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 comedy series that started in 2008
Celebrity Juice
I've Never Seen Star Wars
On Mardle Fen
Dani's House
Hot Gossip
Argumental
Cabin Pressure
Higher
Rudy's Rare Records
The Secret World
Those That Can't
Act Your Age
Hotel Trubble
No Hard Feelings
Sorry, I've Got No Head
The Inbetweeners
The Jason Byrne Show
The Odd Half Hour
What The Dickens?
Additional lists
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 What In The World? Quiz
- The Wrong Door
- Think Tank
- Tonightly
- Torn Up Tales
- Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
- Trexx And Flipside
- 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
- 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 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 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
- Tomorrow, Today!
- Two Pipe Problems
- Undone
- Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
- Will Smith's Mid-life Crisis Management