British comedy in 2005

• Little Britain was best TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• Laura Solon won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
• Ronnie Barker died in this year
• The first episode of The Ricky Gervais Show was launched as a podcast in December. It'd soon break podcast records

Notable comedies debuting in 2005

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Another Case Of Milton Jones

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Ed Reardon's Week

Ideal

Mock The Week

The Green Green Grass

The Thick Of It

All new TV comedy from 2005

1. 10:96
2. 18 Stone Of Idiot
3. 25 Years Of The Comedy Store
4. 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
5. 29 Minutes Of Fame
6. 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches
7. 8 Out Of 10 Cats
8. Absolutely Fabulous
9. Absolute Power
10. According To Bex
11. And It's Goodnight From Him: A Tribute To Ronnie Barker
12. Arena: Galton And Simpson
13. As Time Goes By
14. An Audience With...
15. Baddiel And Skinner Unplanned
16. Badly Dubbed Porn
17. Balls Of Steel
18. The Basil Brush Show
19. A Bear's Tail
20. The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
21. Bill Bailey: Part Troll
22. Blackout
23. Blessed
24. Blue/Orange
25. The Booze Cruise
26. Bo' Selecta!
27. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
28. The British Comedy Awards
29. Broken News
30. Bromwell High
31. Carrie & Barry
32. The Catherine Tate Show
33. Chewin' The Fat
34. ChuckleVision
35. The Comedians' Comedian
36. Comedy Connections
37. Comedy Heroes
38. Comic Relief
39. The Comic Side Of 7 Days
40. The Comic Strip Presents...
41. Creature Comforts
42. The Crouches
43. Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol
44. Dead Man Weds
45. Dead Ringers
46. Denis Norden's Laughter File
47. Diamond Geezer
48. Distant Shores
49. Doc Martin
50. Doc Martin: Behind The Scenes
51. Don't Watch That Watch This
52. Extras
53. Fact Hunt
54. Fat Friends
55. Foley & McColl: This Way Up
56. French And Saunders
57. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
58. Funland
59. The Generation Game
60. The Giblet Boys
61. Glenn Wool: What's The Story?
62. Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
63. The Green Green Grass
64. Grumpy Old Women
65. Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard
66. Harry Hill's TV Burp
67. Have I Got News For You
68. Heartless
69. Help
70. Help! I'm A Teenage Outlaw
71. He Says, She Says
72. High Hopes
73. High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman
74. How To Start Your Own Country
75. Ideal
76. I'm Spazticus
77. I'm With Stupid
78. Jeff Green: Back From The Bewilderness
79. The Joan Rivers Position
80. The Karen Dunbar Show
81. The Keith Barret Show
82. The Kumars At No. 42
83. The Last Detective
84. The Last Laugh
85. Last Of The Summer Wine
86. The Late Edition
87. Lee Evans: Wired And Wonderful - Live At Wembley
88. The Lenny Henry Show
89. Little Britain
90. Live At The Apollo
91. Look Around You
92. Love Soup
93. Lucas And Walliams: The Early Years
94. Man Stroke Woman
95. Marigold
96. Meet The Magoons
97. The Mighty Boosh
98. Mike Bassett: Manager
99. Mock The Week
100. Modern Toss
101. Monarch Of The Glen
102. Monkey Dust
103. Monkey Trousers
104. My Family
105. My Hero
106. My Parents Are Aliens
107. Nathan Barley
108. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
109. Nighty Night
110. Not The Royal Wedding
111. Not Tonight With John Sergeant
112. Only An Excuse?
113. Peep Show
114. Perfect Day
115. Pete And Dud: The Lost Tapes
116. Peter Kay - The Early Years
117. Pritch And Panch Do The Cinderfella Experience
118. QI
119. Return Of The Goodies
120. The Robinsons
121. Room 101
122. Ross Noble: Sonic Waffle
123. Sensitive Skin
124. Shakespeare's Happy Endings
125. Shameless
126. Shoot The Writers!
127. Skin Deep
128. The Smoking Room
129. Speeding
130. Spoons
131. Still Game
132. The Sunday Night Project
133. Supernova
134. Swinging
135. They Think It's All Over
136. The Thick Of It
137. Tittybangbang
138. Toju
139. Twisted Tales
140. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
141. The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
142. The Unknown Hancock
143. The Unseen...
144. The Vicar Of Dibley
145. Vic Reeves's Best And Worst Of God
146. Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute
147. Whatever
148. What's The Problem? With Anne Robinson
149. William And Mary
150. World Shut Your Mouth
151. The Worst Week Of My Life

All new radio comedy from 2005

1. 15 Minute Musical
2. Another Case Of Milton Jones
3. The Ape That Got Lucky
4. Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
5. Baggage
6. Banter
7. Be Prepared
8. The Blagger's Guide
9. Boothby Graffoe In No Particular Order
10. Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture
11. The Brothers
12. Chain Reaction
13. Clare In The Community
14. Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio
15. The Comedy Album Show
16. Comic To Comic
17. The Consultants
18. Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
19. Dad Made Me Laugh
20. Dave Podmore
21. Dead Ringers
22. Deep Trouble
23. The Department
24. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
25. Eddie Izzard: Circle
26. Ed Reardon's Week
27. Fighting Talk
28. The Flight Of The Conchords
29. Francophile Namesakes
30. Genius
31. Gilbert Without Sullivan
32. Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
33. The Green Guide To Relationships
34. Heresy
35. High Table, Lower Orders
36. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
37. The Hudson And Pepperdine Show
38. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
39. In Search Of Mornington Crescent
40. It's Been A Bad Week
41. Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet
42. Just A Minute
43. Just Plain Gardening
44. King Street Junior
45. The Late Mrs Buggins
46. Lee Mack And Friends At The Fringe
47. The Lee Mack Show
48. Lenin Of The Rovers
49. Mark Thomas Presents
50. Mastering The Universe
51. The Milk Run
52. The Mitch Benn Music Show
53. The Museum Of Everything
54. Nebulous
55. The News Quiz
56. No Commitments
57. The Now Show
58. Old Harry's Game
59. The Papers Of A J Wentworth (Ret'd)
60. Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections
61. The Party Line
62. The Pickerskill Detentions
63. Pleased To Meet You
64. Political Animal
65. The Problem With Adam Bloom
66. Radio 9
67. The Reunion: Not The Nine O'Clock News
68. Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends
69. Seems Like A Nice Boy - The Story Of Larry Grayson
70. Serious About Comedy
71. Six Characters In Search Of An Answer
72. The Smith Lectures
73. Snap
74. The Spaceship
75. The Straight Man
76. Street And Lane
77. That Mitchell & Webb Sound
78. Think The Unthinkable
79. Three Off The Tee
80. Tina C's Tiny Island Tour
81. Trapped
82. Trevor's World Of Sport
83. The Unofficial Election
84. Waterloo Sunset
85. Weak At The Top
86. What A Carve Up!
87. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
88. Whispers

British comedy films released in 2005

1. The Best Man
2. Colour Me Kubrick
3. Festival
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
5. It's All Gone Pete Tong
6. Keeping Mum
7. Kinky Boots
8. The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
9. Millions
10. Mrs Henderson Presents
11. Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont
12. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit