• Sacha Baron Cohen was named Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• Al Murray won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1999

All TV comedy broadcast in 1999

• 2point4 Children
• 40 Years Of Freddie Starr
• A History Of Alternative Comedy
• Adam Bloom: Beyond A Joke
• Adam's Family Tree
• Ali G's Alternative Christmas Message
• Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
• All Aboard The Cat Bus
• All Along The Watchtower
• Angry Kid
• Armstrong And Miller
• Babes In The Wood
• Bang, Bang, It's Reeves And Mortimer
• Barbara
• Barmy Aunt Boomerang
• Bodger & Badger
• Bostock's Cup
• Boyz Unlimited
• Bremner, Bird And Fortune
• Chewin' The Fat
• ChuckleVision
• Cold Feet
• Comedy Store
• Comic Relief
• Comin' Atcha
• Coming Soon
• Dad
• Dark Ages
• Days Like These
• dinnerladies
• Dr. Willoughby
• Either/Or
• Families At War
• Focus North
• French And Saunders
• From Spam To Sperm
• Funny Turns
• Funny Women
• Giggly Bitz!
• Gimme Gimme Gimme
• Goodness Gracious Me
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Grafters
• Harry And Cosh
• Harry Hill
• Have I Got News For You
• Haywire
• Heart & Sole
• Henry Rollins: Live And Ripped In London
• Heroes Of Comedy
• High Hopes
• Hippies
• Honky Sausages
• How Do You Want Me?
• Hunting Venus
• It's Only TV... But I Like It
• It's... The Monty Python Story
• Jack Dee Live In London
• Jackie Mason: The People's Champion
• Jason Byrne Is Twiggy No Branch
• Jasper Carrott - Back To The Front
• Jim Davidson - A Bit Further
• Jim Davidson - A Bit Further Still
• Joe's Pop Shop
• Jonathan Creek
• Just A Minute
• Kiss Me Kate
• Ladies And Gentlemen Jo Brand
• Last Of The Summer Wine
• Laughter In The House: The Story Of British Sitcom
• Lee Evans Live From The West End
• Let Them Eat Cake
• Los Dos Bros
• Lucky Bag
• Mad Mack
• Mrs Merton & Malcolm
• My Parents Are Aliens
• Never Mind The Buzzcocks
• Only An Excuse?
• Operation Good Guys
• Passion Killers
• People Like Us
• Polterguests
• Pythonland
• Red Dwarf
• Renford Rejects
• Rock Profile
• Room 101
• S Club 7
• Shadows Of Reflections
• Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
• Smack The Pony
• Small Potatoes
• Spaced
• Starting Out
• The Adam And Joe Show
• The Beginner's Guide To Being Funny
• The Best Of British
• The British Comedy Awards
• The Entertainer
• The Estate Agents
• The Fast Show
• The Flint Street Nativity
• The Grimleys
• The Last Salute
• The League Of Gentlemen
• The Morwenna Banks Show
• The Mystery Of Men
• The Royle Family
• The Vicar Of Dibley
• There's Something About...
• This Morning With Richard Not Judy
• Unfinished Business
• West Heath Yard
• Wilmot
• Wonderful You

All radio comedy broadcast in 1999

• Aladdin, The Chinese Laundry Boy
• Angus Deayton's History Of Alternative Comedy
• Blue Jam
• Canned Heat
• Chambers
• Fat Chance
• For One Horrible Moment
• How Tickled Am I?
• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
• In The End
• It's Been A Bad Week
• Just Juliette
• King Of Bath
• Married
• Old Harry's Game
• Quando, Quando, Quando
• Routemasters
• Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High
• Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
• That Reminds Me
• The Adventures Of John And Tony
• The Mark Steel Lecture
• The News Huddlines
• The News Quiz
• The Sunday Format
• The Very World Of Milton Jones

Film comedies released in 1999

• 8½ Women
• An Ideal Husband
• An Ideal Husband
• Beautiful People
• East Is East
• Gregory's Two Girls
• Guest House Paradiso
• Human Traffic
• Little Voice
• Mad Cows
• Notting Hill
• Orphans
• Parting Shots
• Plunkett & Macleane
• Shakespeare In Love
• The Secret Laughter Of Women
• Waking Ned