BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS

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Jack Whitehall scoops King of Comedy Award

The annual British Comedy Awards took place on Wednesday last week which saw some underdog nominees pick up awards. A surprise winner in Julia Davis beat off great competition from ‘The Thick of It’ and ‘Twenty Twelve’ with her spoof drama ‘Hunderby’ to win both Best New Comedy Programme and Best Sitcom.  This year’s winner of Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist went to talented Australian born impressionist-actress Morgana Robinson.

The television series ‘The Thick of it’ which first hit screens back in 2005 won awards for both the show’s main leads, however; Peter Capaldi grabbed the award for Best Comic Actor who stated “I am now officially funny”. Rebecca Front also of The Thick of It picked up Best Comic Actress whch in the process beat off twice nominated Olivia Colman. Front, the BAFTA Award-winning comedian also thanked the BBC and stated “We are bloody lucky to have them”.

Comedian, writer and actress, Jo brand was titled Best Female Television Comic and Lee Mack who is known most commonly for his stand up comedy scooped the Best Male TV Comic award. Best Comedy Entertainment Personality had a host of potential winners and was a tight competition, in the end, the award didn’t go to either Stephen Fry, Graham Norton or Harry Hill, but to '10 O'Clock Live' and Newswipe's Charlie Brooker, again, a slight surprise in the awards in which were held in London.

The young and relatively new to the comedy scene; Jack Whitehall was the one who took the headlines and the limelight as he picked up the respected King of Comedy through public vote. The comedian from London beat the likes of presenter of ‘Chatty Man’; Alan Carr, Sarah Milican and Graham Norton to win the people’s vote for the main award. The 24 year-old ‘Fresh Meat’ said “This feels a little bit like when TOWIE got a Bafta”

Rather fittingly, popular show ‘Harry Hill’s TV Burp’ which has come to an end of it’s run won the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme. Additionally ‘shooting Stars’ which was axed by the BBC last year saw Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer pick up Writer’s Guild of Britain Award. Mortimer and Reeves thanked those in which contributed to their success which included Jonathan Ross and explained “cos he made it happen...And Jools Holland. And Glenn Tilbrook.”

Possibly the most prestigious award of the evening; the Outstanding Contribution Award went Sacha Baron-Cohen who has had various different characters down the years including Ali-G, Borat, Bruno and new character The Dictator. . Accepting his gong from Ben Kingsley, and in the guise of Ali G - a character we haven't seen in years - Baron-Cohen said: "I is grown up now! I ain't living in my nan's house anymore. I am living in her garage".

Author Bio:

Katy writes for Awards Online, a site specialising in corporate awards and trophies.