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. The Generation Game
62. Get Fit With Brittas
63. Get Well Soon
64. Gobble
65. Goodnight Sweetheart
66. The Grimleys
67. grown ups
68. Hale And Pace
69. Hamish Macbeth
70. Harry Enfield & Chums
71. Harry Hill
72. Have I Got News For You
73. Heroes Of Comedy
74. The History Of Tom Jones: A Foundling
75. Holding The Baby
76. Hospital!
77. Hububb
78. I'm Alan Partridge
79. In Stitches With Daphne Doesgood
80. Introducing Tony Ferrino, Who And Why? A Quest
81. It's Ulrika!
82. Jack Dee's Sunday Service
83. The Jack Docherty Show
84. The Jasper Carrott Trial
85. Jo Brand: Like It Or Lump It
86. Jonathan Creek
87. Keeping Mum
88. King Leek
89. Klinik!
90. Knight School
91. Last Of The Summer Wine
92. A Life On The Box
93. The Life & Times Of Alf Garnett
94. Light Lunch
95. The Lily Savage Show
96. Live At Jongleurs
97. The Long Johns
98. Loved By You
99. Lust For Glorious
100. Men Behaving Badly
101. The Missing Postman
102. Mooney And Magee
103. The Mrs Merton Show
104. Mr White Goes To Westminster
105. Mr. Wymi
106. My Dad's A Boring Nerd
107. My Wonderful Life
108. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
109. Next Of Kin
110. No Sweat
111. Oh Doctor Beeching!
112. One Foot In The Grave
113. Only An Excuse?
114. Only Fools And Horses
115. Operation Good Guys
116. Paul Merton In Galton & Simpson's...
117. A Perfect State
118. The Peter Principle
119. Phil Kay Feels...
120. Pilgrim's Rest
121. Planet Mirth
122. A Prince Among Men
123. Rab C. Nesbitt
124. Red Dwarf
125. Ronnie Barker - A Life In Comedy
126. Room 101
127. Rory Bremner... Who Else?
128. Satellite City
129. The Saturday Night Armistice
130. The Secret Policeman's Ball
131. See You Friday
132. Shooting Stars
133. Sir Les And The Great Chinese Takeaway
134. Smith & Jones
135. Snap
136. Soul Music
137. Spark
138. The Stand Up Show
139. Stella Street
140. Stuff The Week
141. Sunnyside Farm
142. They Think It's All Over
143. The Tim Vine Christmas Present
144. The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon
145. TV Offal
146. Underworld
147. The Vicar Of Dibley
148. We Know Where You Live
149. Whatever Happened To... Clement & La Frenais?
150. What's Up Dockers
151. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
152. The Wild House
153. A Word With Alf
154. 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. Taking It Up The Octave
49. Talking Comedy
50. Tidal Talk From The Rockpool
51. To The Manor Born
52. Truly, Madly, Bletchley
53. Turns Of The Century
54. Week Ending
55. A Wet Handle
56. The What If Show
57. 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