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