Lucky
- Sticky Moments With Julian Clary
- The Stone Age
- Streets Apart
- Style Monsters
- Surgical Spirit
- That's Love
- That's Showbusiness
- Three Up, Two Down
- A Touch Of Spice
- Tricky Business
- Turns
- Tygo Road
- Unexplained Laughter
- Victoria Wood
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Woof!
- Worzel Gummidge Down Under
- You Must Be Joking
- Young, Gifted And Broke
All new radio comedy from 1989
- An Actor's Life For Me
- The Amazing Test Match Crime
- Beachcomber... By The Way
- Cutler On Education
- Delbert Wilkins' Legal Pirate New Year Jam
- Delbert Wilkins' New Year's Eve Jam
- Girls Will Be Girls
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
- King Street Junior
- Lenin Of The Rovers
- The Mary Whitehouse Experience
- The Million Pound Radio Show
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Pull The Other One!
- The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
- Stilgoe's Around
- Such Rotten Luck
- That Man Remembered
- Uncle Mort's North Country
- Victor Lewis-Smith
- Winston