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  4. 2008

British Comedy in 2008

  • Peep Show was Comedy Of The Year 2008 in The Comedy.co.uk Awards
  • Hot Fuzz was named Best Film at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
  • David O'Doherty won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
  • The Wallace & Gromit special A Matter Of Loaf and Death was the most watched TV broadcast of 2008
  • Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross make a prank call on Radio 2. 'Sachsgate' causes a media storm and ushers in an era of caution at the BBC. [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Brand_Show_prank_telephone_calls_row]Details[/l
  • BCG news archive for 2008

Notable comedies debuting in 2008

Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Emily Atack, Leigh Francis, Laura Whitmore.TV

Celebrity Juice

I've Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: BBC.Radio

I've Never Seen Star Wars

On Mardle Fen. Copyright: BBC.Radio

On Mardle Fen

Dani's House. Image shows from L to R: Max (Sebastian Applewhite), Toby (Harry Culverhouse), Sam (Klariza Clayton), Dani (Dani Harmer), Ben (James Gandhi). Copyright: The Foundation / BBC.TV

Dani's House

Hot Gossip. Claudia Winkleman. Copyright: TBI Media Productions.Radio

Hot Gossip

Argumental. Image shows from L to R: Rufus Hound, John Sergeant, Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.TV

Argumental

Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions.Radio

Cabin Pressure

Higher. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Higher

Lenny Henry.Radio

Rudy's Rare Records

The Secret World. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Secret World

Those That Can't. Copyright: BBC / Zipline Creative.Radio

Those That Can't

Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Act Your Age

Hotel Trubble. Image shows from L to R: Jamie (Sam Phillips), Sally (Dominique Moore), Lenny (Gary Damer). Copyright: BBC.TV

Hotel Trubble

No Hard Feelings.Radio

No Hard Feelings

Sorry, I've Got No Head. Marek Larwood. Copyright: So Television.TV

Sorry, I've Got No Head

The Inbetweeners. Image shows from L to R: Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Will Mackenzie (Simon Bird), Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison), Jay Cartwright (James Buckley). Copyright: Bwark Productions.TV

The Inbetweeners

The Jason Byrne Show. Jason Byrne. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Jason Byrne Show

The Odd Half Hour. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Odd Half Hour

What The Dickens?. Image shows from L to R: Chris Addison, Sandi Toksvig, Sue Perkins. Copyright: Liberty Bell.TV

What The Dickens?

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All TV comedy broadcast in 2008

  • 8 Out Of 10 Cats
  • A Matter Of Loaf And Death
  • After You've Gone
  • Al Murray's Happy Hour
  • Ape
  • Argumental
  • Arthur Smith's Comedy Club
  • Barely Legal
  • Bear Behaving Badly
  • Beautiful People
  • Beehive
  • Benidorm
  • Bike Squad
  • Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
  • Blackadder Rides Again
  • Bottom Live
  • Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
  • Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
  • Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
  • Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour
  • Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice
  • Celebrity Juice
  • Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
  • ChuckleVision
  • Clash Of The Santas
  • Clone
  • Comedy Classics
  • Comedy Connections
  • Comedy Live Presents: Russell Brand And Friends
  • Comedy Sketchbook
  • Comedy Songs - The Pop Years
  • Comedy Store
  • Coming Of Age
  • Commercial Breakdown
  • Dani's House
  • Dear Green Place
  • Delta Forever
  • Dolly & Laura
  • Eddie Izzard: Circle
  • Eddie Izzard: Dress To Kill
  • Empty
  • Fonejacker
  • Frank Skinner Live At The Birmingham Hippodrome
  • Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
  • Freezing
  • Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
  • Funny Business
  • Fur TV
  • Gary's War
  • Gavin & Stacey
  • Glendogie Bogey
  • Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments
  • Greatest Comedy Catchphrases
  • Hancock And Joan
  • Harry & Paul
  • Harry Hill's TV Burp
  • Have I Got News For You
  • Headcases
  • Headwreckers
  • High Hopes
  • High Times
  • Honest
  • Hotel Babylon
  • Hotel Trubble
  • How Not To Live Your Life
  • Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • Ideal
  • Idiots Of Ants
  • Jam & Jerusalem
  • Jesusboy And The Goatherd
  • Jimmy Carr Live: Comedian
  • Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army
  • Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
  • Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour
  • Kingdom
  • Lab Rats
  • Last Of The Summer Wine
  • Laura, Ben And Him
  • Lead Balloon
  • Lee Mack Live
  • Lenny Henry.TV
  • Life Bites
  • Live At The Apollo
  • Love Soup
  • Lunch Monkeys
  • Marc Wootton Exposed
  • Mark Lawson Talks To Galton And Simpson
  • Marty Feldman - Six Degrees Of Separation
  • Massive
  • MeeBOX
  • Mock The Week
  • Mouth To Mouth
  • Moving Wallpaper
  • Mr And Mrs Fandango
  • Mutual Friends
  • My Family
  • Never Better
  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  • No Heroics
  • Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
  • Omid Djalili: No Agenda
  • Only An Excuse?
  • Outnumbered
  • Pappy's Fun Club
  • Parents Of The Band
  • Peep Show
  • Placebo
  • Pulling
  • Rab C. Nesbitt
  • Ricky Gervais: Fame
  • Russell Brand's Ponderland
  • Scallywagga
  • School Of Comedy
  • Shameless
  • She Stoops To Conquer
  • Shooting Stars
  • Silly Money
  • Slaterwood
  • Sorry, I've Got No Head
  • Stanley Baxter: Now & Then
  • Star Stories
  • Sunshine
  • Teenage Kicks
  • Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic
  • Thank God You're Here
  • That Mitchell And Webb Look
  • The Andi Osho Show
  • The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
  • The British Comedy Awards
  • The Comedy Map Of Britain
  • The Cup
  • The Curse Of Steptoe
  • The Frost Report Is Back!
  • The Graham Norton Show
  • The Inbetweeners
  • The Incredible Will & Greg
  • The Invisibles
  • The IT Crowd
  • The Kevin Bishop Show
  • The Late Edition
  • The Man Who Made Eric & Ernie
  • The Peter Serafinowicz Show
  • The Royle Family
  • The Sick Animation Show
  • The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
  • The Sunday Night Project
  • The Viewing
  • The Wall
  • The What In The World? Quiz
  • The Wrong Door
  • Think Tank
  • Tonightly
  • Torn Up Tales
  • Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
  • Trexx And Flipside
  • TV's Believe It Or Not
  • Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
  • We Are Most Amused
  • What The Dickens?
  • When Were We Funniest?
  • Who Is Tom Allen?
  • Wonderland: The Secret Life Of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4
  • Work Experience
  • Would I Lie To You?

All radio comedy broadcast in 2008

  • 15 Minute Musical
  • 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
  • 4 At The Fringe
  • 4 Stands Up
  • A Series Of Psychotic Episodes
  • A Week With Adam Buxton
  • Act Your Age
  • Alan And Jean's Incredible Journey
  • Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
  • All Bar Luke
  • An Hour With Jon Pertwee
  • Another Case Of Milton Jones
  • Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
  • Bleak Expectations
  • Blinded By Science
  • Buy Me Up TV
  • Cabin Pressure
  • Carry On Britain
  • Carry On Now And Then
  • Chain Reaction
  • Clare In The Community
  • Clive Anderson's Chat Room
  • Cowards
  • Danny Robins Music Therapy
  • Daunt And Dervish
  • Development
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
  • Down The Line
  • Ed Reardon's Week
  • Edge Falls
  • Fabulous
  • Fags, Mags And Bags
  • Fighting Talk
  • Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
  • Four Sad Faces
  • Frank
  • Genius
  • Good Evening
  • Great Lives - Joyce Grenfell
  • Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows
  • Have Your Cake
  • Heresy
  • Higher
  • Hot Gossip
  • Hudson And Pepperdine Save The Planet
  • Hut 33
  • I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
  • I've Never Seen Star Wars
  • Inspector Steine
  • It's David O'Doherty Time
  • Jest A Minute
  • John Finnemore, Apparently
  • Just A Minute
  • Kicking The Habit
  • Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking
  • Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds
  • Listen Against
  • Look Away Now
  • MacAulay And Co
  • Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better
  • Miranda Hart's Joke Shop
  • Mouth Trap
  • Nebulous
  • New World Order
  • No Hard Feelings
  • On Mardle Fen
  • On The Blog
  • One
  • Operation Charlie
  • Out To Lunch
  • Pappy's Fun Club
  • Pick Ups
  • Play And Record
  • Political Animal
  • Potting On
  • Psmith In The City
  • Quartet
  • Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl
  • Rudy's Rare Records
  • Sarah Millican: Keep Your Chins Up
  • Says On The Tin
  • Scrooby Trevithick
  • Sean Lock And Friends At The Fringe
  • Self-Storage
  • Space Hacks
  • Spats
  • Spending My Inheritance
  • Spike's Lookalikes
  • Strangers On Trains
  • Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
  • That's No Job For An Asian
  • The Big Night In...
  • The Blagger's Guide
  • The Brightonomicon
  • The Cornwell Estate
  • The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook
  • The Funny Thing About Muslims
  • The Genuine Particle
  • The Jason Byrne Show
  • The Ladies
  • The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
  • The Maltby Collection
  • The Museum Of Curiosity
  • The News Quiz
  • The Now Show
  • The Odd Half Hour
  • The Party Line
  • The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
  • The Playwright And The Grammarian
  • The Secret World
  • The Spaceship
  • The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
  • The Unbelievable Truth
  • Thoroughly Modest Mollie
  • Those That Can't
  • Tilt
  • Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
  • Tina C's Election Night BBQ Special
  • Tomorrow, Today!
  • Two Men On A Bench
  • Two Pipe Problems
  • Undone
  • Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
  • Will Smith's Mid-life Crisis Management

Film comedies released in 2008

  • A Bunch Of Amateurs
  • Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging
  • Bigga Than Ben
  • Caught In The Act
  • Dean Spanley
  • Easy Virtue
  • Happy-Go-Lucky
  • In Your Dreams
  • Mister Lonely
  • Somers Town
  • Son Of Rambow
  • The Cottage
  • The Good Night
  • Three And Out
  • Wild Child

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