British comedy in 1982
- Writer's Inc won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
Notable comedies debuting in 1982
All new TV comedy from 1982
- A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- Anyone For Denis?
- The Benny Hill Show
- The Big Top Variety Show
- Blankety Blank
- Bobby Thompson - The Little Waster
- The Bounder
- Butterflies
- By The Sea
- Cambridge Footlights Revue
- Cannon And Ball
- Carrott's Lib
- Chas & Dave's Knees-Up
- Clock On
- Come Into The Garden Maud
- Comic Roots
- The Comic Strip Presents...
- The Cut Price Comedy Show
- Dead Ernest
- Dear Heart
- Doddy!
- Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy
- Don't Rock The Boat
- Educating Marmalade
- Emery Presents
- The Eric Sykes 1990 Show
- An Evening With Max Wall
- The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin
- Father Charlie
- A Fine Romance
- A Foggy Outlook
- Foxy Lady
- Funnybone
- The Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim
- The Gaffer
- Game For A Laugh
- The Glamour Girls
- Goodbye Mr. Kent
- The Goodies
- Grandad
- Here's A Funny Thing
- Hi-De-Hi!
- Holding The Fort
- Horace
- In Loving Memory
- It's Your Move
- Jane
- Keep It In The Family
- The Keith Harris Show
- Kelly Monteith
- Ken Dodd's Showbiz
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
- Kevin Turvey - The Man Behind The Green Door
- The Krankies Klub
- Last Night Of The Poms
- Last Of The Summer Wine
- The Les Dawson Show
- Let There Be Love
- L For Lester
- Little And Large
- Living Apart Together
- Max Bygraves - Side By Side
- The Merry Wives Of Windsor
- Mike Yarwood In Persons
- Mike Yarwood's Christmas Show
- Minder
- The Morecambe & Wise Show
- Never The Twain
- Nobody's Perfect
- Not The Nine O'Clock News
- Oh Yes I Am.... Oh No You're Not!
- Only Fools And Horses
- Only When I Laugh
- Open All Hours
- The Other 'Arf
- O.T.T.
- Outside Edge
- Posh
- P'Tang Yang Kipperbang
- Q
- Rentaghost
- Rep
- Russ Abbot's Madhouse
- Say Something Happened
- Scoop
- Scotch And Wry
- Seconds Out
- Shelley
- Shine On Harvey Moon
- Sink Or Swim
- Solo
- Sorry!
- Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself
- Spooner's Patch
- The Stanley Baxter Hour
- Success
- Terry & June
- There's Nothing To Worry About!
- Third Time Lucky
- Three Of A Kind
- Tom, Dick And Harriet
- Turns
- The Two Ronnies
- Union Castle
- Whoops Apocalypse
- Wood And Walters
- Yarwood In Town
- Yes Minister
- Young At Heart
- The Young Ones
All new radio comedy from 1982
- Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop
- Drop Me Here, Darling
- Frank Muir Goes Into...
- Funny You Should Ask
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- In A Nutshell
- Injury Time
- Just A Minute
- Keep It Maclean
- Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib
- Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful
- The Lenny Henry Sunday Hoot!
- My Music
- My Word!
- The News Huddlines
- The News Quiz
- Radio Active
- The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
- A Right Royal Rip-Off
- Semi Circles
- The Show With No Name
- Three Plus One
- Wally Who?
- Week Ending