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  4. 2005

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. Image shows from L to R: Rob Beckett, Jimmy Carr, Katherine Ryan. Copyright: Zeppotron.TV

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain.TV

Mock The Week

Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Ed Reardon's Week

The Sunday Night Project. Copyright: Princess Productions.TV

The Sunday Night Project

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment.Radio

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Ideal. Image shows from L to R: Moz (Johnny Vegas), Nicki (Nicola Reynolds). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions.TV

Ideal

The Blagger's Guide. David Quantick. Copyright: Unique Productions.Radio

The Blagger's Guide

The Late Edition. Marcus Brigstocke.TV

The Late Edition

Another Case Of Milton Jones. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions.Radio

Another Case Of Milton Jones

Serious About Comedy. Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Serious About Comedy

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive. Armando Iannucci. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive

Baggage. Caroline (Hilary Lyon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions.Radio

Baggage

The Green Green Grass. Image shows from L to R: Boycie (John Challis), Marlene Boyce (Sue Holderness). Copyright: Shazam Productions.TV

The Green Green Grass

The Thick Of It. Image shows from L to R: Oliver Reeder (Chris Addison), Terri Coverley (Joanna Scanlan), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front), Glenn Cullen (James Smith), Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Copyright: BBC.TV

The Thick Of It

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Badly Dubbed Porn

Balls Of Steel.TV

Balls Of Steel

Dad Made Me Laugh. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Dad Made Me Laugh

Don't Watch That Watch This. Copyright: Vera Productions.TV

Don't Watch That Watch This

Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Genius

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Graham Norton's Bigger Picture

Nebulous. Image shows from L to R: Paula Breeze (Rosie Cavaliero), Rory Lawson (Graham Duff), Professor Nebulous (Mark Gatiss). Copyright: BBC / Baby Cow Productions.Radio

Nebulous

The Party Line. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Party Line

Tittybangbang. Lucy Montgomery. Copyright: Pett Productions.TV

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

Film comedies released in 2005

  • Festival
  • It's All Gone Pete Tong
  • Keeping Mum
  • Kinky Boots
  • Millions
  • Mrs Henderson Presents
  • Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont
  • The Best Man
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  • The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit

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