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

The highly anticipated shortlists for the 2025 Comedy.co.uk Awards have been unveiled, celebrating the best in British television and radio comedy from the past year. Following an extensive public poll, each of the ten categories has been narrowed down to a select group of six nominees. Voting is now open for the final round, allowing the public to decide the ultimate winners and the coveted Comedy Of The Year title.

Key Takeaways

• Shortlists for the 2025 Comedy.co.uk Awards have been announced across TV and radio categories.

• Voting for the final round is now open and closes on Sunday, January 25th, 2025.

• Categories include sitcoms, sketch shows, comedy dramas, panel shows, and entertainment programmes.

Best New TV Sitcom Nominees

This category recognizes fresh comedic talent in the sitcom format on television. The contenders are:

• Amandaland

• The Chief

• Govan Fair Queen

• How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)

• Man Vs Baby

• Pushers

Best Returning TV Sitcom Nominees

Established favourites return to compete for the best returning TV sitcom award:

• Big Boys

• Here We Go

• The Horne Section TV Show

• Mandy

• Not Going Out

• Two Doors Down

Best Radio Sitcom Nominees

Radio comedy is well-represented with these nominees for best radio sitcom:

• 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 Nominees

Innovative and hilarious sketch shows vie for the top prize:

• Good For Her

• Horrible Histories

• Horrible Science

• Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping

• Queen Of The New Year

• Say! Less!

Best Radio Sketch Show Nominees

Radio sketch comedy is celebrated with these nominees:

• 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 Nominees

Sharp wit and quick thinking are on display in the TV panel show category:

• 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 Nominees

Radio's best panel shows have been shortlisted:

• 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 Nominees

This category highlights outstanding entertainment programmes on television:

• 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 Nominees

Radio entertainment is recognised with these nominees:

• 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 Nominees

Genre-bending comedy dramas are in the running for this award:

• Am I Being Unreasonable?

• Brassic

• Death Valley

• Film Club

• Finding Father Christmas

• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

Voting for the final round is open until 23:59 GMT on Sunday, January 25th, 2025. Comedy fans are encouraged to cast their votes to help decide the winners.

Sources

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

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