British Comedy in 1998
- The Royle Family was Best New TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
- Tommy Tiernan won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Notable comedies debuting in 1998
The Now Show
So Graham Norton
The 99p Challenge
The Motion Show
Like They've Never Been Gone
Renford Rejects
Goodness Gracious Me
Kiss Me Kate
The Best Of British
The Royle Family
The Very World Of Milton Jones
Additional lists
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All TV comedy broadcast in 1998
- (Un)natural Acts
- 2point4 Children
- A Many Splintered Thing
- A Prince Among Men
- Adam's Family Tree
- Alan Davies - Urban Trauma
- Alexei Sayle's Merry Go Round
- As Time Goes By
- Babes In The Wood
- Barking
- Big Train
- Billy Connolly's One Night Stand
- Birds Of A Feather
- Blackadder
- Blind Men
- Bob Monkhouse - Over The Limit
- Bob Monkhouse On Campus
- Bring Me Sunshine - The Heart And Soul Of Eric Morecambe
- Carry On Darkly
- ChuckleVision
- Clinton: His Struggle With Dirt
- Cold Feet
- Comedy Nation
- Comedy Store
- dinnerladies
- Dressing For Breakfast
- Drop The Dead Donkey
- Europigeon
- Faith In The Future
- Father Ted
- French And Saunders
- Funny Women
- Gagging For It
- Game On
- Get Real
- Golden Years
- Goodness Gracious Me
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Hale And Pace
- Harry Enfield & Chums
- Harry Hill
- Have I Got News For You
- Heartburn Hotel
- Heroes Of Comedy
- Holding The Baby
- Homie & Away
- How Do You Want Me?
- If I Ruled The World
- In Exile
- In The Presence Of Julian Clary
- In The Red
- Is It Bill Bailey?
- Is It Legal?
- Jack & The Beanstalk
- Jack Dee: Live At The London Palladium
- Jeff Green Up West
- Jenny Eclair - Top Bitch
- Jenny Eclair: The Platinum Collection
- Jim Davidson - So Far
- Jo Brand's Christmas Log
- Jonathan Creek
- Keeping Mum
- Kiss Me Kate
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Lenny Goes To Town
- Lost In France
- Loved By You
- March In Windy City
- Men Behaving Badly
- Microsoap
- Mr. Wymi
- My Summer With Des
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle
- Oddbods
- Only An Excuse?
- Renford Rejects
- Reputations: Kenneth Williams
- Rex The Runt
- Sermon From St Albion's
- Slap! - Love, Lies And Lipstick
- Stella Street
- Stressed Eric
- That Peter Kay Thing
- The 11 O'Clock Show
- The Baldy Man
- The Ben Elton Show
- The Best Of British
- The British Comedy Awards
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- The Creatives
- The Jackie Mason Show
- The Last Salute
- The Mrs Merton Show
- The Royle Family
- The Thoughts Of Chairman Alf
- The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star
- The Zig And Zag Show
- Things To Do In Hoxton When You're Dead
- This Morning With Richard Not Judy
- Tottenham 2
- Trigger Happy TV
- Unfinished Business
- Victoria Wood Still Standing
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- You Are Here
All radio comedy broadcast in 1998
- Armstrong And Miller
- Blue Jam
- Chambers
- Chewin' The Fat
- Children's Hour... With Armstrong And Miller
- Dinner Ladies
- Facts And Fancies
- Hearing With Hegley
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- In The Chair
- King Street Junior
- Like They've Never Been Gone
- Old Harry's Game
- Paradise Lost In Cyberspace
- Rent
- Sean Lock's 15 Minutes Of Misery
- The 99p Challenge
- The Alan Davies Show
- The Bona History Of Julian And Sandy
- The Galton And Simpson Playhouse
- The Mark Steel Revolution
- The Motion Show
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- The Shuttleworths
- The Very World Of Milton Jones
- Turns Of The Century
- Week Ending
- World Of Pub