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  4. 2013

British Comedy in 2013

  • Would I Lie To You? was Comedy Of The Year 2013 in The Comedy.co.uk Awards
  • Plebs was amongst the winners at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
  • Bridget Christie won the Edinburgh Comedy Award. Story
  • BCG news archive for 2013

Notable comedies debuting in 2013

Through The Keyhole. Leigh Francis.TV

Through The Keyhole

Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. Dave Gorman. Copyright: Liberty Bell.TV

Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

Lunch. Image shows from L to R: Bill (Stephen Mangan), Bella (Claire Skinner). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Lunch

Still Open All Hours. Granville (David Jason). Copyright: BBC.TV

Still Open All Hours

Crackanory. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.TV

Crackanory

Drifters. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Lauren O'Rourke), Meg (Jessica Knappett), Bunny (Lydia Rose Bewley). Copyright: Zodiak Media Company.TV

Drifters

Man Down. Dan (Greg Davies). Copyright: Avalon Television.TV

Man Down

Off Their Rockers. Copyright: CPL Productions.TV

Off Their Rockers

Plebs. Image shows from L to R: Jason (Jon Pointing), Grumio (Ryan Sampson), Marcus (Tom Rosenthal). Copyright: RISE Films.TV

Plebs

Sweat The Small Stuff. Image shows from L to R: Rochelle Humes, Nick Grimshaw, Melvin Odoom. Copyright: Talkback.TV

Sweat The Small Stuff

The Brig Society. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions.Radio

The Brig Society

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC.Radio

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Two Doors Down. Image shows from L to R: Beth (Arabella Weir), Eric (Alex Norton). Copyright: BBC.TV

Two Doors Down

4 Extra Stands Up. Copyright: Dabster Productions.Radio

4 Extra Stands Up

Bluestone 42. Nick (Oliver Chris). Copyright: BBC.TV

Bluestone 42

Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: House Of Tomorrow / Zeppotron.TV

Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe

Count Arthur Strong. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Retort.TV

Count Arthur Strong

Dani's Castle. Copyright: The Foundation.TV

Dani's Castle

John Bishop's Christmas Show. John Bishop. Copyright: Lola Entertainment.TV

John Bishop's Christmas Show

My Mad Fat Diary. Image shows from L to R: Archie (Dan Cohen), Chop (Jordan Murphy), Chloe (Jodie Comer), Danny Two Hats (Darren Evans), Izzy (Ciara Baxendale), Rae Earl (Sharon Rooney), Finn (Nico Mirallegro). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions.TV

My Mad Fat Diary

The Job Lot. Image shows from L to R: Karl (Russell Tovey), Trish (Sarah Hadland). Copyright: Big Talk Productions.TV

The Job Lot

The Show What You Wrote. Image shows from L to R: Fiona Clarke, Gavin Webster. Copyright: BBC.Radio

The Show What You Wrote

What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC.Radio

What Does The K Stand For?

Yonderland. Debbie Maddox (Martha Howe-Douglas). Copyright: Working Title Films.TV

Yonderland

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All TV comedy broadcast in 2013

  • 10 O'Clock Live
  • 4 O'Clock Club
  • 8 Out Of 10 Cats
  • 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
  • A League Of Their Own
  • A Touch Of Cloth
  • A Young Doctor's Notebook
  • Al Murray: The Only Way Is Epic
  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man
  • Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
  • All At Sea
  • Altitude Comedy Festival
  • Ambassadors
  • Animal Antics
  • Anna & Katy
  • Are You Having A Laugh? - Comedy And Christianity
  • Backchat
  • Bad Education
  • Badults
  • Bamboo
  • Being Eileen
  • Big Bad World
  • Big School
  • Billy Connolly - A Life In Pictures
  • Black Mirror
  • Blandings
  • Bluestone 42
  • Bob Servant
  • Boom Town
  • Both Feet In The Army!
  • Bottom Knocker Street
  • C-Bomb
  • Celebrity Juice
  • Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  • Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
  • Charlie Brooker's Year Wipe
  • Chickens
  • Citizen Khan
  • Comic Relief
  • Comic Relief's Big Chat With Graham Norton
  • Common Ground
  • Count Arthur Strong
  • Crackanory
  • Dani's Castle
  • Danny Bhoy Live
  • Dara O Briain: Craic Dealer
  • Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums
  • Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
  • Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
  • David Frost - Hello, Good Evening & Farewell
  • Derek
  • Diddy Movies
  • DNN
  • Doc Martin
  • Don't Sit In The Front Row
  • Drifters
  • Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live
  • Eggbox
  • Enlighten Up!
  • Fake Reaction
  • Family Tree
  • Father Figure
  • Fit
  • Flack
  • Fool Britannia
  • Frankie Howerd: The Lost Tapes
  • Fresh Meat
  • Frost On Sketch Shows
  • Funny Business
  • Funny Old Year
  • Fuzzbox
  • Gangsta Granny
  • Gigglebiz
  • Going Native
  • Great Night Out
  • Greatest Stand Up Comedians
  • Hacker Time
  • Harry & Paul's Magnificent Sporting Moments
  • Have I Got News For You
  • Heading Out
  • Hebburn
  • Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
  • Help Me I'm Human
  • Hey Diddly Dee
  • Him & Her
  • Horrible Histories
  • I Love My Country
  • I'm Spazticus
  • It's Kevin
  • Jack Whitehall Live
  • Jo Brand's Great Wall Of Comedy
  • John Bishop Live: Rollercoaster Tour
  • John Bishop's Christmas Show
  • John Bishop's Only Joking
  • Jon Richardson: Funny Magnet
  • Jonathan Creek
  • Kerry
  • Kevin Bridges - The Story Continues
  • Last Tango In Halifax
  • Lee Nelson Live
  • Lee Nelson's Well Funny People
  • Lemon La Vida Loca
  • Les Dawson: An Audience With That Never Was
  • Life's Too Short
  • Limmy's Show!
  • Live At The Apollo
  • Live At The Electric
  • London Irish
  • Love And Marriage
  • Love Matters
  • Man Down
  • Mashed
  • Mel Smith: I've Sort Of Done Things
  • Michael Grade & The World's Oldest Joke
  • Michael McIntyre's Showtime
  • Misfits
  • Mock The Week
  • Mock The Week Looks Back At...
  • Morecambe & Wise In Pieces
  • Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Mr Understood
  • Mrs. Brown's Boys
  • My Hero: Ben Miller On Tony Hancock
  • My Hero: Hugh Dennis On Ronnie Barker
  • My Hero: Miranda Hart On Eric Morecambe
  • My Mad Fat Diary
  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  • Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment
  • Not Going Out
  • Off Their Rockers
  • Only An Excuse?
  • Open All Hours: A Celebration
  • Paddy's TV Guide
  • Pat & Cabbage
  • Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People?
  • PhoneShop
  • Plebs
  • Pramface
  • Psychobitches
  • QI
  • Quick Cuts
  • Raised By Wolves
  • Reginald D Hunter Live
  • Respect: A Felix Dexter Special
  • Rhod Gilbert Live: The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo
  • Richard Briers: A Tribute
  • Richard Hammond's Secret Service
  • Room 101
  • Rory Goes To Holyrood
  • Ross Noble Freewheeling
  • Russell Howard's Good News
  • Sadie J
  • Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican Live
  • Seann Walsh World
  • Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular
  • Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
  • Shameless
  • Shaun The Sheep
  • Sir David Frost: That Was The Life That Was
  • Snodgrass
  • Some Girls
  • Some People With Jokes
  • Sooty
  • Stage Door Johnnies
  • Stand Up For The Week
  • Starlings
  • Staying In With Greg & Russell
  • Stella
  • Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies
  • Steve Coogan: Stand Up Down Under
  • Stewart Lee: Carpet Remnant World
  • Still Open All Hours
  • Strange Hill High
  • Sweat The Small Stuff
  • That Hidden Camera Family
  • That Puppet Game Show
  • The Alternative Comedy Experience
  • The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
  • The British Comedy Awards
  • The CafĂ©
  • The Cariad Show
  • The Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek
  • The Graham Norton Show
  • The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret
  • The Indian Doctor
  • The IT Crowd
  • The IT Crowd Manual
  • The Job Lot
  • The Johnny & Inel Show
  • The Jonathan Ross Show
  • The Last Leg
  • The Matt Lucas Awards
  • The Meaning Of Monty Python
  • The Mimic
  • The Ministry Of Curious Stuff
  • The Perfect Morecambe & Wise
  • The Revengers!
  • The Revolution Will Be Televised
  • The Sarah Millican Television Programme
  • The Security Men
  • The Spa
  • The Two Ronnies Spectacle
  • The Vicar Of Dibley
  • The Wright Way
  • The Wrong Mans
  • Through The Keyhole
  • Tim Vine - Punslinger Live
  • Toast Of London
  • Trojan Donkey
  • Trollied
  • Twit Of The Year
  • Two Doors Down
  • Up The Women
  • Vicious
  • Walk On The Wild Side
  • Was It Something I Said?
  • Watson & Oliver
  • Way To Go
  • What A Load Of Buzzcocks
  • Wodehouse In Exile
  • Would I Lie To You?
  • Ye Olde Dragons' Den
  • Yes, Prime Minister
  • Yes, Prime Minister: Re-Elected
  • Yonderland
  • You, Me & Them
  • Youngers

All radio comedy broadcast in 2013

  • ...At The Stand
  • 15 Minute Musical
  • 2525
  • 28 Dates Later
  • 4 Extra Stands Up
  • 7 Day Saturday
  • Absolutely Delish
  • Adam Hills Mess Around
  • Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
  • Alice's Wunderland
  • Alun Cochrane's Fun House
  • Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies
  • Angel Pavement
  • Archive On 4: When Comedy And Politics Collide
  • Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
  • Bad Elvis
  • Bad Language
  • BBC New Comedy Award
  • Beastly Baroque
  • Before They Were Famous
  • Believe It!
  • Births, Deaths And Marriages
  • Bremner's One Question Quiz
  • Bridget Christie Minds The Gap
  • Britain Versus The World
  • Cabin Pressure
  • Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing
  • Chain Reaction
  • Clare In The Community
  • Colin Hoult's Carnival Of Monsters
  • Come The Revolution
  • Comedy Am Byth
  • Comic Fringes
  • Dave Podmore
  • Dead Man's Suit
  • Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed
  • Dilemma
  • Dong Comedy
  • Down The Line
  • Ed Reardon's Week
  • ElvenQuest
  • Fighting Talk
  • Fresh From The Fringe
  • Goodnight From Him
  • Great Lives - Kenny Everett
  • Hard To Tell
  • Here Be Dragons
  • Heresy
  • Hobby Bobbies
  • House On Fire
  • How Does That Make You Feel?
  • HR
  • I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • I've Never Seen Star Wars
  • I, Regress
  • Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable
  • In And Out Of The Kitchen
  • Inspector Steine
  • Isy Suttie's Love Letters
  • It's Not What You Know
  • James Acaster's Findings
  • Jennifer Saunders - Bonkers: My Life In Laughs
  • Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
  • Jigsaw
  • Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy
  • John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
  • Just A Minute
  • Ken Dodd: How Tickled I've Been!
  • Kerry's List
  • Legend Of The Holyrood Vampires
  • Lewis Macleod's Wired News
  • Life: An Idiot's Guide
  • Little Monster
  • Live At Luigi's
  • Lucy Beaumont: To Hull And Back
  • Lunch
  • MacAulay And Co
  • Maldini's
  • Managing Izzy
  • Mark Nelson's Guide To Marriage
  • Mark Thomas - The Manifesto
  • Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro
  • Meet David Sedaris
  • Mike Bubbins: Day Tripper
  • Mixing It
  • Monday To Friday
  • My Brilliant Divorce
  • My Teenage Diary
  • Neurotics Anonymous
  • Newsjack
  • North By Northamptonshire
  • On Mardle Fen
  • On The Rocks
  • Our Woman In Norton Tripton
  • Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test
  • Peacock And Gamble: Emergency Broadcast
  • Political Animals
  • Present Laughter
  • Radio 2's History Of British Comedy
  • Reception
  • Richard Marsh: Love And Sweets
  • Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart
  • Sabotage
  • Seekers
  • Shedtown
  • Shooting Animals
  • Sid James: Not Just A Dirty Laugh
  • Sketchorama
  • Skios
  • Small Scenes
  • Social Club FM
  • Soloparentpals.com
  • Sorry, Boys, You Failed The Audition
  • Start/Stop
  • Steve Richards Stands Up For Politics
  • Sunny Day On Radio 2
  • Susan Calman Is Convicted
  • Terry Pratchett's Eric
  • That Mitchell & Webb Sound
  • The Architects
  • The Blagger's Guide
  • The Brig Society
  • The Exuberant
  • The Gobetweenies
  • The Guessing Game
  • The Guns Of Adam Riches
  • The Infinite Monkey Cage
  • The Kneebone Bonanza
  • The Machynlleth Comedy Festival Showcase
  • The Manuscript
  • The Meaning Of Liff At 30
  • The Means To An End
  • The Mighty Jungle
  • The Museum Of Curiosity
  • The Music Teacher
  • The News Quiz
  • The Newsagent's Window
  • The Now Show
  • The Other Side
  • The Pickerskill Reports
  • The Rita Rudner Show
  • The Secret World
  • The Show What You Wrote
  • The Skeptic Tank
  • The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
  • The Toll
  • The Trouble With Being Des
  • The Unbelievable Truth
  • The Wainwrights
  • Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD
  • Three Men In A Boat
  • Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler
  • Tinsel Girl
  • Tom Deacon's Road Trip
  • Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups
  • Tony Hancock: From Bournemouth To East Cheam
  • Topaz
  • Trevor Noah: The Racist
  • Two Pipe Problems
  • Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
  • What Does The K Stand For?
  • What's So Funny?
  • What's The Story?
  • When The Dog Dies
  • Wolf
  • Wordaholics
  • Yes, Nina Conti Really Is On The Radio
  • Zombie Rule Number 9

2013 British comedy films

  • 12 In A Box
  • A Liar's Autobiography
  • About Time
  • Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
  • Benny & Jolene
  • Bula Quo!
  • Dom Hemingway
  • Filth
  • I Give It A Year
  • It's A Lot
  • Jadoo: Kings Of Curry
  • May I Kill U?
  • Not Another Happy Ending
  • One Chance
  • Papadopoulos & Sons
  • Powder Room
  • Run For Your Wife
  • Song For Marion
  • Stalled
  • The Comedian
  • The Harry Hill Movie
  • The Look Of Love
  • The Search For Simon
  • The World's End

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