British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Comedy writer? Stand-up comedian? Looking to progress? Join BCG Pro

British comedy in 1996

Notable comedies debuting in 1996

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Image shows from L to R: Noel Fielding, Greg Davies, Daisy May Cooper, Jamali Maddix
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
The Adam And Joe Show. Image shows from L to R: Joe Cornish, Adam Buxton. Copyright: World Of Wonder
The Adam And Joe Show

All new TV comedy from 1996

  1. The 10%ers
  2. 2point4 Children
  3. Absolutely Fabulous
  4. The Adam And Joe Show
  5. Agent Z & The Penguin From Mars
  6. The Alternative Christmas Message
  7. The Amazing Colossal Show
  8. Anyone For Pennis
  9. As Time Goes By
  10. Asylum
  11. Atletico Partick
  12. An Audience With...
  13. Bad Boys
  14. Barry Welsh Is Coming
  15. Beadle's About
  16. Beautiful Thing
  17. A Big Slice Of Jo Brand
  18. Birds Of A Feather
  19. The Bob Downe Show
  20. Bob Monkhouse On The Spot
  21. Bodger & Badger
  22. Brian Conley - Alive And Dangerous
  23. The British Comedy Awards
  24. The Brittas Empire
  25. Cardiac Arrest
  26. Chef!
  27. ChuckleVision
  28. Classic Cooper
  29. Commercial Breakdown
  30. Crossing The Floor
  31. Dennis The Menace & Gnasher
  32. The Detectives
  33. Digance In A Field Of His Own
  34. Douglas
  35. A Drop Of Digance
  36. Drop The Dead Donkey
  37. The End Of The Year Show With Angus Deayton
  38. Eskimo Day
  39. An Evening With...
  40. Faith In The Future
  41. Fantasy Football
  42. The Fast Show
  43. Father Ted
  44. Fist Of Fun
  45. Frankie Howerd At His Tittermost
  46. The Freddie Starr Show
  47. French And Saunders
  48. Funny You Ask
  49. Gagtag
  50. A Gala Comedy Hour - Best Of The Prince's Trust
  51. Game On
  52. Gayle's World
  53. The Generation Game
  54. Get Up, Stand Up
  55. Goodnight Sweetheart
  56. Hale And Pace
  57. Hamish Macbeth
  58. Have I Got News For You
  59. How To Be A Little S*d
  60. I Hate This House
  61. Is It Legal?
  62. It Happened Next Year
  63. Jack And Jeremy's Real Lives
  64. Jack Dee's Christmas Show
  65. Jackie Mason At The London Palladium
  66. Jeff Green - Live
  67. Jo Brand - All The Way To Worcester
  68. Jo Brand Through The Cakehole
  69. Last Of The Summer Wine
  70. The Lee Evans Show
  71. The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin
  72. Lenny Henry Gets Wild
  73. Life After Birth
  74. The Liver Birds
  75. The Long Johns
  76. Lord Of Misrule
  77. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
  78. Married For Life
  79. Mash And Peas
  80. Men Behaving Badly
  81. The Mrs Merton Show
  82. Murder Most Horrid
  83. My Good Friend
  84. My Wonderful Life
  85. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  86. Never Mind The Horrocks
  87. Next Of Kin
  88. The Office
  89. Oh Doctor Beeching!
  90. One Foot In The Grave
  91. Only An Excuse?
  92. Only Fools And Horses
  93. Out Of Tune
  94. Outside Edge
  95. Over Here
  96. Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's...
  97. The Paul Merton Show
  98. Pond Life
  99. Pop Dogs
  100. Porkpie
  101. The Preventers
  102. Pulp Video
  103. Rab C. Nesbitt
  104. The Real McCoy
  105. Roger Roger
  106. Roger + The Rottentrolls
  107. Rory Bremner... Who Else?
  108. The Russ Abbot Show
  109. Safe And Sound
  110. Satellite City
  111. Saturday Live
  112. The Saturday Night Armistice
  113. Shooting Stars
  114. Snug And Cozi
  115. Sometime, Never
  116. Spike Milligan
  117. Spitting Image
  118. The Stand Up Show
  119. Stanley Baxter In Reel Terms
  120. Stanley Baxter Is Back
  121. That's Showbusiness
  122. They Think It's All Over
  123. The Thin Blue Line
  124. Trev And Simon's Mission Impossible
  125. Two Fat Rorys
  126. The Upper Hand
  127. The Vicar Of Dibley
  128. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  129. Zig And Zag's Dirty Deeds
  130. Zzzap!

All new radio comedy from 1996

  1. The Airport
  2. Alan Parker: Roadwarrior
  3. Angry Old Men
  4. Are You From The Bugle?
  5. Babblewick Hall
  6. Ballylenon
  7. Beaumarchais
  8. Chambers
  9. Change At Oglethorpe
  10. Darling You Were Marvellous
  11. Date With Fate
  12. Doon Your Way
  13. The Elephant Man
  14. Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy
  15. Fab TV
  16. For Better Or For Worse
  17. Goodness Gracious Me
  18. Hair In The Gate
  19. Hearing With Hegley
  20. If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?
  21. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  22. The Jasper Carrott Trial
  23. Just A Minute
  24. Kalangadog Junction
  25. Kathmandu Or Bust
  26. Kind Hearts And Coronets
  27. King Street Junior
  28. Laughter In The Air
  29. Laurel And Hardy
  30. Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
  31. Mammon
  32. The Mark Steel Solution
  33. Masala FM
  34. Mightier Than The Sword
  35. The Million Pound Radio Show
  36. Minor Adjustment
  37. My Booze Hell, By Little Johnny Cartilage
  38. The News Huddlines
  39. The News Quiz
  40. No Commitments
  41. On Baby Street
  42. Pankhiraj
  43. Passport To Pimlico
  44. Paupers And Pig Killers
  45. People Like Us
  46. Red Dwarf
  47. Saturday Playhouse: The Ladykillers
  48. Seymour The Fractal Cat
  49. The Shuttleworths
  50. Sir Henry At Rawlinson End
  51. The Sunday Format
  52. Talking Comedy
  53. Two Light Up The Third
  54. The Two Sisters
  55. Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe
  56. Velma And Therese
  57. Week Ending
  58. The What If Show

British comedy films released in 1996

  1. Brassed Off
  2. Secrets & Lies
  3. Twelfth Night Or What You Will
  4. The Van
  5. The Wind In The Willows

Share this page

Subscribe to our newsletters