British comedy in 2005

• Little Britain was best TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• Laura Solon won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
• Ronnie Barker died in this year
• The first episode of The Ricky Gervais Show was launched as a podcast in December. It'd soon break podcast records

Notable comedies debuting in 2005

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Another Case Of Milton Jones

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Ed Reardon's Week

Ideal

Mock The Week

The Green Green Grass

The Thick Of It

All new TV comedy from 2005

1. 10:96
2. 18 Stone Of Idiot
3. 25 Years Of The Comedy Store
4. 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
5. 29 Minutes Of Fame
6. 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches
7. 8 Out Of 10 Cats
8. Absolutely Fabulous
9. Absolute Power
10. According To Bex
11. And It's Goodnight From Him: A Tribute To Ronnie Barker
12. Arena: Galton And Simpson
13. As Time Goes By
14. An Audience With...
15. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
16. Badly Dubbed Porn
17. Balls Of Steel
18. The Basil Brush Show
19. A Bear's Tail
20. The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
21. Bill Bailey: Part Troll
22. Blackout
23. Blessed
24. Blue/Orange
25. The Booze Cruise
26. Bo' Selecta!
27. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
28. The British Comedy Awards
29. Broken News
30. Bromwell High
31. Carrie & Barry
32. The Catherine Tate Show
33. Chewin' The Fat
34. ChuckleVision
35. The Comedians' Comedian
36. Comedy Connections
37. Comedy Heroes
38. Comic Relief
39. The Comic Side Of 7 Days
40. The Comic Strip Presents...
41. Creature Comforts
42. The Crouches
43. Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
44. Dead Man Weds
45. Dead Ringers
46. Denis Norden's Laughter File
47. Diamond Geezer
48. Distant Shores
49. Doc Martin
50. Doc Martin: Behind The Scenes
51. Don't Watch That Watch This
52. Extras
53. Fact Hunt
54. Fat Friends
55. Foley & McColl: This Way Up
56. French And Saunders
57. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
58. Funland
59. The Generation Game
60. The Giblet Boys
61. Glenn Wool: What's The Story?
62. Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
63. Greatest TV Comedy Moments
64. The Green Green Grass
65. Grumpy Old Women
66. Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard
67. Harry Hill's TV Burp
68. Have I Got News For You
69. Heartless
70. Help
71. Help! I'm A Teenage Outlaw
72. He Says, She Says
73. High Hopes
74. High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
75. How To Start Your Own Country
76. Ideal
77. I'm Spazticus
78. I'm With Stupid
79. Jeff Green: Back From The Bewilderness
80. The Joan Rivers Position
81. The Karen Dunbar Show
82. The Keith Barret Show
83. The Kumars At No. 42
84. The Last Detective
85. The Last Laugh
86. Last Of The Summer Wine
87. The Late Edition
88. Lee Evans: Wired And Wonderful - Live At Wembley
89. The Lenny Henry Show
90. Little Britain
91. Live At The Apollo
92. Look Around You
93. Love Soup
94. Lucas And Walliams: The Early Years
95. Man Stroke Woman
96. Marigold
97. Meet The Magoons
98. The Mighty Boosh
99. Mike Bassett: Manager
100. Mock The Week
101. Modern Toss
102. Monarch Of The Glen
103. Monkey Dust
104. Monkey Trousers
105. My Family
106. My Hero
107. My Parents Are Aliens
108. Nathan Barley
109. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
110. Nighty Night
111. Not The Royal Wedding
112. Not Tonight With John Sergeant
113. Only An Excuse?
114. Peep Show
115. Perfect Day
116. Pete And Dud: The Lost Tapes
117. Peter Kay - The Early Years
118. Pritch And Panch Do The Cinderfella Experience
119. QI
120. Return Of The Goodies
121. The Robinsons
122. Room 101
123. Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle
124. Sensitive Skin
125. Shakespeare's Happy Endings
126. Shameless
127. Shoot The Writers!
128. Skin Deep
129. The Smoking Room
130. Speeding
131. Spoons
132. Still Game
133. The Sunday Night Project
134. Supernova
135. Swinging
136. They Think It's All Over
137. The Thick Of It
138. Tittybangbang
139. Toju
140. Twisted Tales
141. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
142. The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
143. The Unknown Hancock
144. The Unseen...
145. The Vicar Of Dibley
146. Vic Reeves's Best And Worst Of God
147. Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute
148. Whatever
149. What's The Problem? With Anne Robinson
150. William And Mary
151. World Shut Your Mouth
152. The Worst Week Of My Life

All new radio comedy from 2005

1. 15 Minute Musical
2. Another Case Of Milton Jones
3. The Ape That Got Lucky
4. Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
5. Baggage
6. Banter
7. Be Prepared
8. The Blagger's Guide
9. Boothby Graffoe In No Particular Order
10. Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture
11. The Brothers
12. Chain Reaction
13. Clare In The Community
14. Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio
15. The Comedy Album Show
16. Comic To Comic
17. The Consultants
18. Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
19. Dad Made Me Laugh
20. Dave Podmore
21. Dead Ringers
22. Deep Trouble
23. The Department
24. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
25. Eddie Izzard: Circle
26. Ed Reardon's Week
27. Fighting Talk
28. The Flight Of The Conchords
29. Francophile Namesakes
30. Genius
31. Gilbert Without Sullivan
32. Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
33. The Green Guide To Relationships
34. Heresy
35. High Table, Lower Orders
36. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
37. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
38. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
39. In Search Of Mornington Crescent
40. It's Been A Bad Week
41. Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet
42. Just A Minute
43. Just Plain Gardening
44. King Street Junior
45. The Late Mrs Buggins
46. Lee Mack And Friends At The Fringe
47. The Lee Mack Show
48. Lenin Of The Rovers
49. Mark Thomas Presents
50. Mastering The Universe
51. The Milk Run
52. The Mitch Benn Music Show
53. The Museum Of Everything
54. Nebulous
55. The News Quiz
56. No Commitments
57. The Now Show
58. Old Harry's Game
59. The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
60. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
61. The Party Line
62. The Pickerskill Detentions
63. Pleased To Meet You
64. Political Animal
65. The Problem With Adam Bloom
66. Radio 9
67. The Reunion: Not The Nine O'Clock News
68. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
69. Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
70. Serious About Comedy
71. Six Characters In Search Of An Answer
72. The Smith Lectures
73. Snap
74. The Spaceship
75. The Straight Man
76. Street And Lane
77. That Mitchell & Webb Sound
78. Think The Unthinkable
79. Three Off The Tee
80. Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
81. Trapped
82. Trevor's World Of Sport
83. The Unofficial Election
84. Waterloo Sunset
85. Weak At The Top
86. What A Carve Up!
87. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
88. Whispers

British comedy films released in 2005

1. The Best Man
2. Colour Me Kubrick
3. Festival
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
5. It's All Gone Pete Tong
6. Keeping Mum
7. Kinky Boots
8. The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
9. Millions
10. Mrs Henderson Presents
11. Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont
12. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit