British comedy in 1999

• Sacha Baron Cohen was named Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• Al Murray won the Edinburgh Comedy Award

Notable comedies debuting in 1999

Alistair McGowan's Big Impression

Bremner, Bird And Fortune

Chewin' The Fat

High Hopes

My Parents Are Aliens

Sooty Heights

All new TV comedy from 1999

1. The 11 O'Clock Show
2. 2point4 Children
3. 40 Years Of Freddie Starr
4. The Adam And Joe Show
5. Adam Bloom: Beyond A Joke
6. Adam's Family Tree
7. Ali G's Alternative Christmas Message
8. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
9. All Aboard The Cat Bus
10. All Along The Watchtower
11. Angry Kid
12. Armstrong And Miller
13. An Audience With...
14. Babes In The Wood
15. Bang, Bang, It's Reeves And Mortimer
16. Barbara
17. Barmy Aunt Boomerang
18. The Beginner's Guide To Being Funny
19. The Best Of British
20. Blankety Blank
21. Bodger & Badger
22. Bostock's Cup
23. Boyz Unlimited
24. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
25. The British Comedy Awards
26. Brotherly Love
27. Chewin' The Fat
28. ChuckleVision
29. Cold Feet
30. Comedy Nation
31. The Comedy Network
32. Comedy Store
33. Comic Relief
34. Comin' Atcha
35. Coming Soon
36. Commercial Breakdown
37. The Crazy World Of Joe Pasquale
38. Dad
39. Dark Ages
40. Days Like These
41. Denis Norden's Laughter File
42. dinnerladies
43. Dr. Willoughby
44. Either/Or
45. The Entertainer
46. The Estate Agents
47. Families At War
48. The Fast Show
49. The Flint Street Nativity
50. Focus North
51. French And Saunders
52. From Spam To Sperm
53. Funny Turns
54. Funny Women
55. The Generation Game
56. Giggly Bitz!
57. Gimme Gimme Gimme
58. Golden Years
59. Goodness Gracious Me
60. Goodnight Sweetheart
61. Grafters
62. The Grimleys
63. Harry And Cosh
64. Harry Enfield Presents...
65. Harry Hill
66. Have I Got News For You
67. Haywire
68. Heart & Sole
69. Henry Rollins: Live And Ripped In London
70. Heroes Of Comedy
71. High Hopes
72. Hippies
73. A History Of Alternative Comedy
74. Honky Sausages
75. How Do You Want Me?
76. Hububb
77. Hunting Venus
78. If I Ruled The World
79. It's Only TV... But I Like It
80. It's... The Monty Python Story
81. Jack Dee Live In London
82. Jackie Mason: The People's Champion
83. Jason Byrne Is Twiggy No Branch
84. Jasper Carrott - Back To The Front
85. Jim Davidson - A Bit Further
86. Jim Davidson - A Bit Further Still
87. The Jim Tavaré Show
88. Joe's Pop Shop
89. Jonathan Creek
90. Just A Minute
91. Kiss Me Kate
92. Ladies And Gentlemen Jo Brand
93. Last Of The Summer Wine
94. The Last Salute
95. Laughter In The House: The Story Of British Sitcom
96. The League Of Gentlemen
97. Lee Evans Live From The West End
98. The Lenny Beige Television Show
99. Let Them Eat Cake
100. Los Dos Bros
101. Lucky Bag
102. Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
103. Mad Mack
104. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
105. Microsoap
106. The Morwenna Banks Show
107. Mrs Merton & Malcolm
108. Murder Most Horrid
109. My Parents Are Aliens
110. The Mystery Of Men
111. My Wonderful Life
112. The National Theatre Of Brent Presents...
113. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
114. Only An Excuse?
115. Operation Good Guys
116. Passion Killers
117. People Like Us
118. Polterguests
119. Pornorama
120. Pythonland
121. Rab C. Nesbitt
122. Red Dwarf
123. Renford Rejects
124. The Revengers' Comedies
125. Rex The Runt
126. The Richard Blackwood Show
127. Rock Profile
128. Roger Roger
129. Room 101
130. Rory Bremner: The Blair Essentials
131. The Royle Family
132. Satellite City
133. The Saturday Night Armistice
134. S Club 7
135. Sermon From St Albion's
136. Sex 'N' Death
137. Shadows Of Reflections
138. Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
139. Smack The Pony
140. Small Potatoes
141. So Graham Norton
142. Sooty Heights
143. Spaced
144. The Stand Up Show
145. Starting Out
146. There's Something About...
147. They Think It's All Over
148. This Morning With Richard Not Judy
149. Tottenham 2
150. Unfinished Business
151. Vent
152. The Vicar Of Dibley
153. The Victoria Wood Special - Wetty Hainthropp Investigates
154. West Heath Yard
155. Whatever
156. Wilmot
157. Wonderful You

All new radio comedy from 1999

1. 4 At The Store
2. The Adventures Of John And Tony
3. Aladdin, The Chinese Laundry Boy
4. Angus Deayton's History Of Alternative Comedy
5. As Time Goes By
6. The Attractive Young Rabbi
7. Ballylenon
8. Bangers And Mash
9. Blue Jam
10. Bristow
11. Canned Heat
12. Chambers
13. The Cheese Shop Presents: The Butter Factor
14. The Circle
15. Coming Alive
16. Dear Joyce.... Dear Ginnie
17. Do Go On
18. Fat Chance
19. For One Horrible Moment
20. Full Moon
21. The Galton And Simpson Playhouse
22. Greywing
23. The Griff Rhys Jones Show
24. Heated Rollers
25. H-H-H-Happy Birthday Hancock
26. How Tickled Am I?
27. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
28. In Conversation With
29. In The End
30. It's Been A Bad Week
31. Just A Minute
32. Just Juliette
33. King Of Bath
34. Ladies Of Letters
35. Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue
36. Like They've Never Been Gone
37. Love 40-New Balls Please
38. Mammon
39. Man Of Soup
40. The Mark Steel Lecture
41. Married
42. Mel And Sue's Comedy Breakdown
43. The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes
44. The News Huddlines
45. The News Quiz
46. No Commitments
47. The Now Show
48. Old Dog And The Partridge
49. The Oldest Member
50. Old Harry's Game
51. The Patrick And Maureen Maybe Music Experience
52. Quando, Quando, Quando
53. Routemasters
54. Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High
55. Sean Lock's 15 Minutes Of Misery
56. Sharing Fatman
57. The Smith Lectures
58. Son Of Santa
59. Sorry About Last Night
60. Stockport, So Good They Named It Once
61. The Sunday Format
62. Talking Comedy
63. That Reminds Me
64. Travels With My Anti-Semitism
65. Truly, Madly, Bletchley
66. The Uncertainty Principle
67. The Very World Of Milton Jones
68. The Vicar Of Wakefield
69. The Way It Is
70. The World As We Know It
71. World Of Pub
72. You Won't Believe This But

British comedy films released in 1999

1. 8½ Women
2. Beautiful People
3. East Is East
4. Fanny & Elvis
5. Gregory's Two Girls
6. Guest House Paradiso
7. Human Traffic
8. An Ideal Husband
9. An Ideal Husband
10. Little Voice
11. Mad Cows
12. Notting Hill
13. Orphans
14. Parting Shots
15. Plunkett & Macleane
16. The Secret Laughter Of Women
17. Shakespeare In Love
18. Swing
19. Tea With Mussolini
20. This Year's Love
21. Waking Ned