Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025: Shortlists Revealed as Voting Opens for Top Comedy Honours

The British Comedy Guide has announced the shortlists for its annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, celebrating the best of British comedy from 2025. A public poll has narrowed down hundreds of television and radio shows to a select group of six nominees in ten categories, including sitcoms, sketch shows, panel shows, and comedy dramas. Voting is now open for the final round to determine the winners, with the prestigious Comedy Of The Year title also up for grabs.

Key Takeaways

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

• Shortlists have been announced across ten categories for TV and radio comedy.

• The winners will be decided by public vote, closing on January 25th, 2026.

Best New TV Sitcom 2025

The contenders for Best New TV Sitcom are:

• Amandaland

• The Chief

• Govan Fair Queen

• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)

• Man Vs Baby

• Pushers

Best Returning TV Sitcom 2025

Returning favourites vying for the title include:

• Big Boys

• Here We Go

• The Horne Section TV Show

• Mandy

• Not Going Out

• Two Doors Down

Best Radio Sitcom 2025

Radio sitcoms nominated are:

• Call Jonathan Pie

• Conversations From A Long Marriage

• Ed Reardon's Week

• Fags, Mags And Bags

• Icklewick FM

• Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?

Best TV Sketch Show 2025

Nominees for Best TV Sketch Show are:

• Good For Her

• Horrible Histories

• Horrible Science

• Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping

• Queen Of The New Year

• Say! Less!

Best Radio Sketch Show 2025

Radio sketch shows in contention:

• Dead Ringers

• John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

• Michael Spicer: No Room

• The Skewer

• The Squid: Sketch A Minute

• Time Of The Week

Best TV Panel Show 2025

This year's Best TV Panel Show nominees are:

• 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

• Would I Lie To You?

Best Radio Panel Show 2025

Radio panel shows nominated:

• Breaking The News

• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

• Just A Minute

• The News Quiz

• One Person Found This Helpful

• The Unbelievable Truth

Best TV Entertainment Show 2025

Contenders for Best TV Entertainment Show:

• 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

• Taskmaster

Best Radio Entertainment Show 2025

Radio entertainment shows nominated:

• 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

• Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby

Best TV Comedy Drama 2025

The nominees for Best TV Comedy Drama are:

• Am I Being Unreasonable?

• Brassic

• Death Valley

• Film Club

• Finding Father Christmas

• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Voting for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025 will close at 23:59 GMT on Sunday, January 25th, 2026. The results will determine the winners across all categories, including the overall Comedy Of The Year.

Sources

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

• Comedy.co.uk Awards 2025 - British Comedy Guide, British Comedy Guide.

• Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 results - British Comedy Guide, British Comedy Guide.