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

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression

Bremner, Bird And Fortune

Chewin' The Fat

High Hopes

My Parents Are Aliens

Sooty Heights

All new TV comedy from 1999

1. The 11 O'Clock Show
2. 2point4 Children
3. 40 Years Of Freddie Starr
4. The Adam And Joe Show
5. Adam Bloom: Beyond A Joke
6. Adam's Family Tree
7. Ali G's Alternative Christmas Message
8. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
9. All Aboard The Cat Bus
10. All Along The Watchtower
11. Angry Kid
12. Armstrong And Miller
13. An Audience With...
14. Babes In The Wood
15. Bang, Bang, It's Reeves And Mortimer
16. Barbara
17. Barmy Aunt Boomerang
18. The Beginner's Guide To Being Funny
19. The Best Of British
20. Blankety Blank
21. Bodger & Badger
22. Bostock's Cup
23. Boyz Unlimited
24. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
25. The British Comedy Awards
26. Brotherly Love
27. Chewin' The Fat
28. ChuckleVision
29. Cold Feet
30. Comedy Nation
31. The Comedy Network
32. Comedy Store
33. Comic Relief
34. Comin' Atcha
35. Coming Soon
36. Commercial Breakdown
37. The Crazy World Of Joe Pasquale
38. Dad
39. Dark Ages
40. Days Like These
41. Denis Norden's Laughter File
42. dinnerladies
43. Dr. Willoughby
44. Either/Or
45. The Entertainer
46. The Estate Agents
47. Families At War
48. The Fast Show
49. The Flint Street Nativity
50. Focus North
51. French And Saunders
52. From Spam To Sperm
53. Funny Turns
54. Funny Women
55. Giggly Bitz!
56. Gimme Gimme Gimme
57. Golden Years
58. Goodness Gracious Me
59. Goodnight Sweetheart
60. Grafters
61. The Grimleys
62. Harry And Cosh
63. Harry Enfield Presents...
64. Harry Hill
65. Have I Got News For You
66. Haywire
67. Heart & Sole
68. Henry Rollins: Live And Ripped In London
69. Heroes Of Comedy
70. High Hopes
71. Hippies
72. A History Of Alternative Comedy
73. Honky Sausages
74. How Do You Want Me?
75. Hububb
76. Hunting Venus
77. If I Ruled The World
78. It's Only TV... But I Like It
79. It's... The Monty Python Story
80. Jack Dee Live In London
81. Jackie Mason: The People's Champion
82. Jason Byrne Is Twiggy No Branch
83. Jasper Carrott - Back To The Front
84. Jim Davidson - A Bit Further
85. Jim Davidson - A Bit Further Still
86. The Jim Tavaré Show
87. Joe's Pop Shop
88. Jonathan Creek
89. Just A Minute
90. Kiss Me Kate
91. Ladies And Gentlemen Jo Brand
92. Last Of The Summer Wine
93. The Last Salute
94. Laughter In The House: The Story Of British Sitcom
95. The League Of Gentlemen
96. Lee Evans Live From The West End
97. The Lenny Beige Television Show
98. Let Them Eat Cake
99. Los Dos Bros
100. Lucky Bag
101. Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
102. Mad Mack
103. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
104. Microsoap
105. The Morwenna Banks Show
106. Mrs Merton & Malcolm
107. Murder Most Horrid
108. My Parents Are Aliens
109. The Mystery Of Men
110. My Wonderful Life
111. The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
112. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
113. Only An Excuse?
114. Operation Good Guys
115. Passion Killers
116. People Like Us
117. Polterguests
118. Pornorama
119. Pythonland
120. Rab C. Nesbitt
121. Red Dwarf
122. Renford Rejects
123. The Revengers' Comedies
124. Rex The Runt
125. The Richard Blackwood Show
126. Rock Profile
127. Roger Roger
128. Room 101
129. Rory Bremner: The Blair Essentials
130. The Royle Family
131. Satellite City
132. The Saturday Night Armistice
133. S Club 7
134. Sermon From St Albion's
135. Shadows Of Reflections
136. Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
137. Smack The Pony
138. Small Potatoes
139. So Graham Norton
140. Sooty Heights
141. Spaced
142. The Stand Up Show
143. Starting Out
144. There's Something About...
145. They Think It's All Over
146. This Morning With Richard Not Judy
147. Tottenham 2
148. Unfinished Business
149. Vent
150. The Vicar Of Dibley
151. The Victoria Wood Special - Wetty Hainthropp Investigates
152. West Heath Yard
153. Whatever
154. Wilmot
155. Wonderful You

All new radio comedy from 1999

1. 4 At The Store
2. The Adventures Of John And Tony
3. Aladdin, The Chinese Laundry Boy
4. Angus Deayton's History Of Alternative Comedy
5. As Time Goes By
6. The Attractive Young Rabbi
7. Ballylenon
8. Bangers And Mash
9. Blue Jam
10. Bristow
11. Canned Heat
12. Chambers
13. The Cheese Shop Presents: The Butter Factor
14. The Circle
15. Coming Alive
16. Dear Joyce.... Dear Ginnie
17. Do Go On
18. Fat Chance
19. For One Horrible Moment
20. Full Moon
21. The Galton And Simpson Playhouse
22. The Griff Rhys Jones Show
23. Heated Rollers
24. H-H-H-Happy Birthday Hancock
25. How Tickled Am I?
26. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
27. In Conversation With
28. In The End
29. It's Been A Bad Week
30. Just A Minute
31. Just Juliette
32. King Of Bath
33. Ladies Of Letters
34. Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
35. Like They've Never Been Gone
36. Love 40-New Balls Please
37. Mammon
38. Man Of Soup
39. The Mark Steel Lecture
40. Married
41. Mel And Sue's Comedy Breakdown
42. The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes
43. The News Huddlines
44. The News Quiz
45. No Commitments
46. The Now Show
47. Old Dog And The Partridge
48. The Oldest Member
49. Old Harry's Game
50. The Patrick And Maureen Maybe Music Experience
51. Quando, Quando, Quando
52. Routemasters
53. Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High
54. Sean Lock's 15 Minutes Of Misery
55. Sharing Fatman
56. The Smith Lectures
57. Son Of Santa
58. Sorry About Last Night
59. Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
60. The Sunday Format
61. Talking Comedy
62. That Reminds Me
63. Travels With My Anti-Semitism
64. Truly, Madly, Bletchley
65. The Uncertainty Principle
66. The Very World Of Milton Jones
67. The Way It Is
68. The World As We Know It
69. World Of Pub
70. You Won't Believe This But

British comedy films released in 1999

1. 8½ Women
2. Beautiful People
3. East Is East
4. Fanny & Elvis
5. Gregory's Two Girls
6. Guest House Paradiso
7. Human Traffic
8. An Ideal Husband
9. An Ideal Husband
10. Little Voice
11. Mad Cows
12. Notting Hill
13. Orphans
14. Parting Shots
15. Plunkett & Macleane
16. The Secret Laughter Of Women
17. Shakespeare In Love
18. Swing
19. Tea With Mussolini
20. This Year's Love
21. Waking Ned