• 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

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