British Comedy Guide

British comedy in 1983

  • Frank Chickens won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1983

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. Dead On Time
  32. Dear Ladies
  33. Don't Rock The Boat
  34. Don't Wait Up
  35. Educating Marmalade
  36. Emery Presents
  37. The Entertainers
  38. An Evening For Nicaragua
  39. Father's Day
  40. A Fine Romance
  41. For 4 Tonight
  42. The Freddie Starr Showcase
  43. The Gaffer
  44. Game For A Laugh
  45. Get Knighted
  46. Give Us A Break
  47. Good Night And God Bless
  48. The Green Tie On The Little Yellow Dog
  49. Hallelujah!
  50. The Happy Apple
  51. Heartattack Hotel
  52. Hi-De-Hi!
  53. The Home Front
  54. In Loving Memory
  55. Interference
  56. The Irish R.M.
  57. It'll All Be Over In Half An Hour
  58. It's George
  59. It's Got To Be Funny, Hasn't It...
  60. It Takes A Worried Man...
  61. Just Good Friends
  62. Karen Kay
  63. Keep It In The Family
  64. The Keith Harris Show
  65. Kelly Monteith
  66. The Kenny Everett Television Show
  67. The Krankies Klub
  68. The Lady Is A Tramp
  69. Last Of The Summer Wine
  70. The Last Song
  71. The Les Dawson Show
  72. Let There Be Love
  73. Little And Large
  74. Live From Her Majesty's
  75. Luna
  76. The Main Attraction
  77. Make Me Laugh
  78. Max Boyce And Friends
  79. Michael Barrymore
  80. Minder
  81. The Morecambe & Wise Show
  82. Never The Twain
  83. No Place Like Home
  84. No Problem!
  85. Now And Then
  86. One Night In Lincoln
  87. Only Fools And Horses
  88. The Optimist
  89. Pig In The Middle
  90. Pinkerton's Progress
  91. Potter
  92. Red Monarch
  93. Rentaghost
  94. Russ Abbot's Madhouse
  95. Scotch And Wry
  96. Seaview
  97. Shelley
  98. Struggle
  99. Sweet Sixteen
  100. Tears Before Bedtime
  101. Terry & June
  102. That's My Boy
  103. Three Of A Kind
  104. Tom, Dick And Harriet
  105. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
  106. The Two Ronnies
  107. Unknown Chaplin
  108. Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
  109. Who Dares Wins...
  110. 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. The Lenny Henry Sunday Hoot!
  13. My Music
  14. My Word!
  15. The News Huddlines
  16. The News Quiz
  17. Prince Ivor
  18. Radio Active
  19. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
  20. Reuben's Oath
  21. Second Holmes
  22. The Show With No Name
  23. Son Of Cliché
  24. A Sound Of Goons
  25. There Have Always Been Starkadders At Cold Comfort Farm
  26. Thirty Minutes Worth
  27. Week Ending
  28. What Every Woman Knows
  29. 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. Educating Rita
  6. Fanny Hill
  7. Invitation To The Wedding
  8. Local Hero
  9. Loose Connections
  10. The Missionary
  11. Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl
  12. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
  13. A Shocking Accident
  14. Where Is Parsifal?
  15. Yellowbeard

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