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  4. 2016

British Comedy in 2016

  • Ronnie Corbett and Victoria Wood were amongst the deaths in this year
  • BCG news archive for 2016

Notable comedies debuting in 2016

Henry Normal. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Henry Normal

Class Dismissed. Copyright: BBC.TV

Class Dismissed

Paddington Station. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Where This Service Will...

Diddy TV. Copyright: BBC.TV

Diddy TV

Insert Name Here. Sue Perkins.TV

Insert Name Here

John Bishop In Conversation With.... John Bishop. Copyright: Lola Entertainment.TV

John Bishop In Conversation With...

Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle. Peter Kay. Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions.TV

Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle

Russell Howard & Mum. Image shows from L to R: Russell Howard, Ninette Howard. Copyright: Avalon Television.TV

Russell Howard & Mum

Unspun With Matt Forde. Matt Forde. Copyright: Avalon Television.TV

Unspun With Matt Forde

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar. Alexei Sayle. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Dara O Briain. Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd..TV

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

Mum. Cathy (Lesley Manville).TV

Mum

TEZ Talks. Tez Ilyas. Copyright: BBC.Radio

TEZ Talks

The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (James Northcote), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions.Radio

The Break

The Windsors. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Harry Enfield), Camilla (Haydn Gwynne). Copyright: Noho Film and TV.TV

The Windsors

Up North.TV

Up North

Upstart Crow. Will Shakespeare (David Mitchell). Copyright: BBC.TV

Upstart Crow

Witless. Image shows from L to R: Leanne (Kerry Howard), Rhona (Zoe Boyle). Copyright: Objective Productions.TV

Witless

Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC.Radio

Women Talking About Cars

Zapped. Image shows from L to R: Steg (Kenneth Collard), Herman (Louis Emerick), Brian (James Buckley), Barbara (Sharon Rooney), Howell (Paul Kaye).TV

Zapped

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All TV comedy broadcast in 2016

  • 4 O'Clock Club
  • 8 Out Of 10 Cats
  • 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
  • @elevenish
  • A Granny's Guide To The Modern World
  • A League Of Their Own
  • A Year In The Life Of A Year
  • Agatha Raisin
  • Al Porter In Ireland
  • Alan Carr's Happy Hour
  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man
  • Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
  • Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
  • Alison Spittle In Ireland
  • All About The McKenzies
  • Almost Royal
  • An Immigrant's Guide To Britain
  • Are You Being Served?
  • Artsnight: A Tribute To Carla Lane
  • Behold The Monkey
  • Benidorm
  • Billionaire Boy
  • Birds Of A Feather
  • Blankety Blank
  • Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
  • Boomers
  • Borderline
  • Boy Meets Girl
  • Brexageddon?!
  • Brian Pern
  • British Sitcom: 60 Years Of Laughing At Ourselves
  • Broken Biscuits
  • Burnistoun
  • Camping
  • Celebrity Advice Bureau
  • Celebrity Juice
  • Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  • Charlie Brooker's Year Wipe
  • Chris Ramsey: All Growed Up
  • Citizen Khan
  • Class Dismissed
  • Cold Feet
  • Comedy Central At The Comedy Store
  • Counterfeit Cat
  • Crashing
  • Crazyhead
  • Cuckoo
  • Cunk On...
  • Damned
  • Danger Mouse
  • Dara O Briain - Crowd Tickler
  • Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
  • Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
  • Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes
  • Diddy TV
  • Diet Of Worms In Ireland
  • Do Not Disturb
  • Drifters
  • Dropperz
  • Drunk History
  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo
  • Dylan Moran: Like, Totally
  • Eric Idle: Comedy Greats
  • Fern Britton Meets Alexander Armstrong
  • Flat TV
  • Flowers
  • Fresh Meat
  • Friday Night Dinner
  • Funny, Furry & Famous
  • Gary: Tank Commander's Election Special
  • Gasping
  • Go Jetters
  • Going Forward
  • Goodnight Sweetheart
  • Guz Khan's Horror: Frightbusters
  • Hacker Time
  • Hank Zipzer
  • Harry Hill's Tea Time
  • Have I Got News For You
  • Hoff The Record
  • Home From Home
  • Horrible Histories
  • Hospital People
  • Hyper Mouse
  • I Want My Wife Back
  • I'm With Stupid
  • Impractical Jokers UK
  • Insert Name Here
  • Inside No. 9
  • It's Not Me, It's You
  • Jack Dee's HelpDesk
  • Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God
  • Jason Byrne In Ireland
  • Jason Manford's Horror: That's The Spirit
  • Jayde Adams's Horror: Bloody Tracy
  • Jimmy Carr & The Science Of Laughter: A Horizon Special
  • John Bishop In Conversation With...
  • Jon Richardson: Nidiot
  • Jonathan Creek
  • Josh
  • Justin's House
  • Katherine Ryan In Ireland
  • Ken Dodd: In His Own Words
  • Kevin Bridges: A Whole Different Story
  • Kiri Pritchard-McLean's Horror: I've Got Your Number
  • Last Tango In Halifax
  • Lenny Henry: A Life On Screen
  • Les Dawson Forever
  • Let's Do It: A Tribute To Victoria Wood
  • Let's Play Darts
  • Little Britain
  • Little Roy
  • Live At The Apollo
  • Lookalikes
  • Lost Sitcoms
  • Lovesick
  • Man Down
  • Marley's Ghosts
  • Matt Holness's Horror: Smutch
  • Meet The Adebanjos
  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show
  • Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge
  • Millie Inbetween
  • Mock The Week
  • Morgana Robinson's The Agency
  • Motherland
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Mr Bean
  • Mrs. Brown's Boys
  • Mum
  • Murder In Successville
  • My Worst Job
  • Newzoids
  • Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back
  • No Such Thing As The News
  • Norman Wisdom Live
  • Off Their Rockers
  • Only An Excuse?
  • Our Ex-Wife
  • Outnumbered
  • People Just Do Nothing
  • Peter Cook & Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
  • Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle
  • Peter Pan Goes Wrong
  • Play To The Whistle
  • Plebs
  • Pop Sludge
  • Porridge
  • Power Monkeys
  • QI
  • Raised By Wolves
  • Red Dwarf
  • Richard E. Grant On... Ealing Comedies
  • Rising Damp Fovever
  • Room 101
  • Ross Noble's Horror: The Catchment
  • Rovers
  • Russell Howard & Mum
  • Safeword
  • Sam Delaney's News Thing
  • Scheiffer Bates: I Con
  • Scot Squad
  • Scream Street
  • Seann Walsh In Ireland
  • Second Opinion
  • Shaun The Sheep
  • Siblings
  • So Awkward
  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
  • Sorry, I Didn't Know
  • Spot Bots
  • Stag
  • Stand Up Central
  • Steen Raskopoulos's Horror: Scare BnB
  • Stella
  • Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
  • Still Game
  • Still Open All Hours
  • Stop/Start
  • Sunny D
  • Taskmaster
  • The Aliens
  • The Almost Impossible Gameshow
  • The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything
  • The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
  • The Circuit
  • The Comic Strip Presents...
  • The Coopers Vs The Rest
  • The Dog Ate My Homework
  • The Entire Universe
  • The Football's On
  • The Funny Thing About...
  • The Graham Norton Show
  • The Graham Norton Story
  • The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret
  • The Interviews
  • The Jonathan Ross Show
  • The Keith Lemon Sketch Show
  • The Last Leg
  • The Many Faces Of...
  • The Morecambe And Wise Story: Look Back In Laughter
  • The Outcast Comic
  • The Peter Kay Story
  • The Purple Pigeon
  • The Rebel
  • The Roots Of Monty Python
  • The T-Boy Show
  • The Undiscovered Peter Cook
  • The Windsors
  • Tonight At The London Palladium
  • Tracey Ullman's Show
  • Trigger Happy TV
  • Trollied
  • Twirlywoos
  • Two Doors Down
  • Unspun With Matt Forde
  • Up North
  • Upstart Crow
  • Very British Problems
  • Vicious
  • Virtually Famous
  • Walliams & Friend
  • Wasted
  • We Have Been Watching
  • We Love Sitcom
  • We The Jury
  • West Skerra Light
  • What's The Facts
  • Witless
  • Would I Lie To You?
  • Yonderland
  • You're Back In The Room
  • Young Hyacinth
  • Zapped
  • Zig And Zag

All radio comedy broadcast in 2016

  • 15 Minute Musical
  • 4 Extra Stands Up
  • 52 First Impressions With David Quantick
  • A Beginner's Guide To India
  • A Funny Kind Of...
  • Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
  • All Mouth And Trousers
  • All Those Women
  • Andrew Maxwell's Late Agenda
  • Angela Barnes: You Can't Take It With You
  • Asian Network Comedy
  • Bad Salsa
  • Barry's Lunch Club
  • BBC 1Xtra & BBC Local Radio Present The Comedy Club
  • BBC New Comedy Award
  • Be Lucky
  • Bennett Arron Worries About...
  • Boswell's Lives
  • Breaking The News
  • Bunk Bed
  • Chain Reaction
  • Clare In The Community
  • Cooking In A Bedsitter
  • Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
  • Couples
  • Daf's Cabs
  • Damn The Torpedoes!
  • Daphne Sounds Expensive
  • Dave Podmore
  • David Sedaris: Death Knows No Season
  • Dead Ringers
  • Deborah Frances-White Rolls The Dice
  • Desolation Jests
  • Domestic Science
  • Don't Make Me Laugh
  • Dot
  • Ed Reardon's Week
  • Elis In Euroland
  • Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes
  • Elis James's Guide To Machynlleth
  • Expenses Only
  • Fags, Mags And Bags
  • Fighting Talk
  • Forty Weeks
  • Fred MacAulay's Wet Hot Political Summer
  • Fresh From The Fringe
  • Gaby's Talking Pictures
  • Gein's Family Giftshop Present...
  • God Of Carnage
  • Guilt Trip
  • Gyles Brandreth's What Ho, Your Majesty?
  • Hackers And Humphreys All
  • Henry Normal
  • Heresy
  • Hold The Front Page
  • Holding Back The Tide
  • How Does That Make You Feel?
  • I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  • Incredible Women
  • It's Jocelyn
  • It's Not What You Know
  • Jack Rooke: Good Grief
  • Jail Mates
  • Jest A Minute
  • Jesting About
  • John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
  • John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music
  • Johnnie Walker Meets...
  • Josh Howie's Losing It
  • Josie Long: Romance And Adventure
  • Just A Minute
  • Keep Calman Carry On
  • Kült
  • Lance
  • Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories
  • Lenny Henry: Rogue's Gallery
  • Lewis Macleod's Wired News
  • Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair
  • Love In Recovery
  • Lunch
  • Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality
  • Man At The Helm
  • Mark Steel's In Town
  • Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life
  • Michael Fabbri's Dyslexicon
  • Monsignor Quixote
  • Much Ado About Comedy
  • Munchausen
  • Musical Variations: The Life Of Angela Morley
  • My Teenage Diary
  • Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
  • Natural Histories Comedy Awards
  • Newsjack
  • Nurse
  • Our Evening With Gareth Bale
  • Paul Sinha's History Revision
  • Plum House
  • Polyoaks
  • Radio 4 At The Machynlleth Comedy Festival With Elis James
  • Radio Active
  • Remembering Ronnie Corbett
  • Ria Lina's School Of Riason
  • Rich Hall's (US) Breakdown
  • Rumblings From The Rafters
  • Sam Simmons Is Not A People Person
  • Siadwel
  • Simon Evans Goes To Market
  • Small Scenes
  • Some Hay In A Manger
  • Spoot!
  • Spotlight Tonight With Nish Kumar
  • Start/Stop
  • State Of The Nations
  • Still Loving Thy Neighbour?
  • Sweats
  • Taking Care Of Business
  • Talking To Strangers
  • Terry Alderton: Crazy Now
  • TEZ Talks
  • The Accidental AM
  • The Art Of Warm-Up
  • The BBC Norfolk New Comedy Show
  • The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Anarchy Must Be Organised
  • The Break
  • The Brig Society
  • The Casebook Of Max And Ivan
  • The Chastity Butterworth Show
  • The Christmas That Goes Wrong
  • The Cold Swedish Winter
  • The Croft & Pearce Show
  • The Fair Intellectual Club
  • The Future Of Radio
  • The Harri-Parris' Radio Show
  • The Infinite Monkey Cage
  • The King's Men
  • The Leak
  • The Literary Adventures Of Mr Brown
  • The Machynlleth Comedy Festival
  • The Museum Of Curiosity
  • The News Quiz
  • The Now Show
  • The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
  • The Pin
  • The Rest Is History
  • The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
  • The Tim Vine Chat Show
  • The Unbelievable Truth
  • The Unexplainers
  • The Victorian In The Wall
  • The World Of Simon Rich
  • Tinsel Girl
  • To Hull And Back
  • Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups
  • Victoria Wood - "Not Seen On TV"
  • Viz: An Unfeasibly Large Success
  • Way Out East
  • Way Out West
  • Welcome To Wherever You Are
  • When Kenny Met The Fab Four
  • Where This Service Will...
  • Williams On The Wireless
  • Women Talking About Cars

Film comedies released in 2016

  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
  • Adult Life Skills
  • At-Issue
  • Bachelor Games
  • Benny
  • Black Mountain Poets
  • Breaking The Bank
  • Bridget Jones's Baby
  • Burn Burn Burn
  • Carry On Doctors
  • ChickLit
  • Dad's Army
  • David Brent: Life On The Road
  • Early Bird
  • Eddie The Eagle
  • Essex Spacebin
  • Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Gangsters, Gamblers And Geezers
  • Golden Years
  • Grimsby
  • Hot Property
  • K-Shop
  • Keeping It Up
  • Kicking Off
  • Lost In Karastan
  • Nina Forever
  • Set The Thames On Fire
  • Taking Stock
  • The Comedian's Guide To Survival
  • The Darkest Universe
  • The Greasy Strangler
  • The Weekend
  • War On Everyone
  • White Island
  • Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?

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