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
All new TV comedy from 1990
- 24 Carrott Gold
- Abracadigance
- Absolutely
- After Henry
- Arena: Oooh ER Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story
- An Audience With...
- Beadle's About
- Ben Elton - The Man From Auntie
- Birds Of A Feather
- A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
- Blankety Blank
- Brass
- Bread
- The British Comedy Awards
- Brush Strokes
- Canned Carrott
- Casino
- Chelmsford 123
- ChuckleVision
- Close To Home
- Colin's Sandwich
- The Comedy Store
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- 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
- The Funny Farm
- God On The Rocks
- The Gravy Train
- The Green Man
- 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
- A Kind Of Living
- KYTV
- The Labours Of Erica
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- La Triviata
- Les And Robert
- The Les Dennis Laughter Show
- Life After Life
- A Life In Pieces
- Little And Large
- Lovett Goes To Town
- Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
- Making Out
- The Mary Whitehouse Experience
- May To December
- Mick And Mac
- Mr. Bean
- Never The Twain
- The New Statesman
- Nicholas Craig's Interview Masterclass
- Nicholas Craig - The Naked Actor
- Nightingales
- A Night On Mount Edna
- No Job For A Lady
- Nothing Like A Royal Show!
- Not With A Bang
- Old Flames
- One Foot In The Grave
- One On Two
- Only Fools And Horses
- On The Up
- Paramount City
- Perfect Scoundrels
- The Piglet Files
- Pigsty
- Press Gang
- Rab C. Nesbitt
- Rita Rudner
- The Russ Abbot Show
- Set Of Six
- Shelley
- The Short & Curlies
- Spatz
- Spitting Image
- Sticky Moments With Julian Clary
- Surgical Spirit
- Tales Of The Rodent Sherlock Holmes
- That's Love
- That's Showbusiness
- This Is David Lander
- Tygo Road
- Uncle Jack...
- The Upper Hand
- Up The Garden Path
- Up To Something
- Up Yer Festival
- Vic Reeves Big Night Out
- Waiting For God
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- You Rang, M'Lord?
- Your Cheatin' Heart
All new radio comedy from 1990
- An Actor's Life For Me
- And Now, In Colour
- At Home With Hinge And Bracket
- The Beaux' Stratagem
- Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- Jimmy's Cricket Team
- King Cutler
- King Street Junior
- Little Blighty On The Down
- The Mary Whitehouse Experience
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Pull The Other One!
- The Senses
- The Sit Crom
- Uncle Mort's South Country
- Winston