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
Comedy Store
Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment
Hububb
Jonathan Creek
Armstrong And Miller
Light Lunch
Stella Street
Adam's Family Tree
Blue Jam
Chewin' The Fat
Funny Women
Harry Hill
Operation Good Guys
Snap
The Grimleys
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