18/11/2009
Hosted by Jonathan Ross and celebrating its 20th year, Britain’s best-loved comedy awards ceremony enjoys a renowned reputation for providing riotous and unpredictable viewing in the presence of an international array of the biggest names in entertainment, showcasing some of the most outrageous, successful and hilarious comedy moments of the year. The 2009 British Comedy Awards will be broadcast on ITV1 and ITV2 on Saturday 12th December.
Jonathan says ‘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.’
Last year’s winners included Alan Carr for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality, Harry Hill’s TV Burp for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme, Gavin and Stacey for Best TV Comedy, Ricky Gervais for Best TV Comedy Actor and Sharon Horgan for Best TV Comedy Actress.
This year Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr prove their popularity with three nominations each including going head to head alongside Harry Hill in both the Best Comedy Entertainment Personality and Entertainment Programme categories.
Last year’s winner of Best Male Comedy Newcomer Simon Bird is now catapulted into a nomination for Best Television Comedy Actor squaring up to Robert Webb and Rob Brydon. And the youngsters are chasing on the ‘veterans’ tails with all three children actors of Outnumbered securing themselves nominations in the newcomer categories and Outnumbered itself being voted for in five categories. Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse earn a nomination for the second series of their sketch show and last year’s Comedy Panel show winners QI will battle it out with Have I Got News For You and newcomers to this year’s competition Mock The Week.
Today we are delighted to reveal the full list of this year’s coveted comics nominated for The British Comedy Awards 2009:
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)
Following the awards on ITV1, ITV2 will bring viewers further award categories plus the chance to catch up with the winners, the losers and the revellers at the post show party.
This year’s Awards and their broadcast will be sponsored by Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer.
Please credit: The British Comedy Awards 2009, Saturday 12th December on ITV1 and ITV2.
BCA Productions Limited for ITV. Commissioned by Claire Zolkwer, ITV’s Commissioning Editor for Entertainment. The Executive Producer is Guy Freeman and Producer is Kim Ross.
Press Contacts:
Debbie Russell: DebbieRussellPR@aol.co.uk
Picture Publicity: Peter.Gray@itv.com or www.itvpictures.com
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