• 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 TV comedy broadcast in 2001

• 'Orrible
• 25 Years Of The Comedy Store
• 2DTV
• A Small Summer Party
• Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show
• Absolutely Fabulous
• 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
• Armstrong And Miller
• Atlantis High
• Attention Scum
• Baddiel's Syndrome
• Banzai
• Beast
• Bedtime
• Being Dom Joly
• Bob & Rose
• Bob Martin
• Caledonia MacBrains
• Can We Carry On, Girls?
• Chambers
• Chewin' The Fat
• Chums
• Cold Feet
• Combat Sheep
• Comedy Store
• Comic Relief
• Coupling
• Daydream Believers
• Doc Martin
• Doubletake
• Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
• 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
• Last Of The Summer Wine
• Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour
• Lee Evans - So What Now?
• Lee Evans - The Ultimate Experience
• Lee Evans Live At Her Majesty's Theatre
• Legends
• Life As We Know It
• Linda Green
• London Comedy Festival
• Los Dos Bros
• Mega Mela Malai
• Micawber
• Model, Actress, Whatever
• Monarch Of The Glen
• Mr Charity
• My Family
• My Hero
• My Uncle Silas
• Never Mind The Buzzcocks
• Office Gossip
• Only An Excuse?
• Only Fools And Horses
• Orcadia
• Origen's Wake
• People Like Us
• Perfect World
• Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower
• Pets
• Phoenix Nights
• Renegades Of Magina
• Renford Rejects
• Revolver
• Rex The Runt
• Rock Profile
• Room 101
• Smack The Pony
• Spaced
• Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
• Stella Street
• Supergirly
• Take The Mike
• Teachers
• Terri McIntyre
• The Adam And Joe Show
• The Best Of British
• The Brian Conley Show
• The British Comedy Awards
• The Dave Gorman Collection
• The Fast Show
• The Grimleys
• The Karen Dunbar Show
• The Kumars At No. 42
• The Mitchell And Webb Situation
• The Office
• The Savages
• The Sketch Show
• The Sketch Show Story
• The Unforgettable...
• Time Gentlemen Please
• Trigger Happy TV
• Turn The World Down
• Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
• Unnovations
• World Of Pub
• Zzzap!

All radio comedy broadcast in 2001

• Absolute Power
• All The Young Dudes
• At Home With The Snails
• Best Sellers: The Life And Times Of Peter Sellers
• Brian Appleton's History Of Rock 'n' Roll
• Cold Comfort Farm
• Comic Fringes
• Dave Podmore
• Dead Ringers
• Double Income, No Kids Yet
• Goon Again
• How Tickled Am I?
• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
• Innes Own World
• It's Been A Bad Week
• Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
• Just William - Live!
• Kenny Everett: The BBC Local Radio Years
• Late
• Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
• Little Britain
• Married
• Millport
• Old Harry's Game
• Revolting People
• Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
• That Reminds Me
• The 99p Challenge
• The Big Booth
• The Mark Steel Lecture
• The Motion Show
• The News Huddlines
• The News Quiz
• The Very World Of Milton Jones
• Think The Unthinkable
• Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee

Film comedies released in 2001

• Arthur's Dyke
• Blow Dry
• Born Romantic
• Bridget Jones's Diary
• Greenfingers
• High Heels And Low Lifes
• Jump Tomorrow
• Late Night Shopping
• Lucky Break
• Mean Machine
• Mike Bassett: England Manager
• The Parole Officer
• What's Cooking?
• When Brendan Met Trudy