British comedy in 1997

• Only Fools And Horses was the People's Choice at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• The League of Gentlemen won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1997

Cold Feet

Comedy Store

Jonathan Creek

Ladies Of Letters

Stella Street

All new TV comedy from 1997

1. 25 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine
2. 500 Bus Stops
3. The Adam And Joe Show
4. Adam's Family Tree
5. Ain't Misbehavin'
6. All Quiet On The Preston Front
7. And Finally... Rory Bremner
8. Animal Madness
9. Ant And Dec Unzipped
10. Anyone For Pennis
11. April Fool's Day
12. Armstrong And Miller
13. As Time Goes By
14. An Audience With...
15. The Baldy Man
16. Beryl Reid Says Good Evening
17. The Best Of Les Dawson
18. Birds Of A Feather
19. Blankety Blank
20. Blind Men
21. Bloomin' Marvellous
22. Bodger & Badger
23. Brass Eye
24. Bremner, Bird And Fortune: Three Men And A Vote
25. Brian Conley's Crazy Christmas
26. Bring Me The Head Of Light Entertainment
27. The British Comedy Awards
28. The Brittas Empire
29. Captain Butler
30. Chalk
31. The Chest
32. ChuckleVision
33. Club Class
34. Cold Enough For Snow
35. Cold Feet
36. Comedians
37. The Comedy Network
38. The Comedy Slot
39. Comedy Store
40. Comic Relief
41. Commercial Breakdown
42. Common As Muck
43. Cows
44. Dad
45. Dame Edna Kisses It Better
46. Dame Edna's Work Experience
47. A Date With...
48. Denis Norden's Laughter File
49. The Detectives
50. Does China Exist?
51. Dressing For Breakfast
52. Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
53. Embassy
54. The End Of The Year Show With Angus Deayton
55. The Fast Show
56. The Film Of Reeves & Mortimer
57. The Freddie Starr Show
58. Funny Women
59. Gas
60. Gayle's World
61. Get Fit With Brittas
62. Get Well Soon
63. Gobble
64. Goodnight Sweetheart
65. The Grimleys
66. grown ups
67. Hale And Pace
68. Hamish Macbeth
69. Harry Enfield & Chums
70. Harry Hill
71. Have I Got News For You
72. Heroes Of Comedy
73. The History Of Tom Jones: A Foundling
74. Holding The Baby
75. Hospital!
76. Hububb
77. I'm Alan Partridge
78. In Stitches With Daphne Doesgood
79. Introducing Tony Ferrino, Who And Why? A Quest
80. It's Ulrika!
81. Jack Dee's Sunday Service
82. The Jack Docherty Show
83. The Jasper Carrott Trial
84. Jo Brand: Like It Or Lump It
85. Jonathan Creek
86. Keeping Mum
87. King Leek
88. Klinik!
89. Knight School
90. Last Of The Summer Wine
91. A Life On The Box
92. The Life & Times Of Alf Garnett
93. Light Lunch
94. The Lily Savage Show
95. Live At Jongleurs
96. The Long Johns
97. Loved By You
98. Lust For Glorious
99. Men Behaving Badly
100. The Missing Postman
101. Mooney And Magee
102. The Mrs Merton Show
103. Mr White Goes To Westminster
104. Mr. Wymi
105. My Dad's A Boring Nerd
106. My Wonderful Life
107. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
108. Next Of Kin
109. No Sweat
110. Oh Doctor Beeching!
111. One Foot In The Grave
112. Only An Excuse?
113. Only Fools And Horses
114. Operation Good Guys
115. Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's...
116. A Perfect State
117. The Peter Principle
118. Phil Kay Feels...
119. Pilgrim's Rest
120. Planet Mirth
121. A Prince Among Men
122. Rab C. Nesbitt
123. Red Dwarf
124. Ronnie Barker - A Life In Comedy
125. Room 101
126. Rory Bremner... Who Else?
127. Satellite City
128. The Saturday Night Armistice
129. See You Friday
130. Shooting Stars
131. Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
132. Smith & Jones
133. Snap
134. Soul Music
135. Spark
136. The Stand Up Show
137. Stella Street
138. Stuff The Week
139. Sunnyside Farm
140. They Think It's All Over
141. The Tim Vine Christmas Present
142. The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon
143. TV Offal
144. Underworld
145. The Vicar Of Dibley
146. We Know Where You Live
147. Whatever Happened To... Clement & La Frenais?
148. What's Up Dockers
149. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
150. The Wild House
151. A Word With Alf
152. Wyrd Sisters

All new radio comedy from 1997

1. The (Almost) Accidental Adventures Of Bell And Todd
2. As Time Goes By
3. Ballylenon
4. Blue Jam
5. Capital Gains
6. The Cheese Shop Presents: The Butter Factor
7. Chewin' The Fat
8. Control Group Six
9. The Cookbook Of Apicius
10. Dinner Ladies
11. Do Go On
12. Double Dribble
13. Dry Slopes
14. Facts And Fancies
15. Girlies
16. Goodness Gracious Me
17. Grievous Bodily Radio
18. Harry Hill's Fruit Corner
19. The House Of The Spirit Levels
20. How To Beat Sir Humphrey
21. The Iguanodon
22. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
23. In The Balance
24. The Jasper Carrott Trial
25. Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
26. Just A Minute
27. King Street Junior
28. Ladies Of Letters
29. The League Against Tedium
30. Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
31. The Mahaffys
32. Mammon
33. The News Huddlines
34. The News Quiz
35. Next Time We Might Play Better
36. North East Of Eden
37. The Oldest Member
38. On Baby Street
39. On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen
40. People Like Us
41. Protesting Too Much
42. Rent
43. Shelley
44. The Shuttleworths
45. Singular Women
46. The Skivers
47. Stand Up Two
48. Talking Comedy
49. Tidal Talk From The Rockpool
50. To The Manor Born
51. Truly, Madly, Bletchley
52. Turns Of The Century
53. Week Ending
54. A Wet Handle
55. The What If Show
56. Willie's Wake - Celebration Of The Talents Of Willie Rushton

British comedy films released in 1997

1. Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
2. Career Girls
3. Caught In The Act
4. Fever Pitch
5. Fierce Creatures
6. The Full Monty
7. Keep The Aspidistra Flying
8. A Life Less Ordinary
9. Preaching To The Perverted
10. Remember Me?
11. Shooting Fish
12. Small Time
13. Spice World
14. Twin Town