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  4. 1997

British Comedy in 1997

  • Only Fools And Horses was the People's Choice at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
  • The League of Gentlemen won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1997

Cold Feet. Image shows from L to R: Pete Gifford (John Thomson), Karen Marsden (Hermione Norris), David Marsden (Robert Bathurst), Jenny Gifford (Fay Ripley), Adam Williams (James Nesbitt).TV

Cold Feet

Comedy Store. Copyright: Open Mike Productions.TV

Comedy Store

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Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment

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Hububb

Jonathan Creek. Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies). Copyright: BBC.TV

Jonathan Creek

Armstrong And Miller. Image shows from L to R: Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions.TV

Armstrong And Miller

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Light Lunch

Stella Street. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.TV

Stella Street

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Adam's Family Tree

Blue Jam. Chris Morris. Copyright: Talkback Productions.Radio

Blue Jam

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Chewin' The Fat

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Funny Women

Harry Hill. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television.TV

Harry Hill

Operation Good Guys. Copyright: BBC.TV

Operation Good Guys

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Snap

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The Grimleys

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The Wild House

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All TV comedy broadcast in 1997

  • 25 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine
  • 500 Bus Stops
  • A Date With...
  • A Perfect State
  • A Prince Among Men
  • A Word With Alf
  • Adam's Family Tree
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
  • All Quiet On The Preston Front
  • And Finally... Rory Bremner
  • Animal Madness
  • Ant And Dec Unzipped
  • April Fool's Day
  • Armstrong And Miller
  • As Time Goes By
  • Beryl Reid Says Good Evening
  • Birds Of A Feather
  • Blind Men
  • Bloomin' Marvellous
  • Bodger & Badger
  • Brass Eye
  • Bremner, Bird And Fortune: Three Men And A Vote
  • Brian Conley's Crazy Christmas
  • Captain Butler
  • Celebrity Squares
  • Chalk
  • ChuckleVision
  • Club Class
  • Cold Enough For Snow
  • Cold Feet
  • Comedy Store
  • Comic Relief
  • Commercial Breakdown
  • Common As Muck
  • Cows
  • Dad
  • Dame Edna Kisses It Better
  • Dame Edna's Work Experience
  • Does China Exist?
  • Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
  • Embassy
  • Funny Business
  • Funny Women
  • Gas
  • Get Fit With Brittas
  • Get Well Soon
  • Goodnight Sweetheart
  • grown ups
  • Hale And Pace
  • Hamish Macbeth
  • Harry Enfield & Chums
  • Harry Hill
  • Have I Got News For You
  • Heroes Of Comedy
  • Holding The Baby
  • Hospital!
  • Hububb
  • I'm Alan Partridge
  • In Stitches With Daphne Doesgood
  • Introducing Tony Ferrino, Who And Why? A Quest
  • It's Ulrika!
  • Jack Dee's Sunday Service
  • Jo Brand: Like It Or Lump It
  • Jonathan Creek
  • Keeping Mum
  • Klinik!
  • Knight School
  • Last Of The Summer Wine
  • Live At Jongleurs
  • Loved By You
  • Lust For Glorious
  • Men Behaving Badly
  • Mooney And Magee
  • Mr White Goes To Westminster
  • My Dad's A Boring Nerd
  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  • Next Of Kin
  • No Sweat
  • Oh Doctor Beeching!
  • Only An Excuse?
  • Operation Good Guys
  • Pilgrim's Rest
  • Planet Mirth
  • Red Dwarf
  • Ronnie Barker - A Life In Comedy
  • Room 101
  • See You Friday
  • Shooting Stars
  • Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
  • Snap
  • Soul Music
  • Spark
  • Stella Street
  • Stuff The Week
  • Sunnyside Farm
  • The Adam And Joe Show
  • The Best Of Les Dawson
  • The British Comedy Awards
  • The Brittas Empire
  • The Comedy Slot
  • The Detectives
  • The Fast Show
  • The Freddie Starr Show
  • The Grimleys
  • The History Of Tom Jones: A Foundling
  • The Jack Docherty Show
  • The Jasper Carrott Trial
  • The Lily Savage Show
  • The Missing Postman
  • The Mrs Merton Show
  • The Peter Principle
  • The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon
  • The Vicar Of Dibley
  • The Wild House
  • Underworld
  • We Know Where You Live
  • What's Up Dockers
  • Woof!
  • Wyrd Sisters

All radio comedy broadcast in 1997

  • Blue Jam
  • Capital Gains
  • Chewin' The Fat
  • Dinner Ladies
  • Dry Slopes
  • Facts And Fancies
  • Girlies
  • Harry Hill's Fruit Corner
  • How To Beat Sir Humphrey
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • In The Balance
  • Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
  • Next Time We Might Play Better
  • On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
  • Rent
  • The Cookbook Of Apicius
  • The Iguanodon
  • The Jasper Carrott Trial
  • The League Against Tedium
  • The News Huddlines
  • The News Quiz
  • The Shuttleworths
  • The Skivers
  • Tidal Talk From The Rockpool
  • To The Manor Born
  • Turns Of The Century

Film comedies released in 1997

  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
  • Caught In The Act
  • Fever Pitch
  • Fierce Creatures
  • Keep The Aspidistra Flying
  • Preaching To The Perverted
  • Shooting Fish
  • Small Time
  • Spice World
  • The Full Monty
  • Twin Town

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