British comedy in 1978

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy starts on Radio 4

Notable comedies debuting in 1978

Butterflies

Leave It To Charlie

Little And Large

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Kenny Everett Video Show

The Les Dawson Show

The Morecambe & Wise Show

All new TV comedy from 1978

1. All You Need Is Cash
2. And Now The Good News
3. Are You Being Served?
4. As You Like It
5. An Audience With Jasper Carrott
6. Backs To The Land
7. The Basil Brush Show
8. The Benny Hill Show
9. Bernie
10. Billy Connolly In Concert
11. Blackpool Bonanza
12. Bless Me, Father
13. Born And Bred
14. Bruce Forsyth's Big Night
15. Butterflies
16. Celebrity Squares
17. Citizen Smith
18. Come Back Mrs. Noah
19. Cooper - Just Like That
20. Dave Allen At Large
21. Devenish
22. The Dick Emery Show
23. An Evening With Dave Evans
24. The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin
25. Fearless Frank
26. The Freddie Starr Experience
27. The Generation Game
28. George & Mildred
29. Get Some In!
30. Going Straight
31. The Good Life
32. Grand Slam
33. Happy Ever After
34. Have A Harry...
35. Hinge And Bracket
36. I Didn't Know You Cared
37. I'm Bob, He's Dickie
38. I'm Dickie - That's Show Business
39. It Ain't Half Hot Mum
40. Just William
41. The Ken Dodd Show
42. The Kenny Everett Video Show
43. Last Of The Summer Wine
44. Leave It To Charlie
45. Lennie & Jerry
46. The Les Dawson Show
47. Leslie Crowther's Scrapbook
48. Life Begins At Forty
49. Little And Large
50. The Liver Birds
51. The Losers
52. Maggie And Her
53. The Many Wives Of Patrick
54. Margie And Me
55. Me! I'm Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
56. Michael Bentine's Potty Time
57. Mike Yarwood In Persons
58. Mind Your Language
59. Miss Jones And Son
60. Mixed Blessings
61. The Morecambe & Wise Show
62. The Old Boy Network
63. Oneupmanship
64. Pickersgill People
65. The Pink Medicine Show
66. Q
67. The Rag Trade
68. Rentaghost
69. Rings On Their Fingers
70. Rising Damp
71. Robin's Nest
72. Ronnie Corbett's Thursday Special
73. Rosie
74. Scotch And Wry
75. Selwyn
76. A Sharp Intake Of Breath
77. Showtime
78. A Soft Touch
79. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
80. Squire Dodd's Christmas Special
81. Sykes
82. Tell Me Another
83. The Tommy Cooper Show
84. The Two Ronnies
85. Two's Company
86. The Upchat Connection
87. Wodehouse Playhouse
88. The Worker
89. You're Only Young Twice

All new radio comedy from 1978

1. The 27-Year Itch
2. Black Cinderella Two Goes East
3. The Burkiss Way
4. The Enchanting World Of Hinge And Bracket
5. The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show
6. The Frankie Howerd Variety Show
7. Frank Muir Goes Into...
8. Funny You Should Ask
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
10. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
11. The Jason Explanation
12. Just A Minute
13. Listen To Les
14. Maclean Up Britain
15. Malcolm
16. My Music
17. My Word!
18. The News Huddlines
19. The News Quiz
20. The Peter Hudson Show
21. Share And Share Alike
22. Thank You, Mrs Fothergill
23. Week Ending
24. What Ho, Jeeves!
25. Would The Last Businessman To Leave The Country Please Turn Out The Lights?

British comedy films released in 1978

1. Adventures Of A Plumber's Mate
2. Carry On Emmannuelle
3. The Hound Of The Baskervilles
4. Let's Get Laid!
5. The Odd Job
6. Revenge Of The Pink Panther
7. Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
8. Sammy's Super T-Shirt
9. What's Up Superdoc