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BBC Comedies
This page lists the comedies broadcast on these stations...
- BBC Choice
- BBC Four
- BBC Home Service
- BBC Light Programme
- BBC One
- BBC One Scotland
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC Radio 3
- BBC Radio 4
- BBC Radio 5 (Old)
- BBC Radio 7
- BBC Three
- BBC Two
British Comedy Broadcast By BBC
Important note: we have currently only input channel details for about a 1/3 of the comedies in our database and thus this list of BBC comedies is unlikley to be complete. We are slowly-but-surely working towards providing a more comprehensive list - please bear with us.
- 'Allo 'Allo! (BBC1)
- 15 Minute Musical (Radio 4)
- 15 Storeys High (BBC Choice)
- 4 At The Fringe (Radio 4)
- 4 Stands Up (Radio 4)
- A Bit Of Fry And Laurie (BBC2)
- A Gentleman's Club (BBC2)
- A Girl's Best Friend (BBC1)
- A Kick Up the Eighties (BBC2)
- A Roof Over My Head (BBC1)
- A Series Of Psychotic Episodes (Radio 7)
- A Slight Case Of... (BBC2)
- A Small Problem (BBC2)
- A Small Summer Party (BBC2)
- A Touch of Spice (BBC1)
- A Week With Adam Buxton (Radio 4)
- A World of his Own (BBC1)
- A. P. Herbert's Misleading Cases (BBC1)
- Abigail And Roger (BBC1)
- According to Bex (BBC1)
- Act Your Age (Radio 4)
- AD/BC - A Rock Opera (BBC3)
- Admin (BBC3)
- Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull, The (BBC1)
- After You've Gone (BBC1)
- Alan Carr's Comedy Outings (Radio 2)
- Alan Davies Show, The (Radio 4)
- Alan Parker's 29 Minutes of Truth (Radio 1)
- All Along The Watchtower (BBC1)
- All Bar Luke (Radio 4)
- All Gas And Gaiters (BBC1)
- All Quiet On The Preston Front (BBC1)
- All The Young Dudes (Radio 4)
- Altered Egos (Radio 4)
- An Actor's Life For Me (BBC1)
- Another Case Of Milton Jones (Radio 4)
- Armando Iannucci (Radio 1)
- Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (Radio 4)
- Armstrong & Miller Show, The (BBC1)
- Artful Dodger, The (BBC1)
- As Good Cooks Go (BBC1)
- Atletico Partick (BBC1)
- B-And-B (BBC1)
- Bachelor Father (BBC1)
- Barely Legal (BBC3)
- Barney is my Darling (BBC1)
- BBC Backchat (Radio 7)
- Bearded Ladies (Radio 4)
- Beautiful People (BBC2)
- Beggar My Neighbour (BBC1)
- Big Jim and the Figaro Club (BBC2)
- Big Night In..., The (Radio 4)
- Big Noise, The (BBC1)
- Big Train (BBC2)
- Birds Of A Feather (BBC1)
- Birds On The Wing (BBC1)
- Black And Blue (BBC1)
- Blagger's Guide, The (Radio 2)
- Blandings Castle (BBC1)
- Bleak Expectations (Radio 4)
- Blinded By Science (Radio 4)
- Bloomers (BBC2)
- Bold As Brass (BBC1)
- Bootle Saddles (BBC2)
- Botley (Radio 7)
- Bread (BBC1)
- Broken Arts (Radio 4)
- Brothers In Law (BBC1)
- Buy Me Up TV (Radio 2)
- Cabaret Upstairs (Radio 4)
- Cabin Pressure (Radio 4)
- Call Me Sam (BBC1)
- Carrie & Barry (BBC1)
- Casanova '73 (BBC1)
- Castle, The (Radio 4)
- Chalk (BBC1)
- Channel Swimmer, The (BBC1)
- Charge! (BBC1)
- Charley's Grants (BBC2)
- Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC4)
- Clairvoyant, The (BBC2)
- Clare In The Community (Radio 4)
- Climber, The (BBC1)
- Clone (BBC3)
- Colin's Sandwich (BBC2)
- Come Back Mrs Noah (BBC1)
- Comedy Connections (BBC2)
- Comedy Map of Britain, The (BBC2)
- Coming Home (BBC1)
- Coming Of Age (BBC3)
- Commercial Breakdown (BBC1)
- Concrete Cow (Radio 4)
- Cookbook of Apicius, The (Radio 4)
- Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (Radio 4)
- Cowards (Radio 4)
- Cowards, The (BBC4)
- Cup, The (BBC2)
- Dad (BBC1)
- Dani's House (BBC1)
- Danny Robins Music Therapy (Radio 4)
- Dara O'Briain Live At The Theatre Royal (BBC2)
- Dear Green Place (BBC1 Scot)
- Deep Trouble (Radio 4)
- Delta Forever (BBC3)
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Radio 4)
- Divided We Stand (BBC1)
- Doctor At The Top (BBC1)
- Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy (BBC2)
- Don't Tell Father (BBC1)
- Don't Wait Up (BBC1)
- Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook, The (Radio 4)
- Doon Your Way (Radio 4)
- Double First (BBC1)
- Double Science (Radio 4)
- Ed Reardon's Week (Radio 4)
- Edge Falls (Radio 4)
- Elementary, My Dear Watson (BBC1)
- Elephants To Catch Eels (Radio 4)
- Emery Presents (BBC1)
- Ever Decreasing Circles (BBC1)
- Every Silver Lining (BBC1)
- Exterminating Angels, The (Radio 4)
- Extras (BBC2)
- Eyes Down (BBC1)
- Fabulous (Radio 4)
- Fags, Mags And Bags (Radio 4)
- Fainthearted Feminist, The (BBC2)
- Father Matthew's Daughter (BBC2)
- Fist Of Fun (Radio 1)
- Fools Rush In (BBC1)
- Footlights At 125: A Retrospective (Radio 4)
- Fordham And Lipson (Radio 4)
- Foreign Affairs (BBC1)
- Four Sad Faces (Radio 7)
- Francophile Namesakes (Radio 4)
- Frank (Radio 4)
- Freddi (BBC4)
- Freezing (BBC4)
- French Relish (BBC1)
- Front Line, The (BBC1)
- Frost Report, The (BBC1)
- Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim (BBC2)
- Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim (BBC1)
- G-Force (Radio 7)
- Game On (BBC2)
- Gavin & Stacey (BBC3)
- Genius (BBC2)
- Genius (Radio 4)
- Genuine Particle, The (Radio 4)
- Get Back (BBC1)
- Getting On (BBC4)
- Glendogie Bogey (BBC1)
- Gnomes Of Dulwich, The (BBC2)
- Goodbye Mr Kent (BBC1)
- Goodnight Sweetheart (BBC1)
- Goon Show, The (BBC HS)
- Great Scott - It's Maynard! (BBC1)
- Green Green Grass, The (BBC1)
- Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (Radio 7)
- Hair In The Gate (Radio 5)
- Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (Radio 4)
- Hancock's Half Hour (BBC1)
- Hancock's Half Hour (BBC LP)
- Happy Ever After (BBC1)
- Happy Hallidays (BBC1 Scot)
- Harry And Paul (BBC1)
- Harry Worth (BBC1)
- Have I Got News For You (BBC1)
- Heartburn Hotel (BBC1)
- Hell's Bells (BBC1)
- Hello Goodbye Man, The (BBC2)
- Here's Harry (BBC1)
- Hilary (BBC2)
- Hippies (BBC2)
- His Lordship Entertains (BBC2)
- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The (BBC2)
- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The (Radio 4)
- Home From Home (BBC1)
- Honey For Tea (BBC1)
- Hope Springs (BBC1)
- Hordes Of The Things (Radio 4)
- Horne And Corden (BBC3)
- How Not To Live Your Life (BBC3)
- Hudd (BBC1)
- Hugh And I (BBC1)
- Hut 33 (Radio 4)
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (Radio 4)
- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (BBC4)
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (Radio 4)
- I've Never Seen Star Wars (Radio 4)
- Ideal (BBC3)
- In Sickness and in Health (BBC1)
- Inspector Steine (Radio 4)
- Invisibles, The (BBC1)
- It Ain't Half Hot Mum (BBC1)
- It Sticks Out Half A Mile (Radio 2)
- James Kettle's Skyscraping Ambitions - Making It Big In Business (Radio 7)
- Jason Byrne Show, The (Radio 2)
- Jason Explanation, The (Radio 4)
- John Finnemore, Apparently (Radio 4)
- Joking Apart (BBC2)
- Jonathan Creek (BBC1)
- Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army (BBC1)
- Just A Minute (Radio 4)
- Just Good Friends (BBC1)
- Kicking The Habit (Radio 4)
- Kiss Me Kate (BBC1)
- Knocker (Radio 7)
- Krod Mandoon And The Flaming Sword Of Fire (BBC2)
- L For Lester (BBC2)
- Lab Rats (BBC2)
- Ladies, The (Radio 4)
- Lame Ducks (BBC2)
- Last Of The Summer Wine (BBC1)
- Last Song, The (BBC2)
- Late Expectations (BBC1)
- Laura and Disorder (BBC1)
- Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking (Radio 4)
- Lawrence Sweeney Mix, The (Radio 4)
- Lead Balloon (BBC2)
- Learners (BBC1)
- Leaving (BBC2)
- Legacy Of Reginald Perrin, The (BBC1)
- Life Of Riley (BBC1)
- Life Without George (BBC1)
- Lifespam (BBC3)
- Likely Lads, The (BBC2)
- Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (Radio 4)
- Listen Against (Radio 4)
- Little Miss Jocelyn (BBC2)
- Liver Birds, The (BBC1)
- Lost Weblog of Scrooby Trevithick, The (Radio 4)
- Love Contract (Radio 4)
- Love On A Branch Line (BBC1)
- Love Soup (BBC1)
- Mad About Alice (BBC1)
- Magician's Daughter, The (Radio 4)
- Magnificent Evans, The (BBC1)
- Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better (Radio 4)
- Marriage Lines (BBC1)
- Marry The Girls (BBC1)
- Mary Whitehouse Experience, The (BBC2)
- Massive (BBC3)
- Masterson Inheritance, The (Radio 4)
- Me Mammy (BBC1)
- Meanwhile With The Bearded Ladies (Radio 4)
- MeeBOX (BBC3)
- Meet the Champ (BBC1)
- Meet the Wife (BBC1)
- Men Behaving Badly (BBC1)
- Message To Mars (Radio 7)
- Middlemen (BBC1)
- Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (Radio 2)
- Mock The Week (BBC2)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC1)
- Mouth To Mouth (BBC3)
- Mr Big (BBC1)
- Mr Justice Duncannon (BBC1)
- Mum's Boys (BBC1)
- Murray And Me (BBC1)
- Museum of Curiosity, The (Radio 4)
- Mutual Friends (BBC1)
- My Family (BBC1)
- My Honourable Mrs (BBC1)
- My Pal Bob (BBC1)
- Nebulous (Radio 4)
- Nelson's Column (BBC1)
- Never Better (BBC2)
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2)
- New Statesman, The (BBC2)
- News Quiz, The (Radio 4)
- Next Of Kin (BBC1)
- Nice Work (BBC1)
- No Appointment Necessary (BBC1)
- No Frills (BBC1)
- No Tomatoes (Radio 7)
- Not Going Out (BBC1)
- Not in Front of the Children (BBC1)
- Now Look Here... (BBC1)
- Now Show, The (Radio 4)
- Now Take My Wife (BBC1)
- Odd Half Hour, The (Radio 4)
- Oh Happy Band! (BBC1)
- Old Campaigner, The (BBC1)
- Old Guys, The (BBC1)
- Old Harry's Game (Radio 4)
- Omid Djalili Show, The (BBC1)
- Once Upon A Time In The North (BBC1)
- Only Fools And Horses (BBC1)
- Open All Hours (BBC1)
- Operation Charlie (Radio 4)
- Out To Lunch (Radio 2)
- Outnumbered (BBC1)
- P.A.s (BBC3)
- Pappy's Fun Club (Radio 4)
- Parents Of The Band (BBC1)
- Parsley Sidings (Radio 2)
- Partners (BBC1)
- Party Line, The (Radio 4)
- Paul Calf Video Diary, The (BBC2)
- Penny Dreadfuls Present..., The (Radio 7)
- People Like Us (BBC2)
- Perrin (BBC1)
- Peter Principle, The (BBC1)
- Pinwright's Progress (BBC1)
- Placebo (BBC3)
- Political Animal (Radio 4)
- Porridge (BBC1)
- Potter (BBC1)
- Potting On (Radio 4)
- Prince of Denmark, The (BBC1)
- Psmith In The City (Radio 4)
- Psychoville (BBC2)
- Pulling (BBC3)
- QI (BBC1)
- Quartet (Radio 4)
- Rag Trade, The (BBC1)
- Recorded For Training Purposes (Radio 4)
- Reluctant Romeo, The (BBC1)
- Rescue, The (BBC1)
- Reunion, The (BBC1)
- Revenge Of The Celebrity Mummies (Radio 7)
- Revolting People (Radio 4)
- Rex the Runt (BBC2)
- Rhod Gilbert's Misery (Radio 2)
- Rings On Their Fingers (BBC1)
- Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore (BBC2)
- Room 101 (BBC2)
- Room 101 (Radio 5)
- Room at the Bottom (BBC1)
- Rosie (BBC1)
- Ross Noble Goes Global (Radio 4)
- Ross Noble On... (Radio 4)
- Ross Noble: Unrealtime (BBC2)
- Rough With The Smooth, The (BBC1)
- Royle Family, The (BBC1)
- Safety Catch (Radio 4)
- Sam The Samaritan (BBC1)
- Scallywagga (BBC3)
- Scott Free (BBC1)
- Sealed With A Loving Kiss (BBC1)
- Sean Lock And Friends At The Fringe (Radio 2)
- Second Time Around (BBC1)
- Seconds Out (BBC1)
- Secret World, The (Radio 4)
- See Me Afterwards (Radio 4)
- Self-Storage (Radio 4)
- Sharon and Elsie (BBC1)
- Sheep's Clothing (BBC1)
- Shooting Stars (BBC2)
- Side by Side (BBC1)
- Sink Or Swim (BBC1)
- Sitting Pretty (BBC1)
- Sky Larks, The (BBC1)
- Son Of The Bride (BBC1)
- Sorry I'm Single (BBC1)
- Sorry, I've Got No Head (BBC1)
- Spaceship, The (Radio 7)
- Spats (Radio 7)
- Spending My Inheritance (Radio 4)
- Spike's Lookalikes (Radio 4)
- Spiritual Centre, The (Radio 4)
- Sportstalk (Radio 7)
- Status Symbol, The (BBC1)
- Still Game (BBC1 Scot)
- Strangers On Trains (Radio 4)
- Streets Apart (BBC1)
- Stressed Eric (BBC2)
- Sun Trap, The (BBC1)
- Sunday Format, The (Radio 4)
- Sunshine (BBC1)
- Supernova (BBC2)
- Sweet Sixteen (BBC1)
- Sykes (BBC1)
- Sykes And A Big, Big Show (BBC1)
- Sykes And A... (BBC1)
- Taking The Flak (BBC2)
- Taking the Floor (BBC1)
- Tales From The Lazy Acre (BBC1)
- Tears Before Bedtime (BBC1)
- Telephone Call, The (BBC1)
- Terry and June (BBC1)
- That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC2)
- That Mitchell and Webb Sound (Radio 4)
- That's No Job For An Asian (Radio 4)
- Them (BBC1)
- Thick Of It, The (BBC4)
- Think The Unthinkable (Radio 4)
- Till Death Us Do Part (BBC1)
- Tilt (Radio 7)
- Time And Motion Man, The (BBC1)
- Time Of My Life (BBC1)
- Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues (Radio 4)
- Tittybangbang (BBC3)
- To The Manor Born (BBC1)
- Tomorrow, Today! (Radio 4)
- Torn Up Tales (BBC3)
- Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor (BBC3)
- Trexx and Flipside (BBC3)
- Trouble For Two (BBC1)
- Trouble With Harry, The (BBC1)
- Two Charleys, The (BBC1)
- Two Ronnies, The (BBC1)
- Two Up, Two Down (BBC1)
- Ukridge (BBC1)
- Unbelievable Truth, The (Radio 4)
- Under and Over (BBC1)
- Undone (Radio 7)
- Valley Express, The (BBC1)
- Visit, The (BBC3)
- Visiting Day (BBC1)
- Vital Spark, The (BBC1)
- Walking The Planks (BBC1)
- Walrus And The Carpenter, The (BBC1)
- Watch This Space (BBC1)
- We Are Klang (BBC3)
- Well Anyway (BBC2)
- Whack-O! (BBC1)
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (BBC1)
- Whitehall Worrier, The (BBC1)
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Radio 4)
- Why Bother? (Radio 3)
- Wild, Wild Women (BBC1)
- Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management (Radio 4)
- Wink to Me Only (BBC1)
- Wodehouse Playhouse (BBC1)
- Wonderworld (Radio 7)
- World of Wooster, The (BBC1)
- Would I Lie To You? (BBC1)
- Wrong Door, The (BBC3)
- Wyatt's Watchdogs (BBC1)
- Yes Minister (BBC2)
- Yes, Prime Minister (BBC2)
- You Must be the Husband (BBC1)
- You Rang, M'Lord? (BBC1)
BBC Details
- BBC Homepage
- BBC's Comedy Website
- BBC Commissioning Details (for Producers/Writers)
- BBC Email
- Phone: 0870 010 0222
- Post: BBC Information, PO Box 1922, Glasgow, G2 3WT