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. The Gravy Train
  40. The Green Man
  41. Haggard
  42. Hale And Pace
  43. Harry Enfield's Television Programme
  44. Have I Got News For You
  45. Heil Honey I'm Home!
  46. Home James!
  47. Home To Roost
  48. In Sickness & In Health
  49. Jackson Pace: The Great Years
  50. Jeeves And Wooster
  51. Joint Account
  52. Kappatoo
  53. Keeping Up Appearances
  54. Ken Dodd At The London Palladium
  55. A Kind Of Living
  56. KYTV
  57. The Labours Of Erica
  58. Last Of The Summer Wine
  59. La Triviata
  60. The Laughter Show
  61. Les And Robert
  62. Life After Life
  63. A Life In Pieces
  64. Little And Large
  65. Lovett Goes To Town
  66. Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
  67. Making Out
  68. The Mary Whitehouse Experience
  69. May To December
  70. Mick And Mac
  71. Mr. Bean
  72. Never The Twain
  73. The New Statesman
  74. Nicholas Craig's Interview Masterclass
  75. Nicholas Craig - The Naked Actor
  76. Nightingales
  77. A Night On Mount Edna
  78. No Job For A Lady
  79. Nothing Like A Royal Show!
  80. Not With A Bang
  81. Old Flames
  82. One Foot In The Grave
  83. One On Two
  84. Only Fools And Horses
  85. On The Up
  86. Paramount City
  87. Perfect Scoundrels
  88. The Piglet Files
  89. Pigsty
  90. Press Gang
  91. Rab C. Nesbitt
  92. Rita Rudner
  93. The Russ Abbot Show
  94. Scotch And Wry
  95. Scrooge - A Christmas Sarah
  96. Set Of Six
  97. Shelley
  98. The Short & Curlies
  99. Smith & Jones
  100. Spatz
  101. Spitting Image
  102. Stay Lucky
  103. Sticky Moments With Julian Clary
  104. Surgical Spirit
  105. Tales Of The Rodent Sherlock Holmes
  106. That's Love
  107. That's Showbusiness
  108. This Is David Lander
  109. The Two Of Us
  110. Tygo Road
  111. Uncle Jack...
  112. The Upper Hand
  113. Up The Garden Path
  114. Up To Something
  115. Up Yer Festival
  116. Vic Reeves Big Night Out
  117. Waiting For God
  118. Watching
  119. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  120. You Rang, M'Lord?
  121. 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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