British comedy in 2001

  • Johnny Vegas was Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
  • The Garth Marenghi team won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
  • The Office made a lowkey debut on the BBC in this year
  • Over 21 million viewers tuned in for the return of Only Fools And Horses

Notable comedies debuting in 2001

All new TV comedy from 2001

  1. 25 Years Of The Comedy Store
  2. 2DTV
  3. Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show
  4. Absolutely Fabulous
  5. The Adam And Joe Show
  6. Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
  7. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
  8. Alter Ego
  9. Arena: The Entertainers - Drake's Progress
  10. Arena: The Entertainers - Max Bygraves - I Wanna Tell You A Story
  11. Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day
  12. The Armando Iannucci Shows
  13. Armstrong And Miller
  14. At Home With The Braithwaites
  15. Atlantis High
  16. Attention Scum
  17. An Audience With...
  18. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
  19. Baddiel's Syndrome
  20. Banzai
  21. Barbara
  22. Beast
  23. Bedtime
  24. Being Dom Joly
  25. The Best Of British
  26. Blankety Blank
  27. Bob Martin
  28. Bob & Rose
  29. Brass Eye
  30. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
  31. The Brian Conley Show
  32. The British Comedy Awards
  33. Caledonia MacBrains
  34. Can We Carry On, Girls?
  35. Chambers
  36. Chewin' The Fat
  37. ChuckleVision
  38. Chums
  39. Cold Feet
  40. Combat Sheep
  41. Comedy Store
  42. Comic Relief
  43. Coupling
  44. The Dave Gorman Collection
  45. Daydream Believers
  46. Doc Martin
  47. Doubletake
  48. Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
  49. The Fast Show
  50. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
  51. Fun At The Funeral Parlour
  52. Gimme Gimme Gimme
  53. Goodness Gracious Me
  54. Happiness
  55. Harry Enfield Presents...
  56. Harry Hill's TV Burp
  57. Have I Got News For You
  58. Heroes Of Comedy
  59. High Stakes
  60. Hotel!
  61. House Of Rock
  62. Hububb
  63. It's Only TV... But I Like It
  64. Jim Davidson - Close To The Edge
  65. Jimmy Carr's World Of Corporate Videos
  66. Jonathan Creek
  67. Knife & Wife
  68. The Kumars At No. 42
  69. Last Of The Summer Wine
  70. Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour
  71. Lee Evans Live At Her Majesty's Theatre
  72. Lee Evans - So What Now?
  73. Lee Evans - The Ultimate Experience
  74. Legends
  75. Lenny Henry In Pieces
  76. Life As We Know It
  77. Lily Live!
  78. Linda Green
  79. London Comedy Festival
  80. Los Dos Bros
  81. Marion And Geoff
  82. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
  83. Mega Mela Malai
  84. Micawber
  85. The Mitchell And Webb Situation
  86. Model, Actress, Whatever
  87. Monarch Of The Glen
  88. Mr Charity
  89. My Family
  90. My Hero
  91. My Uncle Silas
  92. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  93. The Office
  94. Office Gossip
  95. One Foot In The Grave
  96. Only An Excuse?
  97. Only Fools And Horses
  98. Orcadia
  99. Origen's Wake
  100. 'Orrible
  101. People Like Us
  102. Perfect World
  103. Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower
  104. Pets
  105. Phoenix Nights
  106. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
  107. The RDA
  108. Renegades Of Magina
  109. Revolver
  110. Rex The Runt
  111. The Richard Blackwood Show
  112. The Richard Taylor Interviews
  113. Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank
  114. Rock Profile
  115. Room 101
  116. Sam's Game
  117. The Savages
  118. Shut Up And Dance
  119. The Sketch Show
  120. The Sketch Show Story
  121. The Slightly Filthy Show
  122. Smack The Pony
  123. Small Potatoes
  124. A Small Summer Party
  125. Smoke
  126. So Graham Norton
  127. Spaced
  128. Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
  129. The Stand Up Show
  130. Stella Street
  131. Supergirly
  132. Swivel On The Tip
  133. Take The Mike
  134. Teachers
  135. Terri McIntyre
  136. They Think It's All Over
  137. Time Gentlemen Please
  138. Trigger Happy TV
  139. Turn The World Down
  140. TV Go Home
  141. TV To Go
  142. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
  143. The Unforgettable...
  144. Unnovations
  145. Velvet Soup
  146. We Are History
  147. World Of Pub

All new radio comedy from 2001

  1. 4 At The Store
  2. The 99p Challenge
  3. Absolute Power
  4. Acropolis Now
  5. All The Young Dudes
  6. At Home With The Snails
  7. Best Sellers: The Life And Times Of Peter Sellers
  8. The Big Town All Stars
  9. The Boosh
  10. Brian Appleton's History Of Rock 'n' Roll
  11. The Change
  12. Cold Comfort Farm
  13. Comedians' Comedians
  14. Comedian's Goons
  15. Comic Fringes
  16. Creme De La Crime
  17. Dave Podmore
  18. Dead Ringers
  19. Double Income, No Kids Yet
  20. Fringe Cuts
  21. Genevieve
  22. Getting Nowhere Fast
  23. Goon Again
  24. The Hare Lane Diaries
  25. How Tickled Am I?
  26. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
  27. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  28. In Conversation With
  29. Innes Own World
  30. I Think I've Got A Problem
  31. It's Been A Bad Week
  32. Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
  33. Just A Minute
  34. Just Before Goonrise
  35. Just William - Live!
  36. Kenny Everett: The BBC Local Radio Years
  37. Ladies Of Letters
  38. Late
  39. The Leopard In Autumn
  40. Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
  41. Little Britain
  42. The Mark Steel Lecture
  43. Married
  44. Millport
  45. The Motion Show
  46. The News Huddlines
  47. The News Quiz
  48. No Commitments
  49. The Now Show
  50. Old Harry's Game
  51. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
  52. Revolting People
  53. The Right Time
  54. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
  55. Romantic Friction
  56. Say The Word
  57. Six Geese A Laying
  58. Smelling Of Roses
  59. The Smith Lectures
  60. The Sunday Format
  61. Talking Comedy
  62. That Reminds Me
  63. Think The Unthinkable
  64. Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee
  65. Two Doors Down
  66. The Very World Of Milton Jones
  67. A Whole 'Nother Story

British comedy films released in 2001

  1. Arthur's Dyke
  2. Blow Dry
  3. Born Romantic
  4. Bridget Jones's Diary
  5. Crush
  6. Dog Eat Dog
  7. Greenfingers
  8. High Heels And Low Lifes
  9. Jump Tomorrow
  10. Late Night Shopping
  11. Lucky Break
  12. Mean Machine
  13. Mike Bassett: England Manager
  14. The Parole Officer
  15. What's Cooking?
  16. When Brendan Met Trudy

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