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
- 25 Years Of The Comedy Store
- 2DTV
- Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show
- Absolutely Fabulous
- The Adam And Joe Show
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
- Alter Ego
- Arena: The Entertainers - Drake's Progress
- Arena: The Entertainers - Max Bygraves - I Wanna Tell You A Story
- Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day
- The Armando Iannucci Shows
- Armstrong And Miller
- At Home With The Braithwaites
- Atlantis High
- Attention Scum
- An Audience With...
- Baddiel's Syndrome
- Banzai
- Barbara
- Beast
- Bedtime
- Being Dom Joly
- The Best Of British
- Blankety Blank
- Bob Martin
- Bob & Rose
- Brass Eye
- The Brian Conley Show
- The British Comedy Awards
- Caledonia MacBrains
- Can We Carry On, Girls?
- Chambers
- Chewin' The Fat
- ChuckleVision
- Chums
- Cold Feet
- Combat Sheep
- Comedy Store
- Comic Relief
- Coupling
- The Dave Gorman Collection
- Daydream Believers
- Doc Martin
- Doubletake
- Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
- The Fast Show
- Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
- Fun At The Funeral Parlour
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Goodness Gracious Me
- Happiness
- Harry Enfield Presents...
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Have I Got News For You
- Heroes Of Comedy
- High Stakes
- Hotel!
- Jim Davidson - Close To The Edge
- Jonathan Creek
- Knife & Wife
- The Kumars At No. 42
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour
- Lee Evans Live At Her Majesty's Theatre
- Lee Evans - So What Now?
- Lee Evans - The Ultimate Experience
- Legends
- Lenny Henry In Pieces
- Life As We Know It
- Linda Green
- London Comedy Festival
- Los Dos Bros
- Marion And Geoff
- The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
- Mega Mela Malai
- Micawber
- The Mitchell And Webb Situation
- Model, Actress, Whatever
- Monarch Of The Glen
- Mr Charity
- My Family
- My Hero
- My Uncle Silas
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- The Office
- Office Gossip
- One Foot In The Grave
- Only An Excuse?
- Only Fools And Horses
- Orcadia
- Origen's Wake
- 'Orrible
- People Like Us
- Perfect World
- Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower
- Pets
- Phoenix Nights
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- Renegades Of Magina
- Revolver
- Rex The Runt
- Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank
- Room 101
- Sam's Game
- The Savages
- The Sketch Show
- The Sketch Show Story
- Smack The Pony
- Small Potatoes
- A Small Summer Party
- Spaced
- Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
- The Stand Up Show
- Stella Street
- Supergirly
- Take The Mike
- Teachers
- Terri McIntyre
- Time Gentlemen Please
- Trigger Happy TV
- Turn The World Down
- TV Go Home
- TV To Go
- Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
- The Unforgettable...
- Unnovations
- Velvet Soup
- World Of Pub
All new radio comedy from 2001
- 4 At The Store
- The 99p Challenge
- Absolute Power
- Acropolis Now
- All The Young Dudes
- At Home With The Snails
- Best Sellers: The Life And Times Of Peter Sellers
- The Boosh
- Brian Appleton's History Of Rock 'n' Roll
- The Change
- Cold Comfort Farm
- Comic Fringes
- Creme De La Crime
- Dave Podmore
- Dead Ringers
- Double Income, No Kids Yet
- Fringe Cuts
- Goon Again
- How Tickled Am I?
- The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- In Conversation With
- Innes Own World
- I Think I've Got A Problem
- It's Been A Bad Week
- Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
- Just William - Live!
- Kenny Everett: The BBC Local Radio Years
- Late
- The Leopard In Autumn
- Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
- Little Britain
- The Mark Steel Lecture
- Married
- Millport
- The Motion Show
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Old Harry's Game
- Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
- Revolting People
- The Right Time
- Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
- Say The Word
- Six Geese A Laying
- Smelling Of Roses
- The Smith Lectures
- Talking Comedy
- That Reminds Me
- Think The Unthinkable
- Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee
- Two Doors Down
- The Very World Of Milton Jones
- A Whole 'Nother Story