British Comedy Guide

British comedy in 1985

  • Theatre De Complicité won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1985

All new TV comedy from 1985

  1. Absurd Person Singular
  2. Affairs Of The Heart
  3. Alas Smith & Jones
  4. All In Good Faith
  5. 'Allo 'Allo!
  6. American Carrott
  7. And There's More
  8. Are You Being Served?
  9. Arthur And Phil Go Off...
  10. Assaulted Nuts
  11. An Audience With...
  12. Barnet
  13. The Beiderbecke Affair
  14. The Benny Hill Show
  15. Big Deal
  16. Blankety Blank
  17. Blott On The Landscape
  18. Bobby Davro On The Box
  19. The Bob Monkhouse Show
  20. Bottle Boys
  21. A Break Of Wind
  22. The Bright Side
  23. The Brothers McGregor
  24. Cabaret
  25. Cannon And Ball
  26. Charters And Caldicott
  27. The Comedians
  28. Cool It
  29. Copy Cats
  30. A Dabble With Digance
  31. Dave Allen
  32. Don't Wait Up
  33. Dutch Girls
  34. Emma Thompson: Up For Grabs
  35. Favourite Things: Les Dawson
  36. The Freddie Starr Comedy Express
  37. Fresh Fields
  38. From The Top
  39. The Front Line
  40. Full House
  41. The Funny Side
  42. Galloping Galaxies!
  43. Game For A Laugh
  44. The Gender Gap
  45. Girls On Top
  46. Happy Families
  47. Hi-De-Hi!
  48. Hilary
  49. Home To Roost
  50. In Sickness & In Health
  51. Inside Out
  52. I Woke Up One Morning
  53. The Joke Machine
  54. Keith And Orville's Christmas Circus
  55. The Keith Harris Show
  56. Kelly Monteith In One
  57. Kelly's Eye
  58. The Kenny Everett Television Show
  59. The Krankies Elektronik Komik
  60. Lame Ducks
  61. The Last Laugh Before TV-am
  62. Last Of The Summer Wine
  63. The Laughter Show
  64. Leaving
  65. The Lenny Henry Show
  66. Little And Large
  67. Live From Her Majesty's
  68. Love's Labour's Lost
  69. Malc Up Market
  70. Mann's Best Friends
  71. Mapp & Lucia
  72. Marjorie And Men
  73. Me & My Girl
  74. Mighty Moments From World History
  75. Minder
  76. The Mistress
  77. Mog
  78. Moving
  79. The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
  80. The New Statesman
  81. No Problem!
  82. Only Fools And Horses
  83. Open All Hours
  84. The Optimist
  85. Relative Strangers
  86. Roll Over Beethoven
  87. Russ Abbot's Madhouse
  88. Scene: Victoria Wood: A Personal View
  89. Scotch And Wry
  90. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole
  91. Sharon And Elsie
  92. Shine On Harvey Moon
  93. Sorry!
  94. South Of The Border
  95. Spitting Image
  96. Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper
  97. Super Gran
  98. Tandoori Nights
  99. Terry & June
  100. That's My Boy
  101. There Comes A Time...
  102. Three Up, Two Down
  103. Troubles & Strife
  104. The Two Ronnies
  105. Up Our Street
  106. Up The Elephant And Round The Castle
  107. Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
  108. Walking The Planks
  109. What A Carry On
  110. Who Dares Wins...

All new radio comedy from 1985

  1. After Henry
  2. Anything Legal
  3. The Bigger They Are
  4. Blandings On Radio 4
  5. Delve Special
  6. Frank Muir Goes Into...
  7. The Good Human Guide
  8. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  9. In One Ear
  10. In Other Words.... The Bodgers
  11. Just A Minute
  12. Just Williams
  13. King Street Junior
  14. The Million Pound Radio Show
  15. My Music
  16. My Word!
  17. The News Huddlines
  18. The News Quiz
  19. Nineteen Ninety-Four
  20. Odysseus On An Iceberg
  21. A Proper Charlie
  22. Radio Active
  23. The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket
  24. Son Of Cliché
  25. Week Ending
  26. The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere
  27. The Wow Show

British comedy films released in 1985

  1. Brazil
  2. The Frog Prince
  3. The Girl In The Picture
  4. Morons From Outer Space
  5. My Beautiful Laundrette
  6. No Surrender
  7. Restless Natives
  8. Shadey
  9. The Supergrass
  10. Turtle Diary
  11. Water

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