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
All new TV comedy from 1997
- 25 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine
- 500 Bus Stops
- The Adam And Joe Show
- Adam's Family Tree
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- All Quiet On The Preston Front
- And Finally... Rory Bremner
- Animal Madness
- Ant And Dec Unzipped
- Anyone For Pennis
- April Fool's Day
- Armstrong And Miller
- As Time Goes By
- An Audience With...
- The Baldy Man
- Beryl Reid Says Good Evening
- The Best Of Les Dawson
- Birds Of A Feather
- Blankety Blank
- Blind Men
- Bloomin' Marvellous
- Bodger & Badger
- Brass Eye
- Bremner, Bird And Fortune: Three Men And A Vote
- Brian Conley's Crazy Christmas
- Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment
- The British Comedy Awards
- The Brittas Empire
- Captain Butler
- Chalk
- The Chest
- ChuckleVision
- Club Class
- Cold Enough For Snow
- Cold Feet
- Comedians
- The Comedy Slot
- Comedy Store
- Comic Relief
- Commercial Breakdown
- Common As Muck
- Cows
- Dad
- Dame Edna Kisses It Better
- Dame Edna's Work Experience
- A Date With...
- The Detectives
- Does China Exist?
- Dressing For Breakfast
- Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
- Embassy
- The End Of The Year Show With Angus Deayton
- The Fast Show
- The Film Of Reeves & Mortimer
- The Freddie Starr Show
- Funny Women
- Gas
- Gayle's World
- Get Fit With Brittas
- Get Well Soon
- Gobble
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- The Grimleys
- grown ups
- Hale And Pace
- Hamish Macbeth
- Harry Enfield & Chums
- Harry Hill
- Have I Got News For You
- Heroes Of Comedy
- The History Of Tom Jones: A Foundling
- 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
- The Jack Docherty Show
- The Jasper Carrott Trial
- Jo Brand: Like It Or Lump It
- Jonathan Creek
- Keeping Mum
- King Leek
- Klinik!
- Knight School
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- A Life On The Box
- Light Lunch
- The Lily Savage Show
- Live At Jongleurs
- Loved By You
- Lust For Glorious
- Men Behaving Badly
- The Missing Postman
- Mooney And Magee
- The Mrs Merton Show
- Mr White Goes To Westminster
- Mr. Wymi
- My Dad's A Boring Nerd
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- Next Of Kin
- No Sweat
- Oh Doctor Beeching!
- One Foot In The Grave
- Only An Excuse?
- Only Fools And Horses
- Operation Good Guys
- Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's...
- A Perfect State
- The Peter Principle
- Phil Kay Feels...
- Pilgrim's Rest
- Planet Mirth
- A Prince Among Men
- Rab C. Nesbitt
- Red Dwarf
- Ronnie Barker - A Life In Comedy
- Room 101
- The Saturday Night Armistice
- See You Friday
- Shooting Stars
- Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
- Snap
- Soul Music
- Spark
- The Stand Up Show
- Stella Street
- Stuff The Week
- Sunnyside Farm
- The Tim Vine Christmas Present
- The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon
- TV Offal
- Underworld
- The Vicar Of Dibley
- We Know Where You Live
- Whatever Happened To... Clement & La Frenais?
- What's Up Dockers
- The Wild House
- A Word With Alf
- Wyrd Sisters
All new radio comedy from 1997
- The (Almost) Accidental Adventures Of Bell And Todd
- Blue Jam
- Capital Gains
- Chewin' The Fat
- The Cookbook Of Apicius
- Dinner Ladies
- Dry Slopes
- Facts And Fancies
- Girlies
- Goodness Gracious Me
- Harry Hill's Fruit Corner
- How To Beat Sir Humphrey
- The Iguanodon
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- In The Balance
- The Jasper Carrott Trial
- Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
- King Street Junior
- Ladies Of Letters
- The League Against Tedium
- Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Next Time We Might Play Better
- North East Of Eden
- On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
- Rent
- Shelley
- The Shuttleworths
- The Skivers
- Stand Up Two
- Talking Comedy
- Tidal Talk From The Rockpool
- To The Manor Born
- Truly, Madly, Bletchley
- Turns Of The Century