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

All new TV comedy from 1999

• The 11 O'Clock Show
• 2point4 Children
• 40 Years Of Freddie Starr
• The Adam And Joe Show
• 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
• An Audience With...
• Babes In The Wood
• Bang, Bang, It's Reeves And Mortimer
• Barbara
• Barmy Aunt Boomerang
• The Beginner's Guide To Being Funny
• The Best Of British
• Blankety Blank
• Bodger & Badger
• Bostock's Cup
• Boyz Unlimited
• Bremner, Bird And Fortune
• The British Comedy Awards
• Brotherly Love
• Chewin' The Fat
• ChuckleVision
• Cold Feet
• Comedy Nation
• Comedy Store
• Comic Relief
• Comin' Atcha
• Coming Soon
• Commercial Breakdown
• The Crazy World Of Joe Pasquale
• Dad
• Dark Ages
• Days Like These
• dinnerladies
• Dr. Willoughby
• Either/Or
• The Entertainer
• The Estate Agents
• Families At War
• The Fast Show
• The Flint Street Nativity
• Focus North
• French And Saunders
• From Spam To Sperm
• Funny Turns
• Funny Women
• Giggly Bitz!
• Gimme Gimme Gimme
• Golden Years
• Goodness Gracious Me
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Harry And Cosh
• Harry Enfield Presents...
• Harry Hill
• Have I Got News For You
• Haywire
• Heart & Sole
• Henry Rollins: Live And Ripped In London
• Heroes Of Comedy
• High Hopes
• Hippies
• A History Of Alternative Comedy
• 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
• The Jim Tavaré Show
• Joe's Pop Shop
• Jonathan Creek
• Just A Minute
• Kiss Me Kate
• Ladies And Gentlemen Jo Brand
• Last Of The Summer Wine
• The Last Salute
• Laughter In The House: The Story Of British Sitcom
• The League Of Gentlemen
• Lee Evans Live From The West End
• The Lenny Beige Television Show
• Let Them Eat Cake
• Los Dos Bros
• Lucky Bag
• Mad Mack
• The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
• The Morwenna Banks Show
• Mrs Merton & Malcolm
• Murder Most Horrid
• My Parents Are Aliens
• The Mystery Of Men
• The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
• Never Mind The Buzzcocks
• Only An Excuse?
• Operation Good Guys
• Passion Killers
• People Like Us
• Polterguests
• Pornorama
• Pythonland
• Rab C. Nesbitt
• Red Dwarf
• Renford Rejects
• Rex The Runt
• The Richard Blackwood Show
• Rock Profile
• Roger Roger
• Room 101
• Rory Bremner: The Blair Essentials
• The Royle Family
• The Saturday Night Armistice
• S Club 7
• Sermon From St Albion's
• Shadows Of Reflections
• Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
• Smack The Pony
• Small Potatoes
• Spaced
• The Stand Up Show
• Starting Out
• There's Something About...
• This Morning With Richard Not Judy
• Unfinished Business
• Vent
• The Vicar Of Dibley
• The Victoria Wood Special - Wetty Hainthropp Investigates
• West Heath Yard
• Whatever
• Wilmot
• Wonderful You

All new radio comedy from 1999

• 4 At The Store
• The Adventures Of John And Tony
• Aladdin, The Chinese Laundry Boy
• Angus Deayton's History Of Alternative Comedy
• The Attractive Young Rabbi
• Ballylenon
• Blue Jam
• Bristow
• Canned Heat
• Chambers
• Coming Alive
• Fat Chance
• For One Horrible Moment
• The Galton And Simpson Playhouse
• Heated Rollers
• How Tickled Am I?
• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
• In Conversation With
• In The End
• It's Been A Bad Week
• Just Juliette
• King Of Bath
• Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
• The Mark Steel Lecture
• Married
• Mel And Sue's Comedy Breakdown
• The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes
• The News Huddlines
• The News Quiz
• Old Harry's Game
• The Patrick And Maureen Maybe Music Experience
• Quando, Quando, Quando
• Routemasters
• Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High
• Sean Lock's 15 Minutes Of Misery
• The Smith Lectures
• Sorry About Last Night
• Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
• The Sunday Format
• Talking Comedy
• That Reminds Me
• The Uncertainty Principle
• The Very World Of Milton Jones
• World Of Pub
• You Won't Believe This But

British comedy films released in 1999

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