British comedy in 1979

• Over 23 million people watched the final episode in Series 1 of To The Manor Born

Notable comedies debuting in 1979

Blankety Blank

Cannon And Ball

Grandad

Minder

Not The Nine O'Clock News

Only When I Laugh

Shelley

Terry & June

Worzel Gummidge

All new TV comedy from 1979

1. Agony
2. Are You Being Served?
3. The Basil Brush Show
4. The Benny Hill Show
5. Beryl Reid
6. Big Jim And The Figaro Club
7. The Big Top Variety Show
8. Blankety Blank
9. Bless Me, Father
10. Bloomers
11. Butterflies
12. Canned Laughter
13. Cannon And Ball
14. Carrott Gets Rowdie
15. Celebrity Squares
16. Chalk And Cheese
17. Charles Endell Esquire
18. Citizen Smith
19. The Comedians
20. Dave Allen At Large
21. The Dawson Watch
22. Design For Living
23. The Diary Of A Nobody
24. The Dick Emery Comedy Hour
25. The Dick Emery Show
26. The Dick Emery Special
27. Don't Forget To Write!
28. End Of Part One
29. The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin
30. Fawlty Towers
31. Feet First
32. Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse
33. The Generation Game
34. George & Mildred
35. Gloo Joo
36. The Glums
37. Grandad
38. Happy Ever After
39. Hinge And Bracket
40. How's Your Father?
41. I Didn't Know You Cared
42. In Loving Memory
43. Kelly Monteith
44. The Ken Dodd Laughter Show
45. Ken Dodd's Christmas Show
46. The Kenny Everett Video Show
47. The Knowledge
48. La Dame Aux Gladiolas
49. Last Of The Summer Wine
50. Leave It To Charlie
51. Little And Large
52. Lovely Couple
53. Maggie And Her
54. Measure For Measure
55. Michael Bentine's Potty Time
56. The Mike Harding Show
57. Mike Yarwood In Persons
58. Minder
59. Mind Your Language
60. Mixed Blessings
61. The Morecambe & Wise Show
62. Not The Nine O'Clock News
63. Of Mycenae And Men
64. Only When I Laugh
65. The Other One
66. The Plank
67. Potter
68. Q
69. Rings On Their Fingers
70. Ripping Yarns
71. Robin's Nest
72. The Ronnie Corbett Special
73. Room Service
74. Rosie
75. Scotch And Wry
76. The Secret Policeman's Ball
77. A Sharp Intake Of Breath
78. Shelley
79. Spooner's Patch
80. Stanley Baxter On Television
81. Sykes
82. Take My Wife
83. The Tea Ladies
84. Ted On The Spot
85. Tell Me Another
86. Terry & June
87. Thundercloud
88. Time Of My Life
89. To The Manor Born
90. Tropic
91. The Two Ronnies
92. Two's Company
93. Two Up, Two Down
94. The Unrecorded Jasper Carrott
95. Worzel Gummidge
96. You're Only Young Twice

All new radio comedy from 1979

1. The 27-Year Itch
2. The Atkinson People
3. Burglar's Bargains
4. The Burkiss Way
5. The Enchanting World Of Hinge And Bracket
6. The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show
7. Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts
8. The Frankie Howerd Variety Show
9. Frank Muir Goes Into...
10. Funny You Should Ask
11. Give Or Take
12. Hello, Cheeky!
13. I Like Spike
14. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
15. Jim The Great
16. Just A Minute
17. Laughter In The Air
18. Listen To Les
19. Marks In His Diary
20. My Music
21. My Word!
22. The News Huddlines
23. The News Quiz
24. Puss-In-Boots
25. The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter
26. Thank You, Mrs Fothergill
27. Three-Piece Sweet
28. Tony's
29. Week Ending
30. What Ho, Jeeves!
31. Why Vote? It Only Encourages Them
32. Would The Last Businessman To Leave The Country Please Turn Out The Lights?

British comedy films released in 1979

1. Butch Minds The Baby
2. The Cat And The Canary
3. Confessions From The David Galaxy Affair
4. Derek And Clive Get The Horn
5. The Lady Vanishes
6. Le Petomane
7. Monty Python's Life Of Brian
8. The Muppet Movie
9. Outer Touch
10. Porridge
11. Queen Of The Blues
12. A Touch Of The Sun