• 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 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
• 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