British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

British comedy in 1990

  • The first British Comedy Awards took place in this year. Winners
  • Sean Hughes won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1990

Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Drop The Dead Donkey
Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett
Have I Got News For You
Jeeves And Wooster. Image shows from L to R: Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie), Jeeves (Stephen Fry). Copyright: Picture Partnership Productions
Jeeves And Wooster
Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC
Keeping Up Appearances
One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie), Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson). Copyright: BBC
One Foot In The Grave
The Upper Hand. Image shows from L to R: Joanna Burrows (Kellie Bright), Laura West (Honor Blackman), Charlie Burrows (Joe McGann), Tom Wheatley (William Puttock), Caroline Wheatley (Diana Weston)
The Upper Hand
Waiting For God. Image shows from L to R: Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole), Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden). Copyright: BBC
Waiting For God

All new TV comedy from 1990

  1. 24 Carrott Gold
  2. Abracadigance
  3. Absolutely
  4. After Henry
  5. Arena: Oooh ER Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story
  6. An Audience With...
  7. Beadle's About
  8. Ben Elton - The Man From Auntie
  9. Birds Of A Feather
  10. A Bit Of Fry & Laurie
  11. Blankety Blank
  12. Brass
  13. Bread
  14. The British Comedy Awards
  15. Brush Strokes
  16. Canned Carrott
  17. Casino
  18. Chelmsford 123
  19. ChuckleVision
  20. City Lights
  21. Close To Home
  22. Colin's Sandwich
  23. The Comedy Store
  24. The Comic Strip Presents...
  25. Dave Allen
  26. Davro
  27. Desmond's
  28. Dizzy Heights
  29. Don't Wait Up
  30. Drop The Dead Donkey
  31. Dunrulin'
  32. El C.I.D.
  33. Frankie Howerd On Campus
  34. Freddie And Max
  35. French And Saunders
  36. French Fields
  37. The Funny Farm
  38. God On The Rocks
  39. A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit
  40. The Gravy Train
  41. The Green Man
  42. Haggard
  43. Hale And Pace
  44. Harry Enfield's Television Programme
  45. Have I Got News For You
  46. Heil Honey I'm Home!
  47. Home James!
  48. Home To Roost
  49. In Sickness & In Health
  50. Jackson Pace: The Great Years
  51. Jeeves And Wooster
  52. Joint Account
  53. Kappatoo
  54. Keeping Up Appearances
  55. Ken Dodd At The London Palladium
  56. A Kind Of Living
  57. KYTV
  58. The Labours Of Erica
  59. Last Of The Summer Wine
  60. La Triviata
  61. The Laughter Show
  62. Les And Robert
  63. Life After Life
  64. A Life In Pieces
  65. Little And Large
  66. Lovett Goes To Town
  67. Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
  68. Making Out
  69. The Mary Whitehouse Experience
  70. May To December
  71. Mick And Mac
  72. Mr. Bean
  73. Never The Twain
  74. The New Statesman
  75. Nicholas Craig's Interview Masterclass
  76. Nicholas Craig - The Naked Actor
  77. Nightingales
  78. A Night On Mount Edna
  79. No Job For A Lady
  80. Nothing Like A Royal Show!
  81. Not With A Bang
  82. Old Flames
  83. One Foot In The Grave
  84. One On Two
  85. Only Fools And Horses
  86. On The Up
  87. Paramount City
  88. Perfect Scoundrels
  89. The Piglet Files
  90. Pigsty
  91. Press Gang
  92. Rab C. Nesbitt
  93. Rita Rudner
  94. The Russ Abbot Show
  95. Scotch And Wry
  96. Scrooge - A Christmas Sarah
  97. Set Of Six
  98. Shelley
  99. The Short & Curlies
  100. Smith & Jones
  101. Spatz
  102. Spitting Image
  103. Stay Lucky
  104. Sticky Moments With Julian Clary
  105. Surgical Spirit
  106. Tales Of The Rodent Sherlock Holmes
  107. That's Love
  108. That's Showbusiness
  109. This Is David Lander
  110. The Two Of Us
  111. Tygo Road
  112. Uncle Jack...
  113. The Upper Hand
  114. Up The Garden Path
  115. Up To Something
  116. Up Yer Festival
  117. Vic Reeves Big Night Out
  118. Waiting For God
  119. Watching
  120. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  121. You Rang, M'Lord?
  122. Your Cheatin' Heart

All new radio comedy from 1990

  1. An Actor's Life For Me
  2. All The World's A Globe
  3. And Now, In Colour
  4. Arnold Brown And Company
  5. At Home With Hinge And Bracket
  6. The Beaux' Stratagem
  7. Dear Jenny, Dear Julie
  8. Flying The Flag
  9. Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel
  10. Growing Pains
  11. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  12. Jimmy's Cricket Team
  13. Just A Minute
  14. King Cutler
  15. King Street Junior
  16. Life With Lederer
  17. Little Blighty On The Down
  18. The Mary Whitehouse Experience
  19. The Million Pound Radio Show
  20. Mind Your Own Business!
  21. My Music
  22. My Uncle Freddie
  23. The News Huddlines
  24. The News Quiz
  25. Power Of Attorney
  26. Pull The Other One!
  27. The Senses
  28. The Sit Crom
  29. To Tell The Truth Laughing
  30. Uncle Mort's South Country
  31. Victor Lewis-Smith
  32. Week Ending
  33. Winston

British comedy films released in 1990

  1. I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle
  2. Killing Dad
  3. Life Is Sweet
  4. Nuns On The Run

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