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's news archive for 2008
Notable TV comedy series that launched in 2008
Celebrity Juice
Dani's House
Argumental
Hotel Trubble
Sorry, I've Got No Head
The Inbetweeners
What The Dickens?
Other TV series/pilots that launched in 2008
- A Matter Of Loaf And Death
- Ape
- Arthur Smith's Comedy Club
- Barely Legal
- Beautiful People
- Beehive
- 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
- Clash Of The Santas
- Clone
- Comedy Classics
- Comedy Live Presents: Russell Brand And Friends
- Comedy Sketchbook
- Comedy Songs - The Pop Years
- Delta Forever
- Dolly & Laura
- Eddie Izzard: Circle
- Eddie Izzard: Dress To Kill
- Empty
- Frank Skinner Live At The Birmingham Hippodrome
- Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
- Funny Business
- Gary's War
- Glendogie Bogey
- Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments
- Greatest Comedy Catchphrases
- Hancock And Joan
- Headcases
- Headwreckers
- Honest
- Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- Idiots Of Ants
- Jesusboy And The Goatherd
- Jimmy Carr Live: Comedian
- Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army
- Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour
- Lab Rats
- Laura, Ben And Him
- Lee Mack Live
- Lenny Henry.TV
- Life Bites
- Lunch Monkeys
- Marc Wootton Exposed
- Marty Feldman - Six Degrees Of Separation
- Massive
- MeeBOX
- Mouth To Mouth
- Moving Wallpaper
- Mr And Mrs Fandango
- Mutual Friends
- Never Better
- New Heroes Of Comedy
- No Heroics
- Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
- Omid Djalili: No Agenda
- Pappy's Fun Club
- Parents Of The Band
- Placebo
- Ricky Gervais: Fame
- School Of Comedy
- Silly Money
- Slaterwood
- Stanley Baxter: Now & Then
- Sunshine
- Teenage Kicks
- Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic
- Thank God You're Here
- The Andi Osho Show
- The Cup
- The Curse Of Steptoe
- The Frost Report Is Back!
- The Incredible Will & Greg
- The Invisibles
- The Man Who Made Eric & Ernie
- The Sick Animation Show
- The Smith & Jones Sketchbook
- The Viewing
- The What In The World? Quiz
- The Wrong Door
- Think Tank
- Tonightly
- Torn Up Tales
- Trexx And Flipside
- We Are Most Amused
- When Were We Funniest?
- Who Is Tom Allen?
- Wonderland: The Secret Life Of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4
- Work Experience
Notable radio series that launched in 2008
I've Never Seen Star Wars
On Mardle Fen
Hot Gossip
Cabin Pressure
Higher
Rudy's Rare Records
The Secret World
Those That Can't
Act Your Age
No Hard Feelings
The Jason Byrne Show
The Odd Half Hour
Other Radio series/pilots that launched in 2008
- A Week With Adam Buxton
- Alan And Jean's Incredible Journey
- Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
- An Hour With Jon Pertwee
- As Told To Craig Brown
- Blinded By Science
- Carry On Now And Then
- Danny Robins Music Therapy
- Development
- Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
- Four Sad Faces
- Frank
- Good Evening
- Great Lives - Joyce Grenfell
- Have Your Cake
- Hudson And Pepperdine Save The Planet
- I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
- It's David O'Doherty Time
- John Finnemore, Apparently
- Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds
- Mouth Trap
- New World Order
- Operation Charlie
- Pappy's Fun Club
- Pick Ups
- Potting On
- Psmith In The City
- Quartet
- Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl
- Sarah Millican: Keep Your Chins Up
- Says On The Tin
- Scrooby Trevithick
- Sean Lock And Friends At The Fringe
- 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 Brightonomicon
- The Cornwell Estate
- The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook
- The Genuine Particle
- The Ladies
- The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
- The Playwright And The Grammarian
- Thoroughly Modest Mollie
- Tilt
- Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
- Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
- Will Smith's Mid-life Crisis Management
British comedy films in 2008
A Bunch Of Amateurs
Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging
Bigga Than Ben
Dean Spanley
Easy Virtue
Happy-Go-Lucky
Son Of Rambow
The Cottage
The Good Night
Three And Out
