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
Mock The Week
Ed Reardon's Week
The Sunday Night Project
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Ideal
The Blagger's Guide
The Late Edition
Another Case Of Milton Jones
Serious About Comedy
Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
Baggage
The Green Green Grass
The Thick Of It
Badly Dubbed Porn
Balls Of Steel
Dad Made Me Laugh
Don't Watch That Watch This
Genius
Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
Nebulous
The Party Line
Tittybangbang

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All TV comedy broadcast in 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
- A Bear's Tail
- Absolute Power
- According To Bex
- Arena: Galton And Simpson
- As Time Goes By
- Badly Dubbed Porn
- Balls Of Steel
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll
- Blessed
- Blue/Orange
- Broken News
- Bromwell High
- Carrie & Barry
- Chewin' The Fat
- ChuckleVision
- Comedy Connections
- Comedy Heroes
- Comic Relief
- Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
- Dead Man Weds
- Dead Ringers
- Diamond Geezer
- Distant Shores
- Doc Martin
- 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
- Grumpy Old Women
- Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard
- Have I Got News For You
- He Says, She Says
- Heartless
- Help
- High Hopes
- High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
- How To Start Your Own Country
- I'm Spazticus
- I'm With Stupid
- Ideal
- Jeff Green: Back From The Bewilderness
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- Lee Evans: Wired And Wonderful - Live At Wembley
- Little Britain
- Live At The Apollo
- Love Soup
- Lucas And Walliams: The Early Years
- Man Stroke Woman
- Marigold
- Meet The Magoons
- Mike Bassett: Manager
- Mock The Week
- Modern Toss
- Monarch Of The Glen
- Monkey Trousers
- My Family
- My Hero
- Nathan Barley
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- Nighty Night
- Only An Excuse?
- Peep Show
- Peter Kay - The Early Years
- QI
- Return Of The Goodies
- Room 101
- Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle
- Sensitive Skin
- Shakespeare's Happy Endings
- Shameless
- Spoons
- Still Game
- Supernova
- The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
- The British Comedy Awards
- The Catherine Tate Show
- The Comedians' Comedian
- The Comic Side Of 7 Days
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- The Crouches
- The Green Green Grass
- The Joan Rivers Position
- The Keith Barret Show
- The Kumars At No. 42
- The Late Edition
- The Lenny Henry Show
- The Mighty Boosh
- The Robinsons
- The Smoking Room
- The Thick Of It
- The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
- The Unknown Hancock
- The Unseen...
- The Worst Week Of My Life
- Tittybangbang
- Twisted Tales
- Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
- What's The Problem? With Anne Robinson
- Whatever
- William And Mary
- World Shut Your Mouth
All radio comedy broadcast in 2005
- 15 Minute Musical
- Another Case Of Milton Jones
- Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
- Baggage
- Be Prepared
- Boothby Graffoe In No Particular Order
- Clare In The Community
- Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio
- Comic To Comic
- Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
- Dad Made Me Laugh
- Dave Podmore
- Dead Ringers
- Deep Trouble
- Ed Reardon's Week
- Fighting Talk
- Francophile Namesakes
- Genius
- Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
- Heresy
- High Table, Lower Orders
- 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
- Mastering The Universe
- Nebulous
- Old Harry's Game
- Political Animal
- Radio 9
- Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
- Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
- Serious About Comedy
- Snap
- That Mitchell & Webb Sound
- The Ape That Got Lucky
- The Blagger's Guide
- The Comedy Album Show
- The Consultants
- The Flight Of The Conchords
- The Green Guide To Relationships
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
- The Lee Mack Show
- The Mitch Benn Music Show
- The News Quiz
- The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
- The Party Line
- The Problem With Adam Bloom
- The Spaceship
- The Straight Man
- Think The Unthinkable
- Three Off The Tee
- Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
- Trevor's World Of Sport
- What A Carve Up!
- Whispers