NATIONAL COMEDY AWARDS LONGLIST REVEALED
Channel 4 has launched The National Comedy Awards, revealing a longlist featuring many TV shows and comedians.
Aiming to celebrate ‘the UK’s most brilliant comedy content and creators’, the new awards are being seen by some as a replacement for The British Comedy Awards, which ran from 1990 to 2014, with Channel 4 broadcasting the show from 2011.
The results of the new awards will be based purely on a public vote and will link to Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer charity drive.
Voting is now open on longlists across a range of categories, with shortlists set to be calculated and revealed in November. The winners will then be announced at a ceremony in December, which will be broadcast on Channel 4.
Producers confirm: ‘On 15th December 2021, The National Comedy Awards For Stand Up To Cancer will bring together the nation’s best-loved comedians and comedy stars for a truly special night filled with laughter at the iconic Roundhouse, London.’
Below are the longlists in full, with the voting system now live here.
Best Comedy Entertainment Series
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (the late Sean Lock and Jon Richardson)
Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club
The Stand Up Sketch Show (various artists)
Rob & Romesh Vs (Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan)
Hypothetical (Josh Widdicombe)
The Ranganation (Romesh Ranganathan)
Hypothetical (Josh Widdicombe)
Mock The Week (Dara O Briain)
There’s Something About Movies (Alan Carr, Tom Allen)
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson (Jon Richardson, Judi Love)
The Last Leg (Josh Widdicombe and Adam Hills)
A League of Their Own (Romesh Ranganathan)
Hypothetical (Josh Widdicombe)
Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure (Rosie Jones)
Outstanding Female Comedy Entertainment Performance
Rosie Jones – Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure
Judi Love – Sorry, I Didn’t Know
Suzi Ruffell – Yesterday, Today and The Day Before
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance
Dara O Briain – Mock the Week
Romesh Ranganathan – The Ranganation
Sean Lock – 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Jonathan Ross – Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club
Josh Widdicombe – The Last Leg
Tom Allen – There’s Something About Movies
Rob Beckett – Rob & Romesh Vs
Alan Carr – There’s Something About Movies
Adam Hills – The Last Leg
Best Scripted Comedy Series
Meet the Richardsons – with Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont
Outstanding Comedy Actor
Jon Richardson – Meet The Richardsons
Outstanding Supporting Role
Romesh Ranganathan – King Gary
Best Stand Up Show
Michael McIntyre – Big World Tour
Romesh Ranganathan – The Cynic’s Mixtape
Jack Dee – Off The Telly
Josh Widdicombe – Bit Much
Jon Richardson – The Knitwit
Kerry Godliman – Bosh
Joel Dommett – Unapologetic (If That’s OK?)
Alan Carr – Regional Trinket
Suzi Ruffell – Dance Like Everyone’s Watching
Rob Beckett – Wallop
Best Comedy Podcast
Parenting Hell (Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe)
Like Minded Friends (Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell)
Wolf and Owl (Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis)
My Therapist Ghosted Me (Joanne McNally and Vogue Williams)
Evil Genius (Russell Kane)
Life’s A Beach (Alan Carr)
The Comedy Breakthrough Award
Judi Love
Joanne McNally
Rosie Jones
