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

1. 10:96
2. 18 Stone Of Idiot
3. 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
4. 29 Minutes Of Fame
5. 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches
6. 8 Out Of 10 Cats
7. Absolutely Fabulous
8. Absolute Power
9. According To Bex
10. Arena: Galton And Simpson
11. As Time Goes By
12. An Audience With...
13. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
14. Badly Dubbed Porn
15. Balls Of Steel
16. The Basil Brush Show
17. A Bear's Tail
18. The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
19. Bill Bailey: Part Troll
20. Blackout
21. Blessed
22. Blue/Orange
23. The Booze Cruise
24. Bo' Selecta!
25. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
26. The British Comedy Awards
27. Broken News
28. Bromwell High
29. Carrie & Barry
30. The Catherine Tate Show
31. Chewin' The Fat
32. ChuckleVision
33. The Comedians' Comedian
34. Comedy Connections
35. Comedy Heroes
36. Comic Relief
37. The Comic Side Of 7 Days
38. The Comic Strip Presents...
39. Creature Comforts
40. The Crouches
41. Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
42. Dead Man Weds
43. Dead Ringers
44. Diamond Geezer
45. Distant Shores
46. Doc Martin
47. Doc Martin: Behind The Scenes
48. Don't Watch That Watch This
49. Extras
50. Fact Hunt
51. Fat Friends
52. Foley & McColl: This Way Up
53. French And Saunders
54. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
55. Funland
56. The Giblet Boys
57. Glenn Wool: What's The Story?
58. Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
59. The Green Green Grass
60. Grumpy Old Women
61. Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard
62. Harry Hill's TV Burp
63. Have I Got News For You
64. Heartless
65. Help
66. He Says, She Says
67. High Hopes
68. High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
69. How To Start Your Own Country
70. Ideal
71. I'm Spazticus
72. I'm With Stupid
73. Jeff Green: Back From The Bewilderness
74. The Joan Rivers Position
75. The Keith Barret Show
76. The Kumars At No. 42
77. The Last Laugh
78. Last Of The Summer Wine
79. The Late Edition
80. Lee Evans: Wired And Wonderful - Live At Wembley
81. The Lenny Henry Show
82. Little Britain
83. Live At The Apollo
84. Look Around You
85. Love Soup
86. Lucas And Walliams: The Early Years
87. Man Stroke Woman
88. Marigold
89. Meet The Magoons
90. The Mighty Boosh
91. Mike Bassett: Manager
92. Mock The Week
93. Modern Toss
94. Monarch Of The Glen
95. Monkey Dust
96. Monkey Trousers
97. My Family
98. My Hero
99. Nathan Barley
100. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
101. Nighty Night
102. Not The Royal Wedding
103. Not Tonight With John Sergeant
104. Only An Excuse?
105. Peep Show
106. Perfect Day
107. Peter Kay - The Early Years
108. Pritch And Panch Do The Cinderfella Experience
109. QI
110. Return Of The Goodies
111. The Robinsons
112. Room 101
113. Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle
114. Sensitive Skin
115. Shakespeare's Happy Endings
116. Shameless
117. Shoot The Writers!
118. Skin Deep
119. The Smoking Room
120. Speeding
121. Spoons
122. Still Game
123. The Sunday Night Project
124. Supernova
125. Swinging
126. They Think It's All Over
127. The Thick Of It
128. Tittybangbang
129. Toju
130. Twisted Tales
131. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
132. The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
133. The Unknown Hancock
134. The Unseen...
135. The Vicar Of Dibley
136. Vic Reeves's Best And Worst Of God
137. Whatever
138. What's The Problem? With Anne Robinson
139. William And Mary
140. World Shut Your Mouth
141. 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. Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture
10. Chain Reaction
11. Clare In The Community
12. Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio
13. The Comedy Album Show
14. Comic To Comic
15. The Consultants
16. Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
17. Dad Made Me Laugh
18. Dave Podmore
19. Dead Ringers
20. Deep Trouble
21. The Department
22. Eddie Izzard: Circle
23. Ed Reardon's Week
24. Fighting Talk
25. The Flight Of The Conchords
26. Francophile Namesakes
27. Genius
28. Gilbert Without Sullivan
29. Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
30. The Green Guide To Relationships
31. Heresy
32. High Table, Lower Orders
33. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
34. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
35. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
36. In Search Of Mornington Crescent
37. It's Been A Bad Week
38. Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet
39. Just A Minute
40. Just Plain Gardening
41. King Street Junior
42. The Lee Mack Show
43. Lenin Of The Rovers
44. Mark Thomas Presents
45. Mastering The Universe
46. The Milk Run
47. The Mitch Benn Music Show
48. Nebulous
49. The News Quiz
50. No Commitments
51. The Now Show
52. Old Harry's Game
53. The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
54. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
55. The Party Line
56. Pleased To Meet You
57. Political Animal
58. The Problem With Adam Bloom
59. Radio 9
60. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
61. Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
62. Serious About Comedy
63. Six Characters In Search Of An Answer
64. The Smith Lectures
65. Snap
66. The Spaceship
67. The Straight Man
68. Street And Lane
69. That Mitchell & Webb Sound
70. Think The Unthinkable
71. Three Off The Tee
72. Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
73. Trevor's World Of Sport
74. The Unofficial Election
75. Waterloo Sunset
76. Weak At The Top
77. What A Carve Up!
78. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
79. 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