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
Notable comedies debuting in 2008
All new TV comedy from 2008
- 8 Out Of 10 Cats
- After You've Gone
- Al Murray's Happy Hour
- The Andi Osho Show
- Ape
- Argumental
- Arthur Smith's Comedy Club
- An Audience With...
- Barely Legal
- Bear Behaving Badly
- Beautiful People
- Beehive
- Benidorm
- The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
- 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
- Bremner, Bird And Fortune
- Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice
- The British Comedy Awards
- Celebrity Juice
- Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
- ChuckleVision
- Clash Of The Santas
- Clone
- Comedy Classics
- Comedy Connections
- Comedy Cuts
- Comedy Live Presents: Russell Brand And Friends
- The Comedy Map Of Britain
- Comedy Sketchbook
- Comedy Songs - The Pop Years
- Coming Of Age
- Commercial Breakdown
- The Cup
- The Curse Of Steptoe
- Dani's House
- Dear Green Place
- Delta Forever
- Dolly & Laura
- Eddie Izzard: Circle
- Eddie Izzard: Dress To Kill
- Empty
- Fonejacker
- Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
- Frank Skinner Live At The Birmingham Hippodrome
- Freezing
- Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
- The Frost Report Is Back!
- Funny Business
- Fur TV
- Gary's War
- Gavin & Stacey
- Glendogie Bogey
- The Graham Norton Show
- Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments
- Greatest Comedy Catchphrases
- Hancock And Joan
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Harry & Paul
- Have I Got News For You
- Headcases
- Headwreckers
- High Hopes
- Honest
- Hotel Babylon
- Hotel Trubble
- How Not To Live Your Life
- Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
- Ideal
- Idiots Of Ants
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- The Inbetweeners
- The Incredible Will & Greg
- The Invisibles
- The IT Crowd
- 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
- The Kevin Bishop Show
- Kingdom
- Lab Rats
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- The Late Edition
- Laura, Ben And Him
- Lead Balloon
- Lee Mack Live
- Lenny Henry.TV
- Life Bites
- Little Miss Jocelyn
- Live At The Apollo
- Love Soup
- Lunch Monkeys
- The Man Who Made Eric & Ernie
- Marc Wootton Exposed
- Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer
- Mark Lawson Talks To Galton And Simpson
- Marty Feldman - Six Degrees Of Separation
- Massive
- A Matter Of Loaf And Death
- MeeBOX
- The Mighty Boosh
- Mock The Week
- Modern Toss
- Mouth To Mouth
- Moving Wallpaper
- Mr And Mrs Fandango
- Mutual Friends
- My Family
- Never Better
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks
- New Heroes Of Comedy
- 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
- The Peter Serafinowicz Show
- Placebo
- Pulling
- QI
- Rab C. Nesbitt
- Ricky Gervais: Fame
- The Royle Family
- Russell Brand's Ponderland
- Scallywagga
- School Of Comedy
- Shameless
- She Stoops To Conquer
- Shooting Stars
- The Sick Animation Show
- Silly Money
- Slaterwood
- Sorry, I've Got No Head
- Stanley Baxter: Now & Then
- Star Stories
- The Sunday Night Project
- Sunshine
- Teenage Kicks
- Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic
- Thank God You're Here
- That Mitchell And Webb Look
- Think Tank
- Tonightly
- Torn Up Tales
- Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
- Tough Gig
- Trexx And Flipside
- TV's Believe It Or Not
- Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
- The Viewing
- The Wall
- We Are Most Amused
- The What In The World? Quiz
- 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?
- The Wrong Door
All new radio comedy from 2008
- 15 Minute Musical
- 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
- 4 At The Fringe
- 4 Stands Up
- Act Your Age
- Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
- Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
- Alan And Jean's Incredible Journey
- Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
- All Bar Luke
- Another Case Of Milton Jones
- Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
- As Told To Craig Brown
- Baggage
- Banter
- The Big Night In...
- The Blagger's Guide
- Bleak Expectations
- Blinded By Science
- The Brightonomicon
- 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
- The Cornwell Estate
- Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
- Cowards
- Danny Robins Music Therapy
- Daunt And Dervish
- Development
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook
- Double Science
- Down The Line
- Edge Falls
- Ed Reardon's Week
- The Ellis And Clarke Show
- Fabulous
- Fags, Mags And Bags
- Fighting Talk
- Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
- Four Sad Faces
- Frank
- The Funny Thing About Muslims
- Genius
- The Genuine Particle
- Good Evening
- The Goon Show
- Great Lives - Joyce Grenfell
- Growing Up With The Goons
- Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows
- Have Your Cake
- Heresy
- Higher
- Hot Gossip
- An Hour With Jon Pertwee
- Hudson And Pepperdine Save The Planet
- Hut 33
- Inspector Steine
- It's David O'Doherty Time
- I've Never Seen Star Wars
- I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
- The Jason Byrne Show
- Jest A Minute
- John Finnemore, Apparently
- Just A Minute
- Kicking The Habit
- The Ladies
- Ladies Of Letters
- Laughter Junkies
- Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking
- Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds
- The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
- The Leicester Comedy Festival
- Listen Against
- Look Away Now
- MacAulay And Co
- The Maltby Collection
- Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better
- Miranda Hart's House Party
- Miranda Hart's Joke Shop
- Mouth Trap
- The Museum Of Curiosity
- Nebulous
- The News Quiz
- New World Order
- No Hard Feelings
- The Now Show
- The Odd Half Hour
- One
- On Mardle Fen
- On The Blog
- Operation Charlie
- Out To Lunch
- Pappy's Fun Club
- The Party Line
- The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
- Pick Ups
- Play And Record
- The Playwright And The Grammarian
- Poets' Tree
- Political Animal
- Potting On
- Psmith In The City
- Quartet
- The Reunion: The Navy Lark
- 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
- The Secret World
- Self-Storage
- A Series Of Psychotic Episodes
- The Smith Lectures
- Space Hacks
- The Spaceship
- Spats
- Spending My Inheritance
- Spike's Lookalikes
- The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
- Strangers On Trains
- Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
- That's No Job For An Asian
- 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!
- Transatlantic
- Two Men On A Bench
- Two Pipe Problems
- The Unbelievable Truth
- Undone
- A Week With Adam Buxton
- Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
- Will Smith's Mid-life Crisis Management