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  4. 2006

British Comedy in 2006

  • Green Wing was Comedy Of The Year 2006 in The Comedy.co.uk Awards
  • Harry Hill's TV Burp was amongst the shows at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
  • Phil Nichol won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
  • BCG news archive for 2006

Notable comedies debuting in 2006

The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment.Radio

The Unbelievable Truth

Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Lee (Lee Mack), Lucy (Sally Bretton). Copyright: Avalon Television / Arlo Productions.TV

Not Going Out

MacAulay And Co. Image shows from L to R: Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC.Radio

MacAulay And Co

Stanley Baxter.Radio

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Out To Lunch. Russell Kane. Copyright: Avalon Television.Radio

Out To Lunch

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron.TV

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Down The Line. Gary Bellamy (Rhys Thomas). Copyright: Down The Line Productions.Radio

Down The Line

Edinburgh & Beyond. Copyright: Avalon Television.TV

Edinburgh & Beyond

Hotel Babylon. Image shows from L to R: Charlie Edwards (Max Beesley), Rebecca Mitchell (Tamzin Outhwaite), Tony Casemore (Dexter Fletcher). Copyright: Carnival Films.TV

Hotel Babylon

Lead Balloon. Rick Spleen (Jack Dee). Copyright: Open Mike Productions.TV

Lead Balloon

That Mitchell And Webb Look. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Robert Webb. Copyright: BBC.TV

That Mitchell And Webb Look

The IT Crowd. Image shows from L to R: Moss (Richard Ayoade), Jen (Katherine Parkinson), Roy (Chris O'Dowd). Copyright: TalkbackThames.TV

The IT Crowd

All Bar Luke. Luke Walsall (Tim Key). Copyright: Angel Eye Media.Radio

All Bar Luke

Generic picture of an old TV set.TV

Genie In The House

Grownups. Image shows from L to R: Chris (Richard Mylan), Michelle (Sheridan Smith). Copyright: BBC.TV

Grownups

Jam & Jerusalem. Image shows from L to R: Rosie Bales (Dawn French), Sal Vine (Sue Johnston). Copyright: BBC.TV

Jam & Jerusalem

One. David Quantick. Copyright: Random Entertainment.Radio

One

Star Stories. Copyright: Objective Productions.TV

Star Stories

The Charlotte Church Show.TV

The Charlotte Church Show

The Personality Test. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Personality Test

London.Radio

Undone

Vent. Ben (Neil Pearson). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Vent

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All TV comedy broadcast in 2006

  • 8 Out Of 10 Cats
  • A History Of Oil
  • Aftersun
  • Andrew Maxwell: My Name Up In Lights
  • Bad Crowd
  • Badly Dubbed Porn
  • Beefcake! A Very British Sex Symbol
  • Best Of The Worst
  • Blunder
  • Bo' Selecta!
  • Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters
  • Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
  • ChuckleVision
  • Comedy Connections
  • Creature Comforts
  • Cubby Couch
  • Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
  • Dead Ringers
  • Dear Green Place
  • Devvo
  • Dog Almighty World Cup
  • Don't Watch That Watch This
  • Edinburgh & Beyond
  • Extras
  • Fear Of Fanny
  • Feel The Force
  • FM
  • Fonejacker
  • Freaky
  • Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
  • Funny Cuts: Tank Commander
  • Genie In The House
  • Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
  • Green Wing
  • Grownups
  • Grumpy Old Holidays
  • Grumpy Old Men
  • Grumpy Old Women
  • Harry Hill's TV Burp
  • Have I Got News For You
  • Help Yourself, With Angus Deayton
  • High Hopes
  • Home Again
  • Hotel Babylon
  • How To Be 18th Century
  • How To Be Sci-Fi
  • Hyperdrive
  • I'm With Stupid
  • Ideal
  • In Voluntary
  • Jam & Jerusalem
  • Kenneth Williams In His Own Words
  • Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
  • Last Of The Summer Wine
  • Lead Balloon
  • Lee Evans Up Close
  • Lee Evans XL Tour 2005 Live
  • Legit
  • Lenny Henry.TV
  • Little Britain
  • Little Miss Jocelyn
  • Live! Girls! Present Dogtown
  • Man To Man With Dean Learner
  • Mark's Home Videos
  • May Contain Nuts
  • Mayo
  • Mock The Week
  • Modern Worries
  • My Family
  • My Hero
  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  • Northern Lights
  • Not Going Out
  • Only An Excuse?
  • Petrolheads
  • Pulling
  • QI
  • Respectable
  • Rich Hall's Cattle Drive
  • Ricky Gervais Meets...
  • Saxondale
  • Shameless
  • Simon Brodkin's Comedy Shorts
  • Snuff Box
  • Stan
  • Star Stories
  • Still Game
  • Strutter
  • Supernova
  • Taboogie
  • Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
  • That Mitchell And Webb Look
  • The 50 Greatest Comedy Films
  • The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
  • The British Comedy Awards
  • The Catherine Tate Show
  • The Charlotte Church Show
  • The Complete Guide To Parenting
  • The German Tourist Board
  • The Green Green Grass
  • The IT Crowd
  • The Kumars At No. 42
  • The Mark Steel Lectures
  • The Message
  • The Royle Family
  • The Sitcom Showdown
  • The Story Of Light Entertainment
  • The Ultimate Sitcom
  • The Unknown Stuntman
  • The Vicar Of Dibley
  • The Worst Week Of My Life
  • They Think It's All Over
  • Thin Ice
  • Time Trumpet
  • Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
  • Tutti Frutti: The Return Of The Majestics
  • TV Heaven, Telly Hell
  • Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
  • Welcome To My World: Funny Business
  • Who Killed The British Sitcom?

All radio comedy broadcast in 2006

  • 15 Minute Musical
  • Absolute Power
  • All Bar Luke
  • Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
  • Ayres On The Air
  • Baggage
  • Chain Reaction
  • Clare In The Community
  • Clive Anderson's Chat Room
  • Comic To Comic
  • Daunt And Dervish
  • Dave Podmore
  • Down The Line
  • Ed Reardon's Week
  • Fighting Talk
  • Freefalling
  • Friends Like These
  • Genius
  • Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
  • Great Lives - Marty Feldman
  • Great Lives - Max Miller
  • Great Lives - Morecambe And Wise
  • Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea
  • Heresy
  • High Table, Lower Orders
  • I Think The Nurses Are Stealing My Clothes
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • Jest A Minute
  • Kind Hearts
  • Life In London
  • Living With The Enemy
  • MacAulay And Co
  • Michael Palin Diaries: The Python Years
  • Nebulous
  • One
  • Out To Lunch
  • Revenge Of The Celebrity Mummies
  • Revolting People
  • Spats
  • Terry Pratchett's Small Gods
  • The Blagger's Guide
  • The History Boys
  • The Hollow Men
  • The Lee Mack Show
  • The Leicester Comedy Festival
  • The Mitch Benn Music Show
  • The Museum Of Everything
  • The News Quiz
  • The Other Man
  • The Party Line
  • The Personality Test
  • The Shuttleworths
  • The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
  • The Unbelievable Truth
  • Tina C's State Of The Union Tour
  • Tomorrow, Today!
  • Undone
  • Vent
  • Weak At The Top

Film comedies released in 2006

  • A Cock And Bull Story
  • Alien Autopsy
  • Big Nothing
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
  • Boy Eats Girl
  • Confetti
  • Driving Lessons
  • Evil Aliens
  • Flushed Away
  • Nina's Heavenly Delights
  • Penelope
  • Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
  • Severance
  • Sixty Six
  • Starter For 10
  • The History Boys
  • The Other Half
  • Things To Do Before You're 30
  • Venus

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