British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

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. 25 Years Of The Comedy Store
  2. 2DTV
  3. Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show
  4. Absolutely Fabulous
  5. The Adam And Joe Show
  6. Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
  7. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
  8. Alter Ego
  9. Arena: The Entertainers - Drake's Progress
  10. Arena: The Entertainers - Max Bygraves - I Wanna Tell You A Story
  11. Arena: The Entertainers - Sykes And A Day
  12. The Armando Iannucci Shows
  13. Armstrong And Miller
  14. At Home With The Braithwaites
  15. Atlantis High
  16. Attention Scum
  17. An Audience With...
  18. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
  19. Baddiel's Syndrome
  20. Banzai
  21. Barbara
  22. Beast
  23. Bedtime
  24. Being Dom Joly
  25. The Best Of British
  26. Blankety Blank
  27. Bob Martin
  28. Bob & Rose
  29. Brass Eye
  30. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
  31. The Brian Conley Show
  32. The British Comedy Awards
  33. Caledonia MacBrains
  34. Can We Carry On, Girls?
  35. Chambers
  36. Chewin' The Fat
  37. ChuckleVision
  38. Chums
  39. Cold Feet
  40. Combat Sheep
  41. Comedy Store
  42. Comic Relief
  43. Coupling
  44. The Dave Gorman Collection
  45. Daydream Believers
  46. Denis Norden's Laughter File
  47. Doc Martin
  48. Doubletake
  49. Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
  50. The Fast Show
  51. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
  52. Fun At The Funeral Parlour
  53. Gimme Gimme Gimme
  54. Goodness Gracious Me
  55. The Grimleys
  56. Happiness
  57. Harry Enfield Presents...
  58. Harry Hill's TV Burp
  59. Have I Got News For You
  60. Heroes Of Comedy
  61. High Stakes
  62. Hotel!
  63. House Of Rock
  64. Hububb
  65. It's Only TV... But I Like It
  66. Jim Davidson - Close To The Edge
  67. Jimmy Carr's World Of Corporate Videos
  68. Jonathan Creek
  69. Jumpers For Goalposts
  70. Knife & Wife
  71. The Kumars At No. 42
  72. Last Of The Summer Wine
  73. Lee Evans - Different Planet Tour
  74. Lee Evans Live At Her Majesty's Theatre
  75. Lee Evans - So What Now?
  76. Lee Evans - The Ultimate Experience
  77. Legends
  78. Lenny Henry In Pieces
  79. Life As We Know It
  80. Lily Live!
  81. Linda Green
  82. London Comedy Festival
  83. Los Dos Bros
  84. Marion And Geoff
  85. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
  86. Mega Mela Malai
  87. Micawber
  88. The Mitchell And Webb Situation
  89. Model, Actress, Whatever
  90. Monarch Of The Glen
  91. Mr Charity
  92. My Family
  93. My Hero
  94. My Uncle Silas
  95. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  96. The Office
  97. Office Gossip
  98. One Foot In The Grave
  99. Only An Excuse?
  100. Only Fools And Horses
  101. Orcadia
  102. Origen's Wake
  103. 'Orrible
  104. People Like Us
  105. Perfect World
  106. Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower
  107. Pets
  108. Phoenix Nights
  109. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
  110. The RDA
  111. The Real Tommy Cooper
  112. Renegades Of Magina
  113. Revolver
  114. Rex The Runt
  115. The Richard Blackwood Show
  116. The Richard Taylor Interviews
  117. Rich Hall's Badly Funded Think Tank
  118. Rock Profile
  119. Room 101
  120. Sam's Game
  121. The Savages
  122. Shut Up And Dance
  123. The Sketch Show
  124. The Sketch Show Story
  125. The Slightly Filthy Show
  126. Smack The Pony
  127. Small Potatoes
  128. A Small Summer Party
  129. Smoke
  130. So Graham Norton
  131. Spaced
  132. Stand Up, Fall Over.... It's Lee Evans
  133. The Stand Up Show
  134. Stella Street
  135. Supergirly
  136. Swivel On The Tip
  137. Take The Mike
  138. Teachers
  139. Terri McIntyre
  140. They Think It's All Over
  141. Time Gentlemen Please
  142. Trigger Happy TV
  143. Turn The World Down
  144. TV Go Home
  145. TV To Go
  146. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
  147. The Unforgettable...
  148. Unnovations
  149. Velvet Soup
  150. We Are History
  151. 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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