• The first British Comedy Awards took place in this year. Winners
• Sean Hughes won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1990

All TV comedy broadcast in 1990

• 24 Carrott Gold
• A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
• A Kind Of Living
• A Life In Pieces
• A Night On Mount Edna
• Abracadigance
• Absolutely
• Arena: Oooh ER Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story
• Beadle's About
• Ben Elton - The Man From Auntie
• Birds Of A Feather
• Brass
• Bread
• Brian Conley: This Way Up
• Brush Strokes
• Canned Carrott
• Casino
• Chelmsford 123
• Close To Home
• Colin's Sandwich
• Dave Allen
• Davro
• Desmond's
• Dizzy Heights
• Don't Wait Up
• Drop The Dead Donkey
• Dunrulin'
• El C.I.D.
• Frankie Howerd On Campus
• Freddie And Max
• French And Saunders
• French Fields
• Haggard
• Hale And Pace
• Harry Enfield's Television Programme
• Have I Got News For You
• Heil Honey I'm Home!
• Home James!
• Home To Roost
• In Sickness & In Health
• Jackson Pace: The Great Years
• Jeeves And Wooster
• Joint Account
• Kappatoo
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Ken Dodd At The London Palladium
• KYTV
• La Triviata
• Last Of The Summer Wine
• Les And Robert
• Life After Life
• Lovett Goes To Town
• Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
• Mick And Mac
• Mr. Bean
• Never The Twain
• Nicholas Craig - The Naked Actor
• Nicholas Craig's Interview Masterclass
• Nightingales
• No Job For A Lady
• Not With A Bang
• Nothing Like A Royal Show!
• Old Flames
• On The Up
• One Foot In The Grave
• One On Two
• Only Fools And Horses
• Pigsty
• Rita Rudner
• Set Of Six
• Shelley
• Spatz
• Sticky Moments With Julian Clary
• Tales Of The Rodent Sherlock Holmes
• That's Love
• That's Showbusiness
• The British Comedy Awards
• The Comedy Store
• The Comic Strip Presents...
• The Gravy Train
• The Green Man
• The Labours Of Erica
• The Little And Large Show
• The New Statesman
• The Piglet Files
• The Russ Abbot Show
• The Two Of Us
• The Upper Hand
• This Is David Lander
• Tygo Road
• Uncle Jack...
• Up The Garden Path
• Up To Something
• Vic Reeves Big Night Out
• Waiting For God
• You Rang, M'Lord?
• Your Cheatin' Heart

All radio comedy broadcast in 1990

• At Home With Hinge And Bracket
• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
• If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?
• Jimmy's Cricket Team
• King Street Junior
• The Beaux' Stratagem
• The Mary Whitehouse Experience
• The News Huddlines
• The News Quiz
• The Senses
• The Sit Crom
• Uncle Mort's South Country

Film comedies released in 1990

• I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle
• Life Is Sweet
• Nuns On The Run