British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
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British comedy in 2001

  • Johnny Vegas was Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
  • The Garth Marenghi team won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
  • The Office made a lowkey debut on the BBC in this year
  • Over 21 million viewers tuned in for the return of Only Fools And Horses

Notable comedies debuting in 2001

2DTV. Copyright: London Weekend Television
2DTV
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)
Dave Podmore
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Jonathan Ross
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Harry Hill's TV Burp. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Just William - Live!. Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions
Just William - Live!
Teachers. Simon Casey (Andrew Lincoln). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Teachers
The Kumars At No. 42. Image shows from L to R: Ummi (Meera Syal), Sanjeev Kumar (Sanjeev Bhaskar), Dad (Vincent Ebrahim), Mum (Indira Joshi). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
The Kumars At No. 42
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Kathryn Drysdale), Jonny Keogh (Ralf Little), Donna Henshaw (Natalie Casey), Janet (Sheridan Smith), Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson (Will Mellor). Copyright: BBC
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

All new TV comedy from 2001

  1. 2DTV
  2. Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show
  3. Absolutely Fabulous
  4. The Adam And Joe Show
  5. Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
  6. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
  7. Alter Ego
  8. Arena: The Entertainers - Drake's Progress
  9. Arena: The Entertainers - Max Bygraves - I Wanna Tell You A Story
  10. Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day
  11. The Armando Iannucci Shows
  12. Armstrong And Miller
  13. At Home With The Braithwaites
  14. Atlantis High
  15. Attention Scum
  16. An Audience With...
  17. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
  18. Baddiel's Syndrome
  19. Banzai
  20. Barbara
  21. Beast
  22. Bedtime
  23. Being Dom Joly
  24. The Best Of British
  25. Blankety Blank
  26. Bob Martin
  27. Bob & Rose
  28. Brass Eye
  29. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
  30. The Brian Conley Show
  31. The British Comedy Awards
  32. Caledonia MacBrains
  33. Can We Carry On, Girls?
  34. Chambers
  35. Chewin' The Fat
  36. ChuckleVision
  37. Chums
  38. Cold Feet
  39. Combat Sheep
  40. Comedy Store
  41. Comic Relief
  42. Coupling
  43. The Dave Gorman Collection
  44. Daydream Believers
  45. Denis Norden's Laughter File
  46. Doubletake
  47. Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
  48. The Fast Show
  49. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
  50. Fun At The Funeral Parlour
  51. Gimme Gimme Gimme
  52. Goodness Gracious Me
  53. The Grimleys
  54. Happiness
  55. Harry Enfield Presents...
  56. Harry Hill's TV Burp
  57. Have I Got News For You
  58. Heroes Of Comedy
  59. High Stakes
  60. Hotel!
  61. House Of Rock
  62. Hububb
  63. It's Only TV... But I Like It
  64. Jim Davidson - Close To The Edge
  65. Jimmy Carr's World Of Corporate Videos
  66. Jonathan Creek
  67. Jumpers For Goalposts
  68. Knife & Wife
  69. The Kumars At No. 42
  70. Last Of The Summer Wine
  71. Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour
  72. Lee Evans Live At Her Majesty's Theatre
  73. Lee Evans - So What Now?
  74. Lee Evans - The Ultimate Experience
  75. Legends
  76. Lenny Henry In Pieces
  77. Life As We Know It
  78. Lily Live!
  79. Linda Green
  80. London Comedy Festival
  81. Los Dos Bros
  82. Marion And Geoff
  83. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
  84. Mega Mela Malai
  85. Micawber
  86. The Mitchell And Webb Situation
  87. Model, Actress, Whatever
  88. Monarch Of The Glen
  89. Mr Charity
  90. My Family
  91. My Hero
  92. My Uncle Silas
  93. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  94. The Office
  95. Office Gossip
  96. One Foot In The Grave
  97. Only An Excuse?
  98. Only Fools And Horses
  99. Orcadia
  100. Origen's Wake
  101. 'Orrible
  102. People Like Us
  103. Perfect World
  104. Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower
  105. Pets
  106. Phoenix Nights
  107. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
  108. The RDA
  109. The Real Tommy Cooper
  110. Renegades Of Magina
  111. Revolver
  112. Rex The Runt
  113. The Richard Blackwood Show
  114. The Richard Taylor Interviews
  115. Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank
  116. Rock Profile
  117. Room 101
  118. Sam's Game
  119. The Savages
  120. Shut Up And Dance
  121. The Sketch Show
  122. The Sketch Show Story
  123. The Slightly Filthy Show
  124. Smack The Pony
  125. Small Potatoes
  126. A Small Summer Party
  127. Smoke
  128. So Graham Norton
  129. Spaced
  130. Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
  131. The Stand Up Show
  132. Stella Street
  133. Supergirly
  134. Swivel On The Tip
  135. Take The Mike
  136. Teachers
  137. Terri McIntyre
  138. They Think It's All Over
  139. Time Gentlemen Please
  140. Trigger Happy TV
  141. Turn The World Down
  142. TV Go Home
  143. TV To Go
  144. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
  145. The Unforgettable...
  146. Unnovations
  147. Velvet Soup
  148. We Are History
  149. World Of Pub

All new radio comedy from 2001

  1. 4 At The Store
  2. The 99p Challenge
  3. Absolute Power
  4. Acropolis Now
  5. All The Young Dudes
  6. At Home With The Snails
  7. Best Sellers: The Life And Times Of Peter Sellers
  8. The Big Booth
  9. The Big Town All Stars
  10. The Boosh
  11. Brian Appleton's History Of Rock 'n' Roll
  12. The Change
  13. Cold Comfort Farm
  14. Comedians' Comedians
  15. Comedian's Goons
  16. Comic Fringes
  17. Coming Alive
  18. Creme De La Crime
  19. Dave Podmore
  20. Dead Ringers
  21. Double Income, No Kids Yet
  22. Fringe Cuts
  23. Genevieve
  24. Getting Nowhere Fast
  25. Goon Again
  26. The Griff Rhys Jones Show
  27. The Hare Lane Diaries
  28. Hats Off
  29. How Tickled Am I?
  30. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
  31. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
  32. In Conversation With
  33. The In Crowd
  34. Innes Own World
  35. I Think I've Got A Problem
  36. It's Been A Bad Week
  37. Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation
  38. Just A Minute
  39. Just Before Goonrise
  40. Just William - Live!
  41. Kenny Everett: The BBC Local Radio Years
  42. Ladies Of Letters
  43. Late
  44. The Leopard In Autumn
  45. Like They've Never Been Gone
  46. Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
  47. Little Britain
  48. Losers
  49. The Mark Steel Lecture
  50. Married
  51. Millport
  52. Miss Kilmansegg & Her Precious Leg
  53. The Motion Show
  54. The News Huddlines
  55. The News Quiz
  56. No Commitments
  57. The Now Show
  58. Old Harry's Game
  59. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
  60. Revolting People
  61. The Right Time
  62. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
  63. Romantic Friction
  64. Say The Word
  65. Six Geese A Laying
  66. Smelling Of Roses
  67. The Smith Lectures
  68. Stand Ups And Strumpets
  69. Steven Appleby's Normal Life
  70. The Sunday Format
  71. Tales From The Tower
  72. Talking Comedy
  73. That Reminds Me
  74. Think The Unthinkable
  75. Thou Art Awful ... But I Like Thee
  76. Two Doors Down
  77. The Very World Of Milton Jones
  78. The Way It Is
  79. A Whole 'Nother Story

British comedy films released in 2001

  1. Arthur's Dyke
  2. Blow Dry
  3. Born Romantic
  4. Bridget Jones's Diary
  5. Crush
  6. Dog Eat Dog
  7. Greenfingers
  8. High Heels And Low Lifes
  9. Jump Tomorrow
  10. Late Night Shopping
  11. Lucky Break
  12. Mean Machine
  13. Mike Bassett: England Manager
  14. The Parole Officer
  15. What's Cooking?
  16. When Brendan Met Trudy

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