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  1. Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking

    Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character comedy series

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  2. Tina C

    The comic exploits of country singer and global activist Tina C.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Pulling

    Sharp-witted comedy about the tangled and often messy love lives of three single women.

    BBC Three

  4. Gavin & Stacey

    Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love.

    BBC One

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  5. On the Blog

    Comedy series about the writer of an internet diary

    BBC Radio 2

  6. Nighty Night

    Black comedy about a woman who sees her husband's terminal illness as an opportunity.

    BBC Three

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  7. The Clitheroe Kid

    Legendary sitcom about Lancashire's eternal naughty schoolboy. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Ellis and Clarke

    A compendium of comedy with Des Clarke and Elaine MacKenzie Ellis

    BBC Radio Scotland

  9. The Armstrong and Miller Show

    Character-based sketch show starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller.

    BBC One

  10. Beautiful People

    Fabulous comedy with Layton Williams and Olivia Colman.

    BBC Two

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  11. Marion and Geoff

    Heartbreaking, heartwarming cult classic with Rob Brydon.

    BBC Two

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  12. The Cornwell Estate

    Phil Cornwell brings six new, edgy comic characters to life

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack

    A multi-paced, one-woman Fast Show featuring the human chameleon and her many characters

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Lee Nelson's Well Good Show

    Irrepressible south London geeza Lee "Nelsy" Nelson fronts his own show.

    BBC Three

  15. Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live

    Live stand-up from the Festival Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe

    BBC Three

  16. The Simon Day Show

    Character comedy show written by and starring Simon Day

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes

    Comedian Elis James compares figures in Welsh history to determine Wales's ultimate heroes

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable

    Comedy series about celebrity spirit medium and psychic reader Ian D Montfort.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me

    Sitcom by Marcus Powell, based on cantankerous trombone player Roy Walcott

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. A Perforated Ulster

    The Hole in the Wall Gang delivering their hilarious verdict on life in Northern Ireland.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  21. Robb Wilton: I Should Say So

    Michael Williams stars as legendary 1940s radio star and all-round pessimist Robb Wilton

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford

    A hip London poet communicates the people's hopes and fears through his verse

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. The Kumars at No 42

    Comedy series about an Asian chat-show host who lives and works at home with his family.

    BBC One

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  24. Jeeves - Live!

    Martin Jarvis, live on stage, as PG Wodehouse's Jeeves, Wooster and the rest of the cast.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket

    Comedy with the dear ladies of Stackton Tressel - Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  26. Over the Garden Wall

    Norman Evans stars as Fanny Fairbottom, a toothless hatchet-faced Lancastrian housewife.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. A Date With Nurse Dugdale

    Arthur Marshall plays the ever-efficient Nurse Dugdale, battling against hospital chaos.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Sid and Dora

    Classic comedy with award-winning actress Dora Bryan and 'king of dirty laughs' Sid James.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Inside No. 9

    An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.

    BBC Two

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  30. Siadwel

    A series of comic monologues from the poet, philosopher and favourite lost cause of Wales.

    BBC Radio Wales

  31. Detectorists

    Comedy series about two metal-detecting enthusiasts.

    BBC Four

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  32. Murder in Successville

    DI Sleet enlists the help of a celebrity sidekick to solve the latest murder.

    BBC Three

  33. Josh

    Sitcom about flatmates Josh, Kate and Owen, and their annoying landlord Geoff.

    BBC Three

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  34. 15 Storeys High

    Tower block tales from a man of misery. Created by and starring Sean Lock.

    BBC Three

  35. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

    The story of a man desperate to escape his dull marriage, disappointing offspring and job.

    BBC One

  36. Bad Education

    Comedy series set in a school where the teachers are bigger kids than the kids they teach.

    BBC Three

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  37. The Royle Family

    Sitcom about a working-class family from Manchester, whose lives revolve around the TV

    BBC One

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  38. Strangers on Trains

    Comedies by Nat Segnit and Stewart Wright. Nat talks to people sitting alone on trains

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues

    Tina C, comic creation of Christopher Green, looks at the Australian love of country music

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole at Christmas

    Sue Townsend's much-loved character speaks to the nation and plans a political party

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. La La Land

    Comedy series about three English wannabes who have just arrived in Hollywood

    BBC Three

  42. Wu-How: The Ninja How To Guide

    The Ninja 'How To' guide to pretty much everything, making life's everyday tasks a cinch.

    BBC Three

  43. Nick Mohammed in Bits

    Series of comic plays starring character comedian Nick Mohammed

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

    Wallace & Gromit showcase mind-boggling machines and inventions from around the world.

    BBC One

  45. One Non Blonde: Down Under

    Comedy series following three characters as they travel around New Zealand

    BBC Three

  46. Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop

    Character comedy with Christopher Green as Ida Barr, a hip hop loving OAP

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Sue Townsend - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

    ...Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4. Sue Townsend's famous teenage tale, read by Nicholas Barnes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. A Month of June

    Four comedies written for the many voices of June Whitfield

    BBC Radio 4

  49. J Kingston Platt

    'The Unexpurgated Memoirs of a Showbiz Phenomenon'. Written and read by Peter Jones

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. The Iguanodon

    Three-part comedy adventure by Paul Lucas, starring Bernard Cribbins

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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