Editing List of British comedians (section)

== Sketch show/alternative comedians ==
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*[[The League Of Gentlemen]]
**[[Mark Gatiss]] (born 1966)
**[[Steve Pemberton]] (born 1967)
**[[Reece Shearsmith]] (born 1969)
**[[Jeremy Dyson]] (born 1966)
*[[Armstrong and Miller]]
**[[Alexander Armstrong]] (born 1970)
**[[Ben Miller]] (born 1966)
*[[Richard Ayoade]] (born 1977), ''[[Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy]]'' 
*[[James Bachman]], ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', ''[[Sorry, I've Got No Head]]''
*[[David Baddiel]] (born 1964), ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]'', ''[[Fantasy Football League (TV series)|Fantasy Football League]]'' 
*[[Matt Berry]] (born 1974), ''[[Snuff Box (TV series)|Snuff Box]]'' 
*[[Sanjeev Bhaskar]] (born 1963), ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (BBC)|Goodness Gracious Me]]''
*[[Katy Brand]] (born 1979), ''[[Katy Brand's Big Ass Show]]'' 
*[[Jasper Carrott]] (born 1945)
*[[Craig Charles]] (born 1964)
*[[Olivia Colman]] (born 1974), ''[[Bruiser (TV series)|Bruiser]]''
*[[Brian Conley]] (born 1961)
*[[Hugh Dennis]] (born 1962), ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]'' 
*[[Charlie Drake]] (1925–2006)
*[[Adrian Edmondson]] (born 1957)
*[[Kevin Eldon]] (born 1960), ''[[Fist of Fun]]'', ''[[Big Train]]'', ''[[Jam (TV series)|Jam]]'' 
*[[Dick Emery]] (1915–1983)
*[[Harry Enfield]] (born 1961), ''[[Harry Enfield and Chums]]'' 
*[[Kenny Everett]] (1944–1995)
*''[[The Fast Show]]''
**[[Caroline Aherne]] (1963–2016)
**[[Simon Day]] (born 1962)
**[[Charlie Higson]] (born 1958)
**[[John Thomson (comedian)|John Thomson]] (born 1969)
**[[Arabella Weir]] (born 1957)
**[[Paul Whitehouse]] (born 1958)
**[[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] (born 1959)
*[[Noel Fielding]] (born 1973), ''[[Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy]]''
*[[Gregor Fisher]] (born 1953), ''[[Naked Video]]'' 
*[[Martin Freeman]], ''[[Bruiser (TV series)|Bruiser]]''
*[[Dawn French]] (born 1957), ''[[French and Saunders]]''
*[[Stephen Fry]] (born 1957), ''[[A Bit of Fry & Laurie]]''
*[[The Goodies]]
**[[Tim Brooke-Taylor]] (1940–2020)
**[[Graeme Garden]] (born 1943)
**[[Bill Oddie]] (born 1941)
*[[Anil Gupta (writer)|Anil Gupta]], ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (BBC)|Goodness Gracious Me]]''
*[[Arthur Haynes]] (1914–1966)
*[[Patricia Hayes]] (1909–1998)
*[[Lenny Henry]] (born 1958)
*[[Benny Hill]] (1924–1992)
*[[Harry Hill]] (born 1964)
*[[Matthew Holness]] (born 1975), ''[[Bruiser (TV series)|Bruiser]]'', ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]''
*[[Dom Joly]] (born 1967)
*[[Rufus Jones (actor)|Rufus Jones]] (born 1975)
*[[John Junkin]] (1930–2006)
*[[Hugh Laurie]] (born 1959), ''[[A Bit of Fry & Laurie]]''
*[[Matt Lucas]], ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]''
*[[Rik Mayall]] (1958–2014)
*[[Spike Milligan]] (1918–2002)
*[[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]] (born 1974), ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''
*[[Monty Python]]
**[[Graham Chapman]] (1941–1989)
**[[John Cleese]] (born 1939)
**[[Terry Gilliam]] (born 1940)
**[[Eric Idle]] (born 1943)
**[[Terry Jones]] (1942–2020)
**[[Michael Palin]] (born 1943)
*[[Morecambe and Wise]]
**[[Eric Morecambe]] (1926–1984)
**[[Ernie Wise]] (1925–1999)
*[[Bob Mortimer]] (born 1959)
*[[Robert Newman (comedian)|Rob Newman]] (born 1964), ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]''
*''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]''
**[[Rowan Atkinson]] (born 1955)
**[[Griff Rhys Jones]] (born 1953)
**[[Mel Smith]] (1952–2013)
**[[Pamela Stephenson]] (born 1949)
*[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1923–2020)
*[[Nigel Planer]] (born 1953)
*[[Steve Punt]] (born 1962), ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]''
*[[Vic Reeves]] (born 1959)
*[[Peter Richardson (actor)|Peter Richardson]] (born 1951), ''[[The Comic Strip]]''
*[[Jennifer Saunders]] (born 1958)
*[[Alexei Sayle]] (born 1952)
*[[Peter Serafinowicz]] (born 1972)
*[[Frank Skinner]] (born 1957)
*''[[Smack the Pony]]''
**[[Fiona Allen]] (born 1965)
**[[Doon Mackichan]] (born 1962)
**[[Sally Phillips]] (born 1970)
*[[Laura Solon]] (born 1979), ''[[Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul]]'', ''[[Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder]]''
*[[Meera Syal]] (born 1961), ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (BBC)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'', ''[[The Kumars at No. 42]]''
*[[Catherine Tate]] (born 1968), ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]'' 
*''[[The Two Ronnies]]''
**[[Ronnie Barker]] (1929–2005)
**[[Ronnie Corbett]] (1930–2016)
*[[Tracey Ullman]] (born 1959)
*[[David Walliams]] (born 1971), ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]''
*[[Robert Webb]] (born 1972), ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', ''[[Bruiser (TV series)|Bruiser]]''
*[[Ellie White]] (born 1989)
*[[Harry Worth (actor, born 1917)|Harry Worth]] (1917–1989){{colend}}