British Comedy Awards 2009 nominations

Posted on | November 20, 2009 | No Comments

The British Comedy Awards return to ITV for its 20th year. Jonathan Ross returns to host the TV awards on Saturday 12th December on ITV1 and ITV2. Cheap television loves a bit of comedy on the TV so is looking forward to seeing who this year’s winners and losers will be. The UK is a relatively small country but making comedy TV shows seems to come naturally to us. Below you will find the list of this year’s nominations for the 2009 British Comedy Awards.

BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY
ALAN CARR: Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Open Mike Productions for Channel 4)
HARRY HILL: Harry Hill’s TV Burp (Avalon for ITV1)
MICHAEL MCINTYRE: Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (Open Mike Productions Manchester for BBC1)

BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
MICHAEL MCINTYRE’S COMEDY ROADSHOW (Open Mike Productions Manchester for BBC1)
THE SUNDAY NIGHT PROJECT (Princess Productions for Channel 4)
HARRY HILL’S TV BURP (Avalon for ITV1)

BEST TELEVISION COMEDY ACTOR
ROB BRYDON: Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special (Baby Cow for BBC1)
SIMON BIRD: The Inbetweeners (Bwark for E4)
ROBERT WEBB: Peep Show (Objective Productions for Channel 4)

BEST TELEVISION COMEDY ACTRESS
RUTH JONES: Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special (Baby Cow for BBC1)
CLAIRE SKINNER: Outnumbered: Series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1)
KATHERINE PARKINSON: The IT Crowd (talkbackTHAMES for Channel 4)

BEST NEW BRITISH TELEVISION COMEDY
ALAN CARR: CHATTY MAN (Open Mike Productions for Channel 4)
LADIES OF LETTERS (Tiger Aspect for ITV3)
PSYCHOVILLE (BBC Productions for BBC2)

BEST TELEVISION COMEDY DRAMA
DEAD SET (Zeppotron for E4)
PSYCHOVILLE (BBC Productions for BBC2)
PULLING: SPECIAL (Silver River for BBC3)

BEST LIVE STAND-UP PERFORMER
MICHAEL MCINTYRE Live at the Apollo
FRANKIE BOYLE Live at the Hackney Empire
STEWART LEE Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle

BEST MALE COMEDY NEWCOMER
DANIEL ROCHE: Outnumbered: Series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1)
TYGER DREW-HONEY: Outnumbered: Series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1)
CHARLIE BROOKER: You Have Been Watching (Zeppotron for E4)

BEST FEMALE COMEDY NEWCOMER
REBEKAH STATON: Pulling: Special (Silver River for BBC3)
RAMONA MARQUEZ: Outnumbered: Series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1)
TANYA FRANKS: Pulling: Special (Silver River for BBC3)

BEST COMEDY PANEL SHOW
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1)
MOCK THE WEEK (Angst Productions for BBC2)
QI (talkbackTHAMES for BBC1)

BEST SITCOM
PEEP SHOW (Objective Productions for Channel 4)
THE IT CROWD (talkbackTHAMES for Channel 4)
OUTNUMBERED: SERIES 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1)

BEST SKETCH SHOW
THE KEVIN BISHOP SHOW (Objective Productions for Channel 4)
THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (BBC PRODUCTIONS FOR BBC2)
HARRY & PAUL (SERIES 2) (Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC1)

BEST COMEDY FILM
BRÜNO (Universal Pictures)
IN THE LOOP (Optimum Releasing: Peter Capaldi/ Tom Hollander/ Gina McKee/ James Gandolfini)
THE HANGOVER (Warner Bros: Bradley Cooper/ Ed Helms/ Zac Galifianakas)

Jonathan Ross allegedly said about hosting this year’s British Comedy Awards: “I’m delighted – it’s the most prestigious awards show in the world. Obama may have a Nobel Prize. But he’s not even in the running for Best Entertainment personality. It’s that prestigious.”

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