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
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
The Kumars At No. 42
Just William - Live!
2DTV
Dave Podmore
Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
Teachers
The Right Time
Think The Unthinkable
A Whole 'Nother Story
Banzai
Bedtime
Creme De La Crime
Double Income, No Kids Yet
The Change
Two Doors Down
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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
- At Home With The Braithwaites
- Atlantis High
- Attention Scum
- Baddiel's Syndrome
- Banzai
- Beast
- Bedtime
- Being Dom Joly
- Bob & Rose
- Bob Martin
- Brass Eye
- 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
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- Renegades Of Magina
- Renford Rejects
- Revolver
- Rex The Runt
- Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank
- Rock Profile
- Room 101
- Smack The Pony
- Small Potatoes
- Spaced
- Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
- Stella Street
- Supergirly
- Take The Mike
- Teachers
- Terri McIntyre
- The Adam And Joe Show
- The Armando Iannucci Shows
- 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 Mark Thomas Comedy Product
- The Mitchell And Webb Situation
- The Office
- The Richard Blackwood Show
- The Savages
- The Sketch Show
- The Sketch Show Story
- The Stand Up Show
- The Unforgettable...
- 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
- Unnovations
- We Are History
- World Of Pub
- Zzzap!
All radio comedy broadcast in 2001
- 4 At The Store
- 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
- Coming Alive
- 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
- Say The Word
- Six Geese A Laying
- That Reminds Me
- The 99p Challenge
- The Big Booth
- The Boosh
- The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
- 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