British Comedy Award

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The British Comedy Awards were an annual awards ceremony in the UK between 1990 and 2014 , where awards are given to television programs and actors in the comedy field .

history

The award ceremony was broadcast live every December from 1990 to 2006 on the ITV channel. In 2007 the event was not broadcast due to investigations into irregularities. The show has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2010 .

After Michael Parkinson hosted the first awards ceremony at the London Palladium in 1990 , the following shows were held at the London Studios and presented by Jonathan Ross . Because of a 2008 scandal involving Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand , Ross stated that he would not be presenting this year's awards ceremony. He was then replaced by moderator Angus Deayton, but presented the award again in the following years.

winner

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

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1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

  • Best comedy entertainment program: Newswipe
  • Best Comedy Panel Show: Would I Lie to You?
  • Best Comedy Entertainer: Harry Hill
  • Best Television Comedian: Michael McIntyre
  • Best TV comedian: Jo Brand
  • British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Roy Clarke
  • Best New British TV Comedy: Miranda
  • Best Male Comedy Whiz: John Bishop
  • Best Female Comedy Whiz: Samantha Spiro ( Grandma's House )
  • Best sketch show: Horrible Histories
  • Best Sitcom: The Inbetweeners - Our Virgin Years
  • Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Award: Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong
  • Best TV Comedy Actor: Peter Capaldi
  • Best TV Comedy Actress: Miranda Hart
  • Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Kayvan Novak
  • Outstanding Contribution To British Comedy: Russell Brand
  • People's Choice Award: Miranda Hart

2011

  • Best Comedy Entertainment Program: Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
  • Best Comedy Panel Show: Shooting Stars
  • Best Comedy Entertainer: Graham Norton
  • Best TV Comedian: Stewart Lee
  • Best TV Comedian: Victoria Wood
  • British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Have I Got News For You
  • Best New British TV Comedy: Fresh Meat
  • Best sketch show: Horrible Histories
  • Best Sitcom: Twenty Twelve
  • Best comedy drama: Psychoville
  • British Comedy Academy Outstanding Achievement: The Inbetweeners - Our Virgin Years
  • Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Renton Skinner
  • Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Award: Armando Iannucci
  • Best TV Comedy Actor: Darren Boyd
  • Best TV Comedy Actress: Miranda Hart
  • Audience Award: Sarah Millican
  • Channel 4 Award for Special Contribution to Comedy: Lee Evans

2012

2013

The 2013 awards ceremony was hosted by Jonathan Ross on December 12th and broadcast live on Channel 4 .

2014

Controversy

Investigations into irregularities

In 2005 the fake comedy show received the People's Choice Award. The award was given live to Ant and Dec by Robbie Williams , although the Catherine Tate Show received the most votes and was to be declared the winner.

Telephone dialing scandal

As of July 26, 2007, British newspapers reported that the British Comedy Awards had been involved in a telephone election scandal. According to an article in the British newspaper The Sun , viewers called the phone number for the People's Choice Award even though their votes were no longer counted.

See also

Web links

 Wikinews: ITV postpones broadcast of 2007 British Comedy Awards  - message

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ben Dowell: News: Media: Comedy Awards Firm Angry at ITV. In: The Guardian . October 22, 2007, accessed on May 12, 2008 : "ITV has postponed broadcasting the 2007 awards for the first time in the event's 17-year history while Olswang investigates."
  2. ^ A b Colin Robertson: ITV Scam Comedy Awards Vote. In: The Sun . July 26, 2007, accessed May 11, 2008 .
  3. ↑ a b Ofcom Fines ITV plc for Misconduct in Viewer Competitions and Voting. (No longer available online.) In: OFCOM. May 8, 2008, archived from the original on May 13, 2008 ; Retrieved May 13, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ofcom.org.uk
  4. ^ Tara Conlan: British Comedy awards moves to Channel 4. In: The Guardian. June 7, 2010, accessed June 7, 2010 .
  5. ^ British Comedy Awards. 2008, accessed May 11, 2008 .
  6. ↑ Tim Cooper: The Man Who Has Kept Britain Laughing for Half a Century. In: The Independent . January 8, 2007, accessed May 13, 2008 .
  7. ^ Tara Conlan: Jonathan Ross pulls out of hosting the British Comedy Awards. In: The Guardian . October 31, 2008, accessed October 31, 2008 .
  8. ↑ a b c Ant and Dec Return Comedy Prize . In: BBC News , May 8, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2008. "TV presenters Ant and Dec are to return a prize they were awarded at the 2005 British Comedy Awards after ITV revealed that they did not win. ... The Catherine Tate Show collected more votes for the People's Choice Awards, an independent report on the affair says. … It is thought that presenter Robbie Williams had been given assurances that Ant and Dec were the winners. " 
  9. ^ Janine Gibson: ITV Call-TV Deception: Deliberate, Routine and Editorial . In: Guardian Unlimited , blogs.guardian.co.uk (OrganGrinder, MediaGuardian), October 18, 2007. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved on May 12, 2008. " Michael Grade promised zero tolerance of viewer deception, but ITV's response to the Deloitte report is not good enough. " 
  10. ↑ a b Paul Revoir: Awards Uproar As Ross Makes Madeleine Joke and Fern Britton Calls Giant Bear 'Mohammed'  . In: Daily Mail , dailymail.co.uk (Showbiz News), December 6, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2008. 
  11. ^ The British Comedy Awards - Past Winners . Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  12. ^ British Comedy Awards: List of winners in full . In: The Independent . December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ Jo Brand wins best sitcom for Getting On at the British Comedy Awards . In: Guardian . December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ Was drunken Comedy Awards 'shambles' a new low for Channel 4? Backlash from viewers over expletive-laden 'car-crash' broadcast . In: Daily Mail . December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.