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 Show
25. Don't Forget To Write!
26. End Of Part One
27. The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin
28. Fawlty Towers
29. Feet First
30. Freddie Starr's Variety Madhouse
31. George & Mildred
32. Gloo Joo
33. The Glums
34. Grandad
35. Happy Ever After
36. Hinge And Bracket
37. How's Your Father?
38. I Didn't Know You Cared
39. In Loving Memory
40. Kelly Monteith
41. The Ken Dodd Laughter Show
42. Ken Dodd's Christmas Show
43. The Kenny Everett Video Show
44. The Knowledge
45. La Dame Aux Gladiolas
46. Last Of The Summer Wine
47. Leave It To Charlie
48. Little And Large
49. Lovely Couple
50. Maggie And Her
51. Measure For Measure
52. Michael Bentine's Potty Time
53. The Mike Harding Show
54. Mike Yarwood In Persons
55. Minder
56. Mind Your Language
57. Mixed Blessings
58. The Morecambe & Wise Show
59. Not The Nine O'Clock News
60. Of Mycenae And Men
61. Only When I Laugh
62. The Other One
63. The Plank
64. Potter
65. Q
66. Rings On Their Fingers
67. Ripping Yarns
68. Robin's Nest
69. The Ronnie Corbett Special
70. Room Service
71. Rosie
72. Scotch And Wry
73. A Sharp Intake Of Breath
74. Shelley
75. Spooner's Patch
76. Stanley Baxter On Television
77. Sykes
78. Take My Wife
79. The Tea Ladies
80. Ted On The Spot
81. Tell Me Another
82. Terry & June
83. Thundercloud
84. Time Of My Life
85. To The Manor Born
86. Tropic
87. The Two Ronnies
88. Two's Company
89. Two Up, Two Down
90. The Unrecorded Jasper Carrott
91. Worzel Gummidge
92. 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. Marks In His Diary
19. My Music
20. My Word!
21. The News Huddlines
22. The News Quiz
23. Puss-In-Boots
24. The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter
25. Thank You, Mrs Fothergill
26. Three-Piece Sweet
27. Tony's
28. Week Ending
29. What Ho, Jeeves!
30. Why Vote? It Only Encourages Them

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