British comedy in 2008

• Peep Show was Comedy Of The Year 2008 in The Comedy.co.uk Awards
• Hot Fuzz was named Best Film at the British Comedy Awards. Winners
• David O'Doherty won the Edinburgh Comedy Award
• The Wallace & Gromit special A Matter Of Loaf and Death was the most watched TV broadcast of 2008
• Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross make a prank call on Radio 2. 'Sachsgate' causes a media storm and ushers in an era of caution at the BBC. [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Brand_Show_prank_telephone_calls_row]Details[/l

Notable comedies debuting in 2008

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Cabin Pressure

Celebrity Juice

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All new TV comedy from 2008

1. 8 Out Of 10 Cats
2. After You've Gone
3. Al Murray's Happy Hour
4. The Andi Osho Show
5. Ape
6. Argumental
7. Arthur Smith's Comedy Club
8. An Audience With...
9. Barely Legal
10. Bear Behaving Badly
11. Beautiful People
12. Beehive
13. Benidorm
14. The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
15. Bike Squad
16. Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
17. Blackadder Rides Again
18. Bottom Live
19. Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
20. Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
21. Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
22. Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour
23. Bremner, Bird And Fortune
24. Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice
25. The British Comedy Awards
26. Celebrity Juice
27. Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
28. ChuckleVision
29. Clash Of The Santas
30. Clone
31. Comedy Classics
32. Comedy Connections
33. Comedy Cuts
34. Comedy Live Presents: Russell Brand And Friends
35. The Comedy Map Of Britain
36. Comedy Sketchbook
37. Comedy Songs - The Pop Years
38. Coming Of Age
39. Commercial Breakdown
40. The Cup
41. The Curse Of Steptoe
42. Dani's House
43. Dear Green Place
44. Delta Forever
45. Dolly & Laura
46. Eddie Izzard: Circle
47. Eddie Izzard: Dress To Kill
48. Empty
49. Fonejacker
50. Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
51. Frank Skinner Live At The Birmingham Hippodrome
52. Freezing
53. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
54. The Frost Report Is Back!
55. Funny Business
56. Fur TV
57. Gary's War
58. Gavin & Stacey
59. Glendogie Bogey
60. The Graham Norton Show
61. Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments
62. Greatest Comedy Catchphrases
63. Hancock And Joan
64. Harry Hill's TV Burp
65. Harry & Paul
66. Have I Got News For You
67. Headcases
68. Headwreckers
69. High Hopes
70. Honest
71. Hotel Babylon
72. Hotel Trubble
73. How Not To Live Your Life
74. Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
75. Ideal
76. Idiots Of Ants
77. I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
78. The Inbetweeners
79. The Incredible Will & Greg
80. The Invisibles
81. The IT Crowd
82. Jam & Jerusalem
83. Jesusboy And The Goatherd
84. Jimmy Carr Live: Comedian
85. Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army
86. Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
87. Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour
88. The Kevin Bishop Show
89. Kingdom
90. Lab Rats
91. Last Of The Summer Wine
92. The Late Edition
93. Laura, Ben And Him
94. Lead Balloon
95. Lee Mack Live
96. Lenny Henry.TV
97. Life Bites
98. Little Miss Jocelyn
99. Live At The Apollo
100. Love Soup
101. Lunch Monkeys
102. The Man Who Made Eric & Ernie
103. Marc Wootton Exposed
104. Mark Lawson Talks To Barry Cryer
105. Mark Lawson Talks To Galton And Simpson
106. Marty Feldman - Six Degrees Of Separation
107. Massive
108. A Matter Of Loaf And Death
109. MeeBOX
110. The Mighty Boosh
111. Mock The Week
112. Modern Toss
113. Mouth To Mouth
114. Moving Wallpaper
115. Mr And Mrs Fandango
116. Mutual Friends
117. My Family
118. Never Better
119. Never Mind The Buzzcocks
120. New Heroes Of Comedy
121. No Heroics
122. Olivia Lee's Naughty Bits
123. Omid Djalili: No Agenda
124. Only An Excuse?
125. Outnumbered
126. Pappy's Fun Club
127. Parents Of The Band
128. Peep Show
129. The Peter Serafinowicz Show
130. Placebo
131. Pulling
132. QI
133. Rab C. Nesbitt
134. Ricky Gervais: Fame
135. The Royle Family
136. Russell Brand's Ponderland
137. Scallywagga
138. School Of Comedy
139. Shameless
140. She Stoops To Conquer
141. Shooting Stars
142. The Sick Animation Show
143. Silly Money
144. Slaterwood
145. Sorry, I've Got No Head
146. Stanley Baxter: Now & Then
147. Star Stories
148. The Sunday Night Project
149. Sunshine
150. Teenage Kicks
151. Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic
152. Thank God You're Here
153. That Mitchell And Webb Look
154. Think Tank
155. Tonightly
156. Torn Up Tales
157. Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
158. Tough Gig
159. Trexx And Flipside
160. TV's Believe It Or Not
161. Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
162. The Viewing
163. The Wall
164. We Are Most Amused
165. The What In The World? Quiz
166. What The Dickens?
167. When Were We Funniest?
168. Who Is Tom Allen?
169. Wonderland: The Secret Life Of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4
170. Work Experience
171. Would I Lie To You?
172. The Wrong Door

All new radio comedy from 2008

1. 15 Minute Musical
2. 28 Acts In 28 Minutes
3. 4 At The Fringe
4. 4 Stands Up
5. Act Your Age
6. Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
7. Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
8. Alan And Jean's Incredible Journey
9. Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
10. All Bar Luke
11. Another Case Of Milton Jones
12. Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
13. As Told To Craig Brown
14. Baggage
15. Banter
16. The Big Night In...
17. The Blagger's Guide
18. Bleak Expectations
19. Blinded By Science
20. The Brightonomicon
21. Buy Me Up TV
22. Cabin Pressure
23. Carry On Britain
24. Carry On Now And Then
25. Chain Reaction
26. Clare In The Community
27. Clive Anderson's Chat Room
28. The Condensed History Of...
29. The Cornwell Estate
30. Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
31. Cowards
32. Danny Robins Music Therapy
33. Daunt And Dervish
34. Development
35. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
36. The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook
37. Double Science
38. Down The Line
39. Edge Falls
40. Ed Reardon's Week
41. The Ellis And Clarke Show
42. Fabulous
43. Fags, Mags And Bags
44. Fighting Talk
45. Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
46. Four Sad Faces
47. Frank
48. The Funny Thing About Muslims
49. Genius
50. The Genuine Particle
51. Good Evening
52. The Goon Show
53. Great Lives - Joyce Grenfell
54. Growing Up With The Goons
55. Grr...The Sketch Show
56. Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows
57. Have Your Cake
58. Heresy
59. Higher
60. Hot Gossip
61. An Hour With Jon Pertwee
62. Hudson And Pepperdine Save The Planet
63. Hut 33
64. I Love Stephen Fry
65. Inspector Steine
66. It's David O'Doherty Time
67. I've Never Seen Star Wars
68. I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
69. The Jason Byrne Show
70. Jest A Minute
71. John Finnemore, Apparently
72. Just A Minute
73. Kicking The Habit
74. The Ladies
75. Ladies Of Letters
76. Laughter Junkies
77. Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking
78. Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds
79. The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
80. The Leicester Comedy Festival
81. Listen Against
82. Look Away Now
83. MacAulay And Co
84. The Maltby Collection
85. Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better
86. Miranda Hart's House Party
87. Miranda Hart's Joke Shop
88. Mouth Trap
89. The Museum Of Curiosity
90. Musical Comedy Was My Dish
91. Nebulous
92. The News Quiz
93. New World Order
94. No Hard Feelings
95. The Now Show
96. The Odd Half Hour
97. One
98. On Mardle Fen
99. On The Blog
100. Operation Charlie
101. Out To Lunch
102. Pappy's Fun Club
103. The Party Line
104. The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
105. Pick Ups
106. Play And Record
107. The Playwright And The Grammarian
108. Poets' Tree
109. Political Animal
110. Potting On
111. Psmith In The City
112. Quartet
113. The Reunion: The Navy Lark
114. Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl
115. Rudy's Rare Records
116. Sarah Millican: Keep Your Chins Up
117. Says On The Tin
118. Scrooby Trevithick
119. Sean Lock And Friends At The Fringe
120. The Secret World
121. Self-Storage
122. A Series Of Psychotic Episodes
123. The Smith Lectures
124. Space Hacks
125. The Spaceship
126. Spats
127. Spending My Inheritance
128. Spike's Lookalikes
129. The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
130. Step Back In Time
131. Strangers On Trains
132. Take One Night
133. Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
134. That's No Job For An Asian
135. That Was Then, This Is Now
136. Thoroughly Modest Mollie
137. Those That Can't
138. Tilt
139. Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
140. Tina C's Election Night BBQ Special
141. Tomorrow, Today!
142. Transatlantic
143. Two Men On A Bench
144. Two Pipe Problems
145. The Unbelievable Truth
146. Undone
147. A Week With Adam Buxton
148. Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
149. Will Smith's Mid-life Crisis Management

British comedy films released in 2008

1. Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging
2. Bigga Than Ben
3. A Bunch Of Amateurs
4. Caught In The Act
5. The Cottage
6. Dean Spanley
7. Easy Virtue
8. The Good Night
9. Happy-Go-Lucky
10. In Your Dreams
11. Mister Lonely
12. Somers Town
13. Son Of Rambow
14. Special People
15. Three And Out
16. Wild Child