Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025: Shortlists Announced for Fan-Voted Comedy Honours

The shortlists for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, celebrating the best in British comedy from 2025, have been unveiled. Following an initial public poll, ten categories across television and radio have been narrowed down to a final six nominees each. Voting is now open for the second and final round, which will determine the winners, including the coveted Comedy of the Year title.

Key Takeaways

• Voting for the second and final round of the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025 is now open.

• The shortlists cover a range of genres including sitcoms, sketch shows, comedy dramas, panel shows, and entertainment programmes across TV and radio.

• Winners will be announced in February, with voting closing on January 25th, 2026.

Nominees Across Top Comedy Categories

The nominees for Best New TV Sitcom 2025 include 'Amandaland', 'The Chief', 'Govan Fair Queen', 'How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)', 'Man Vs Baby', and 'Pushers'.

Returning TV sitcoms vying for the award are 'Big Boys', 'Here We Go', 'The Horne Section TV Show', 'Mandy', 'Not Going Out', and 'Two Doors Down'.

In the radio sitcom category, the contenders are 'Call Jonathan Pie', 'Conversations From A Long Marriage', 'Ed Reardon's Week', 'Fags, Mags And Bags', 'Icklewick FM', and 'Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?'.

Sketch Shows and Panel Powerhouses

For Best TV Sketch Show 2025, the nominated programmes are 'Good For Her', 'Horrible Histories', 'Horrible Science', 'Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping', 'Queen Of The New Year', and 'Say! Less!'.

Radio sketch shows in contention include 'Dead Ringers', 'John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme', 'Michael Spicer: No Room', 'The Skewer', 'The Squid: Sketch A Minute', and 'Time Of The Week'.

The Best TV Panel Show 2025 shortlist features '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown', 'The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year', 'Have I Got News For You', 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks', 'QI', and 'Would I Lie To You?'.

Radio panel shows nominated are 'Breaking The News', 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue', 'Just A Minute', 'The News Quiz', 'One Person Found This Helpful', and 'The Unbelievable Truth'.

Entertainment and Comedy Drama

In the Best TV Entertainment Show 2025 category, nominees include 'Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish', 'The Graham Norton Show', 'Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham', 'Last One Laughing UK', 'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing', and 'Taskmaster'.

Radio entertainment shows nominated are 'Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar', 'Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop', 'Mark Steel's In Town', 'Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz', 'Room 101', and 'Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby'.

Finally, the Best TV Comedy Drama 2025 nominees are 'Am I Being Unreasonable?', 'Brassic', 'Death Valley', 'Film Club', 'Finding Father Christmas', and 'Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators'.

Voting for the final round closes at 23:59 GMT on Sunday, January 25th, 2026.

Sources

• Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025 shortlists revealed, British Comedy Guide.