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. The Grimleys
55. Happiness
56. Harry Enfield Presents...
57. Harry Hill's TV Burp
58. Have I Got News For You
59. Heroes Of Comedy
60. High Stakes
61. Hotel!
62. House Of Rock
63. Hububb
64. It's Only TV... But I Like It
65. Jim Davidson - Close To The Edge
66. Jimmy Carr's World Of Corporate Videos
67. Jonathan Creek
68. Knife & Wife
69. The Kumars At No. 42
70. Last Of The Summer Wine
71. Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour
72. Lee Evans Live At Her Majesty's Theatre
73. Lee Evans - So What Now?
74. Lee Evans - The Ultimate Experience
75. Legends
76. Lenny Henry In Pieces
77. Life As We Know It
78. Lily Live!
79. Linda Green
80. London Comedy Festival
81. Los Dos Bros
82. Marion And Geoff
83. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
84. Mega Mela Malai
85. Micawber
86. The Mitchell And Webb Situation
87. Model, Actress, Whatever
88. Monarch Of The Glen
89. Mr Charity
90. My Family
91. My Hero
92. My Uncle Silas
93. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
94. The Office
95. Office Gossip
96. One Foot In The Grave
97. Only An Excuse?
98. Only Fools And Horses
99. Orcadia
100. Origen's Wake
101. 'Orrible
102. People Like Us
103. Perfect World
104. Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower
105. Pets
106. Phoenix Nights
107. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
108. The RDA
109. Renegades Of Magina
110. Revolver
111. Rex The Runt
112. The Richard Blackwood Show
113. The Richard Taylor Interviews
114. Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank
115. Rock Profile
116. Room 101
117. Sam's Game
118. The Savages
119. Shut Up And Dance
120. The Sketch Show
121. The Sketch Show Story
122. The Slightly Filthy Show
123. Smack The Pony
124. Small Potatoes
125. A Small Summer Party
126. Smoke
127. So Graham Norton
128. Spaced
129. Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
130. The Stand Up Show
131. Stella Street
132. Supergirly
133. Swivel On The Tip
134. Take The Mike
135. Teachers
136. Terri McIntyre
137. They Think It's All Over
138. Time Gentlemen Please
139. Trigger Happy TV
140. Turn The World Down
141. TV Go Home
142. TV To Go
143. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
144. The Unforgettable...
145. Unnovations
146. Velvet Soup
147. We Are History
148. 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 Griff Rhys Jones Show
25. The Hare Lane Diaries
26. Hats Off
27. How Tickled Am I?
28. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
29. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
30. In Conversation With
31. The In Crowd
32. Innes Own World
33. I Think I've Got A Problem
34. It's Been A Bad Week
35. Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
36. Just A Minute
37. Just Before Goonrise
38. Just William - Live!
39. Kenny Everett: The BBC Local Radio Years
40. Ladies Of Letters
41. Late
42. The Leopard In Autumn
43. Like They've Never Been Gone
44. Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
45. Little Britain
46. The Mark Steel Lecture
47. Married
48. Millport
49. The Motion Show
50. The News Huddlines
51. The News Quiz
52. No Commitments
53. The Now Show
54. Old Harry's Game
55. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
56. Revolting People
57. The Right Time
58. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
59. Romantic Friction
60. Say The Word
61. Six Geese A Laying
62. Smelling Of Roses
63. The Smith Lectures
64. Steven Appleby's Normal Life
65. The Sunday Format
66. Talking Comedy
67. That Reminds Me
68. Think The Unthinkable
69. Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee
70. Two Doors Down
71. The Very World Of Milton Jones
72. 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