British Comedy in 1999
- 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
Bremner, Bird And Fortune
It's Been A Bad Week
My Parents Are Aliens
High Hopes
That Reminds Me
Chewin' The Fat
Harry And Cosh
It's Only TV... But I Like It
S Club 7
Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
Bristow
Coming Alive
Gimme Gimme Gimme
How Tickled Am I?
Lucky Bag
Married
Smack The Pony
The Attractive Young Rabbi
The League Of Gentlemen
The Mark Steel Lecture

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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
- Commercial Breakdown
- 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
- My Wonderful Life
- 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 Crazy World Of Joe Pasquale
- The Entertainer
- The Estate Agents
- The Fast Show
- The Flint Street Nativity
- The Grimleys
- The Jim Tavaré Show
- The Last Salute
- The League Of Gentlemen
- The Morwenna Banks Show
- The Mystery Of Men
- The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
- 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
- Coming Alive
- Fat Chance
- For One Horrible Moment
- Goodness Gracious Me
- 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 Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- The Patrick And Maureen Maybe Music Experience
- The Sunday Format
- The Uncertainty Principle
- The Very World Of Milton Jones
- You Won't Believe This But
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
- Tea With Mussolini
- The Secret Laughter Of Women
- This Year's Love
- Waking Ned