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  4. 1999

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.TV

Bremner, Bird And Fortune

Generic picture of an old TV set.Radio

It's Been A Bad Week

My Parents Are Aliens.TV

My Parents Are Aliens

High Hopes. Image shows from L to R: Mam (Margaret John), Fagin (Robert Blythe). Copyright: BBC.TV

High Hopes

Radio.Radio

That Reminds Me

Chewin' The Fat. Copyright: The Comedy Unit.TV

Chewin' The Fat

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Harry And Cosh

It's Only TV... But I Like It.TV

It's Only TV... But I Like It

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

S Club 7

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression. Copyright: Vera Productions.TV

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression

Bristow. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Bristow

Coming Alive.Radio

Coming Alive

Gimme Gimme Gimme. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Kathy Burke), Tom (James Dreyfus). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.TV

Gimme Gimme Gimme

How Tickled Am I?. Mark Radcliffe. Copyright: BBC.Radio

How Tickled Am I?

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Lucky Bag

Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Married

Smack The Pony.TV

Smack The Pony

The Attractive Young Rabbi.Radio

The Attractive Young Rabbi

The League Of Gentlemen. Image shows from L to R: Tubbs (Steve Pemberton), Edward (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC.TV

The League Of Gentlemen

The Mark Steel Lecture. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC.Radio

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

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