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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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. Dad Made Me Laugh
33. Danny Robins Music Therapy
34. Daunt And Dervish
35. Development
36. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
37. The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook
38. Double Science
39. Down The Line
40. Edge Falls
41. Ed Reardon's Week
42. The Ellis And Clarke Show
43. Fabulous
44. Fags, Mags And Bags
45. Fighting Talk
46. Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
47. Four Sad Faces
48. Frank
49. The Funny Thing About Muslims
50. Genius
51. The Genuine Particle
52. Good Evening
53. The Goon Show
54. Great Lives - Joyce Grenfell
55. Growing Up With The Goons
56. Grr...The Sketch Show
57. Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows
58. Have Your Cake
59. Heresy
60. Higher
61. Hot Gossip
62. An Hour With Jon Pertwee
63. Hudson And Pepperdine Save The Planet
64. Hut 33
65. I Love Stephen Fry
66. Inspector Steine
67. It's David O'Doherty Time
68. I've Never Seen Star Wars
69. I Wish To Apologise For My Part In The Apocalypse
70. The Jason Byrne Show
71. Jest A Minute
72. John Finnemore, Apparently
73. Just A Minute
74. Kicking The Habit
75. The Ladies
76. Ladies Of Letters
77. Laughter Junkies
78. Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking
79. Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds
80. The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
81. The Leicester Comedy Festival
82. Listen Against
83. Look Away Now
84. MacAulay And Co
85. The Maltby Collection
86. Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better
87. Miranda Hart's House Party
88. Miranda Hart's Joke Shop
89. Mouth Trap
90. The Museum Of Curiosity
91. Musical Comedy Was My Dish
92. Nebulous
93. The News Quiz
94. New World Order
95. No Hard Feelings
96. The Now Show
97. The Odd Half Hour
98. One
99. On Mardle Fen
100. On The Blog
101. Operation Charlie
102. Out To Lunch
103. Pappy's Fun Club
104. The Party Line
105. The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
106. Pick Ups
107. Play And Record
108. The Playwright And The Grammarian
109. Poets' Tree
110. Political Animal
111. Potting On
112. Psmith In The City
113. Quartet
114. The Reunion: The Navy Lark
115. Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl
116. Rudy's Rare Records
117. Sarah Millican: Keep Your Chins Up
118. Says On The Tin
119. Scrooby Trevithick
120. Sean Lock And Friends At The Fringe
121. The Secret World
122. Self-Storage
123. A Series Of Psychotic Episodes
124. The Smith Lectures
125. Space Hacks
126. The Spaceship
127. Spats
128. Spending My Inheritance
129. Spike's Lookalikes
130. The Stanley Baxter Playhouse
131. Step Back In Time
132. Strangers On Trains
133. Take One Night
134. Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
135. That's No Job For An Asian
136. That Was Then, This Is Now
137. Thoroughly Modest Mollie
138. Those That Can't
139. Tilt
140. Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
141. Tina C's Election Night BBQ Special
142. Tomorrow, Today!
143. Transatlantic
144. Two Men On A Bench
145. Two Pipe Problems
146. The Unbelievable Truth
147. Undone
148. A Week With Adam Buxton
149. Wil Hodgson: Straight Outta Chippenham
150. 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