British comedy in 1983

• Frank Chickens won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1983

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Blackadder

Don't Wait Up

No Place Like Home

Who Dares Wins...

All new TV comedy from 1983

1. Affairs Of The Heart
2. Alfresco
3. Are You Being Served?
4. Astronauts
5. At Last... It's Mike Elliott
6. An Audience With...
7. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
8. Bananaman
9. Behind The Bike Sheds
10. The Benny Hill Show
11. Blackadder
12. Blankety Blank
13. The Bob Monkhouse Show
14. Book 'Em An' Risk It
15. The Bounder
16. Brass
17. Butterflies
18. The Cabbage Patch
19. Cannon And Ball
20. Capstick Capers
21. Carrott's Lib
22. Carry On Laughing
23. Chas & Dave's Knees-Up
24. The Climber
25. A Clip Round The Year
26. The Comedy Of Errors
27. Comic Roots
28. The Comic Strip Presents...
29. The Crystal Cube
30. Cuffy
31. Dear Ladies
32. Don't Rock The Boat
33. Don't Wait Up
34. Educating Marmalade
35. Emery Presents
36. The Entertainers
37. An Evening For Nicaragua
38. Father's Day
39. A Fine Romance
40. For 4 Tonight
41. The Freddie Starr Showcase
42. The Gaffer
43. Game For A Laugh
44. Get Knighted
45. Give Us A Break
46. Good Night And God Bless
47. The Green Tie On The Little Yellow Dog
48. Hallelujah!
49. The Happy Apple
50. Heartattack Hotel
51. Hi-De-Hi!
52. The Home Front
53. In Loving Memory
54. Interference
55. The Irish R.M.
56. It'll All Be Over In Half An Hour
57. It's George
58. It's Got To Be Funny, Hasn't It...
59. It Takes A Worried Man...
60. Just Good Friends
61. Karen Kay
62. Keep It In The Family
63. The Keith Harris Show
64. Kelly Monteith
65. The Kenny Everett Television Show
66. The Krankies Klub
67. The Lady Is A Tramp
68. Last Of The Summer Wine
69. The Last Song
70. The Les Dawson Show
71. Let There Be Love
72. Little And Large
73. Live From Her Majesty's
74. Luna
75. The Main Attraction
76. Make Me Laugh
77. Max Boyce And Friends
78. Michael Barrymore
79. Minder
80. The Morecambe & Wise Show
81. Never The Twain
82. No Place Like Home
83. No Problem!
84. Now And Then
85. One Night In Lincoln
86. Only Fools And Horses
87. The Optimist
88. Paul Squire Esq
89. Pig In The Middle
90. Pinkerton's Progress
91. Potter
92. PS It's Paul Squire
93. Red Monarch
94. Rentaghost
95. Russ Abbot's Madhouse
96. Saturday Stayback
97. Scotch And Wry
98. Seaview
99. Shelley
100. Struggle
101. Sweet Sixteen
102. Tears Before Bedtime
103. Terry & June
104. That's My Boy
105. Three Of A Kind
106. Tom, Dick And Harriet
107. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
108. The Two Ronnies
109. Unknown Chaplin
110. Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
111. Who Dares Wins...
112. The World Of Stanley Holloway

All new radio comedy from 1983

1. Albert And Me
2. Christmas Night With Dr Evadne Hinge And Dame Hilda Bracket
3. A Cuckoo In The Nest
4. A Day In The Life Of Radio 4
5. Drop Me Here, Darling
6. The Fosdyke Saga
7. Frank Muir Goes Into...
8. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
9. In One Ear
10. It Sticks Out Half A Mile
11. Just A Minute
12. Know Your Place
13. Laughalong
14. The Lenny Henry Sunday Hoot!
15. Listen To Les
16. My Music
17. My Word!
18. The News Huddlines
19. The News Quiz
20. Prince Ivor
21. Radio Active
22. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
23. Reuben's Oath
24. Second Holmes
25. The Show With No Name
26. The Sleeping Beauty
27. Son Of Cliché
28. A Sound Of Goons
29. There Have Always Been Starkadders At Cold Comfort Farm
30. Thirty Minutes Worth
31. Week Ending
32. What Every Woman Knows
33. Yes Minister

British comedy films released in 1983

1. The Best Of The Adventures
2. The Boys In Blue
3. Bullshot
4. Curse Of The Pink Panther
5. Dead On Time
6. Educating Rita
7. Fanny Hill
8. Invitation To The Wedding
9. Local Hero
10. Loose Connections
11. The Missionary
12. Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl
13. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
14. A Shocking Accident
15. Where Is Parsifal?
16. Yellowbeard