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
All new TV comedy from 2005
- 10:96
- 18 Stone Of Idiot
- 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
- 29 Minutes Of Fame
- 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches
- 8 Out Of 10 Cats
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Absolute Power
- According To Bex
- Arena: Galton And Simpson
- As Time Goes By
- An Audience With...
- Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
- Badly Dubbed Porn
- Balls Of Steel
- A Bear's Tail
- The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll
- Blackout
- Blessed
- Blue/Orange
- The Booze Cruise
- The British Comedy Awards
- Broken News
- Bromwell High
- Carrie & Barry
- The Catherine Tate Show
- Chewin' The Fat
- ChuckleVision
- The Comedians' Comedian
- Comedy Connections
- Comedy Heroes
- Comic Relief
- The Comic Side Of 7 Days
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- The Crouches
- Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
- Dead Man Weds
- Dead Ringers
- Diamond Geezer
- Distant Shores
- Doc Martin
- Doc Martin: Behind The Scenes
- Don't Watch That Watch This
- Extras
- Fact Hunt
- Foley & McColl: This Way Up
- French And Saunders
- Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
- Funland
- Glenn Wool: What's The Story?
- Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
- The Green Green Grass
- Grumpy Old Women
- Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Have I Got News For You
- Heartless
- Help
- He Says, She Says
- High Hopes
- High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
- How To Start Your Own Country
- Ideal
- I'm Spazticus
- I'm With Stupid
- Jeff Green: Back From The Bewilderness
- The Joan Rivers Position
- The Keith Barret Show
- The Kumars At No. 42
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- The Late Edition
- Lee Evans: Wired And Wonderful - Live At Wembley
- The Lenny Henry Show
- Little Britain
- Live At The Apollo
- Look Around You
- Love Soup
- Lucas And Walliams: The Early Years
- Man Stroke Woman
- Marigold
- Meet The Magoons
- The Mighty Boosh
- Mike Bassett: Manager
- Mock The Week
- Modern Toss
- Monarch Of The Glen
- Monkey Dust
- Monkey Trousers
- My Family
- My Hero
- Nathan Barley
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- Nighty Night
- Not Tonight With John Sergeant
- Only An Excuse?
- Peep Show
- Perfect Day
- Peter Kay - The Early Years
- Pritch And Panch Do The Cinderfella Experience
- QI
- Return Of The Goodies
- The Robinsons
- Room 101
- Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle
- Sensitive Skin
- Shakespeare's Happy Endings
- Shameless
- Skin Deep
- The Smoking Room
- Speeding
- Spoons
- Still Game
- The Sunday Night Project
- Supernova
- Swinging
- The Thick Of It
- Tittybangbang
- Toju
- Twisted Tales
- Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
- The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
- The Unknown Hancock
- The Unseen...
- The Vicar Of Dibley
- Whatever
- What's The Problem? With Anne Robinson
- William And Mary
- World Shut Your Mouth
- The Worst Week Of My Life
All new radio comedy from 2005
- 15 Minute Musical
- Another Case Of Milton Jones
- The Ape That Got Lucky
- Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
- Baggage
- Banter
- Be Prepared
- The Blagger's Guide
- Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture
- Chain Reaction
- Clare In The Community
- Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio
- The Comedy Album Show
- Comic To Comic
- The Consultants
- Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
- Dad Made Me Laugh
- Dave Podmore
- Dead Ringers
- Deep Trouble
- The Department
- Eddie Izzard: Circle
- Ed Reardon's Week
- Fighting Talk
- The Flight Of The Conchords
- Francophile Namesakes
- Genius
- Gilbert Without Sullivan
- Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
- The Green Guide To Relationships
- Heresy
- High Table, Lower Orders
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- In Search Of Mornington Crescent
- It's Been A Bad Week
- Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet
- Just Plain Gardening
- King Street Junior
- The Lee Mack Show
- Lenin Of The Rovers
- Mark Thomas Presents
- Mastering The Universe
- The Milk Run
- The Mitch Benn Music Show
- Nebulous
- The News Quiz
- Old Harry's Game
- The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
- The Party Line
- Political Animal
- The Problem With Adam Bloom
- Radio 9
- Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
- Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
- Serious About Comedy
- The Smith Lectures
- Snap
- The Spaceship
- The Straight Man
- Street And Lane
- That Mitchell & Webb Sound
- Think The Unthinkable
- Three Off The Tee
- Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
- Trevor's World Of Sport
- The Unofficial Election
- Weak At The Top
- What A Carve Up!
- Where Did It All Go Wrong?
- Whispers