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  4. 1990

British Comedy in 1990

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

Notable comedies debuting in 1990

Have I Got News For You. Image shows from L to R: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton.TV

Have I Got News For You

The Upper Hand. Image shows from L to R: Joanna Burrows (Kellie Bright), Laura West (Honor Blackman), Charlie Burrows (Joe McGann), Tom Wheatley (William Puttock), Caroline Wheatley (Diana Weston).TV

The Upper Hand

Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions.TV

Drop The Dead Donkey

One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie), Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson). Copyright: BBC.TV

One Foot In The Grave

Generic picture of an old TV set.Radio

Jimmy's Cricket Team

Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC.TV

Keeping Up Appearances

Waiting For God. Image shows from L to R: Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole), Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden). Copyright: BBC.TV

Waiting For God

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Dizzy Heights

Jeeves And Wooster. Image shows from L to R: Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie), Jeeves (Stephen Fry). Copyright: Picture Partnership Productions.TV

Jeeves And Wooster

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Uncle Jack...

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

El C.I.D.

Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel. Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel (Michael Roberts). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel

No Job For A Lady. Jean Price (Penelope Keith). Copyright: Thames Television.TV

No Job For A Lady

On The Up. Image shows from L to R: Tony Carpenter (Dennis Waterman), Ruth Carpenter (Judy Buxton). Copyright: BBC.TV

On The Up

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Perfect Scoundrels

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Spatz

The Piglet Files. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Maxwell (John Ringham), Peter 'Piglet' Chapman (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Major Maurice Drummond (Clive Francis). Copyright: London Weekend Television.TV

The Piglet Files

Up The Garden Path. Izzy (Imelda Staunton). Copyright: ITV / Rex.TV

Up The Garden Path

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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.
  • Every Second Counts
  • 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
  • Making Out
  • 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
  • Paramount City
  • Pigsty
  • Rita Rudner
  • Set Of Six
  • Shelley
  • Spatz
  • Spitting Image
  • Sticky Moments With Julian Clary
  • Surgical Spirit
  • 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 Short & Curlies
  • 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
  • Killing Dad
  • Life Is Sweet
  • Nuns On The Run

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