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With a potent mix of comedians and alcohol, the ceremony is often a riotous affair. Past ceremonies have seen the host's in-podium autocue monitor ripped out by award-winner Michael Barrymore , and award-presenter Julian Clary joke that he'd "just been Fisting Norman Lamont " (the joke caused great controversy and nearly ended Clary's career). In 1994 Spike Milligan called long-time fan Prince Charles a "grovelling little bastard" on hearing his citation for Spike's Lifetime Achievement Award.


CEREMONIES



PREVIOUS WINNERS


1990

  • Top live stand up: Victoria Wood

  • Top British TV comedy: A Bit Of A Do

  • Top ITV/C4 sitcom: A Bit Of A Do

  • Top BBC sitcom: Only Fools and Horses

  • Best new TV comedy: Drop The Dead Donkey

  • Top US sitcom: Cheers

  • Top TV comedy actor: David Jason

  • Top TV comedy actress: Jean Boht

  • Top entertainment performer: Rowan Atkinson

  • Best TV comedy newcomer: Pauline Quirke

  • Lifetime achievement award: Ronnie Barker

  • Lifetime achievement award for stage: Norman Wisdom

  • Lifetime achievement award for radio: Roy Hudd

  • Lifetime achievement award for film comedy: Peter Rogers (Carry On films producer)

  • Top variety act: Russ Abbott

  • Best stage comedy newcomer: Mike Doyle

  • Top British film actor: Griff Rhys Jones

  • Top British film actress: Pauline Collins

  • Top comedy film: Shirley Valentine

  • Top radio comedy: Victor Lewis-Smith

  • Top comedy writer: David Nobbs



1991

Best TV Entertainment presenter: Clive Anderson (Whose Line Is It Anyway)
Best ITV/C4 sitcom: Drop The Dead Donkey
Best entertainment series: Alas Smith and Jones
Best new TV comedy: Have I Got News For You
Best TV comedy actor: Richard Wilson (One Foot In The Grave)
Best TV comedy actress: Patricia Routledge
Top TV comedy newcomer: Angus Deayton
Top entertainment presenter: Clive Anderson
Top British entertainment performers: Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones
Top variety perfromers: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
Top comedy writer John Sullivan
Best comedy film: Home Alone
Lifetime achievement award: Beryl Reid
International lifetime achievement: George Burns
Best radio comedy: On The Hour/The Million Pound Radio Show
Top radio comedy personality: Phil Holden
Top stage newcomer: Jack Dee
Top comedy club performer: Jeremy Hardy


1992

Top TV comedy personality: Paul Merton
Top variety performer: Les Dawson
Best sitcom: One Foot In The Grave
Best new TV comedy: Bottom
Best ITV comedy: Men Behaving Badly
Best BBC sitcom: One Foot In The Grave
Best C4 sitcom: Desmonds
Best TV comedy drama: Murder Most Horrid
Best C4 personality: Chris Evans
Best TV comedy actor: David Jason (Darling Buds of May)
Best TV comedy actress: Stephanie Cole (Waiting For God.)
Best TV comedy newcomer: Alan Cumming (Bernard and the Genie)
Top comedy writer: David Renwick
Best comedy film: Hear My Song
Lifetime Achievement: Eric Sykes
Top comedy club performer: Jo Brand


1993

Top C4 entertainment presenter: Chris Evans
Best radio comedy: Knowing Me, Knowing You
Best comedy writer: Richard Curtis
Lifetime achievement award: Ken Dodd
Top variety entertainer: Ken Dodd
Best entertainment series: Barrymore
Best comedy actor: Rik Mayall (Rik Mayall Presents)
Best comedy actress: Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous)
Best BBC sitcom: One Foot In The Grave
Best ITV sitcom: Watching
Best C4 sitcom: Drop The Dead Donkey
Best TV comedy drama: The Snapper
Top TV personality: Joanna Lumley
Top female performer: Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French
Best TV new comedy: Absolutely Fabulous
Top TV comedy newcomer: Steve Coogan
Best comedy film: Groundhog Day
Top stand-up: Eddie Izzard


1994

Best TV comedy series: Drop The Dead Donkey
Best new TV comedy: Knowing Me, Knowing You
Best BBC comedy series: Red Dwarf
Best C4 comedy: Drop The Dead Donkey
Best ITV comedy: Time After Time
Best comedy series: Murder Most Horrid
Best comedy drama: Outside Edge
Best TV comedy actor: Stephen Tompkinson (Drop The Dead Donkey)
Top TV comedy actress: Brenda Blethyn (Outside Edge).
Best TV comedy newcomer: Chris Morris (The Day Today)
Best male TV performer: Steve Coogan (Knowing Me, Knowing You)
Top female comedy performer: Tracey Ullman (Tracey Ullman Takes On New York)
Best ITV entertainment presenter: Michael Barrymore
Best BBC entertainment presenter: Noel Edmonds
Best Channel 4 entertainement presenter: Chris Evans (Don't Forget Your Toothbrush)
Top theatre variety performer: Billy Pearce
Best comedy film: Four Weddings And A Funeral
Top comedy writer: Jack Rosenthal
Best radio comedy: A Look Back To The Future
Lifetime achievement: Spike Milligan, June Whitfield
Best live stand-up: Phil Kay
Special award: Armando Iannucci


1995

Top TV comedy newcomer: Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Ted)
Best new TV comedy: Father Ted
Top female comedy performer: Victoria Wood
Top male comedy performers: John Bird and John Fortune
Best radio comedy: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Top TV comedy actor: Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly)
Top TV comedy actress: Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly)
Best BBC comedy series: One Foot In The Grave
Best ITV entertainment presenter: Michael Barrymore
Best BBC entertainment presenter: Noel Edmonds
Best Channel 4 entertainment presenter: Chris Evans
Lifetime achievement award for variety: Bruce Forsyth
Lifetime achievement award for comedy: Bob Monkhouse
Top TV personality: Jack Dee
Best ITV sitcom: Is It Legal?
Best BBC sitcom: One Foot In The Grave
Best Channel 4 sitcom: Drop The Dead Donkey
Best comedy drama: Preston Front
Best radio comedy:I'm Sorrt I Have't A Clue
Best stand-up comic: Jo Brand
Best comedy show: Rory Bremner Who Else
Best entertainment series: Don't Forget Your Toothbrush.
Best comedy film: Bullets Over Broadway
Top comedy writers: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
Award for comedy: Peter Cook


1996

Lifetime achievement award: Dave Allen
Top TV comedy actor: Dermot Morgan (Father Ted)
Top TV comedy actress: Pauline McLynn (Father Ted)
Best comedy series: The Fast Show
Best BBC sitcom: One Foot In The Grave
Best ITV sitcom: The 10%ers
Top ITV entertainment presenter: Cilla Black
Top BBC1 entertainment presenter: Ruby Wax
Top C4/BBC2 entertainment presenter: Chris Evans (TFI Friday)
Best children's comedy: Woof!
Top female comedy performer: Caroline Aherne (Mrs Merton)
Best comedy film: Babe
Best radio comedy: People Like Us
Best comedy drama: Outside Edge
Best entertainment series: TFI Friday
Top male comedy performer: Paul Whitehouse (The Fast Show)
International comedy: Frasier
Top TV newcomer: James Dreyfus (The Thin Blue Line)
Best stand-up: Eddie Izzard
Best new TV comedy: Thin Blue Line
Top TV comedy personalities: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
Best comedy newcomer: James Dreyfus
Top comedy writer: Johnny Speight


1997

Best C4 sitcom: Father Ted
Top BBC1 personalty: Caroline Aherne
Top ITV personality: Cilla Black
Top BBC2/C4 personality: Paul Whitehouse
Best new comedy series: Knowing Me, Knowing You
Best TV comedy actor: David Jason (Only Fools and Horses)
Best TV comedy actress: Dawn French (Vicar of Dibley)
People's Choice Award: Only Fools and Horses
Top comedy newcomer: Graham Norton
Lifetime achievement award: Stanley Baxter
Writers' Guild lifetime achievement award: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Best comedy show: The Fast Show
Best comedy film: The Full Monty
Best new TV comedy: Harry Hill
Cockburn's funniest comedy moment: Only Fools And Horses
Top stand-up comic: Jack Dee
Best international comedy: The Larry Sanders show.
Best BBC sitcom: One Foot In The Grave Christmas Special
Best ITV sitcom: Faith In The Future
Best Channel 4 sitcom: Father Ted Christmas Special
Best BBC comedy drama: The Missing Postman
Best ITV comedy drama: Cold Feet
Best children's comedy: My Dad's A Boring Nerd
Best entertainment programme: An Evening With Lily Savage


1998

Best TV sitcom: I'm Alan Partridge
Best comedy series: Goodness Gracious Me
Best new TV comedy: The Royle Family
Best TV comedy actor: Steve Coogan (I'm Alan Partridge)
Best TV comedy actress: Emma Chambers (Vicar Of Dibley)
Top TV comedy newcomer: Dylan Moran (How Do You Want Me)
Best light entertainment series: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Top BBC1 comedy personality: Harry Enfield
Top BBC2 personality: Steve Coogan
Top ITV personality: Michael Barrymore
Best stand-up comedian: Tommy Tiernan
Best children's comedy: Sooty & Co
Best television comedy drama: Underworld
Best comedy film: Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Lifetime achievement award For comedy: Thora Hird
Writers' Guild of Great Britain lifetime achievement: Denis Norden and (posthumously) Frank Muir
People's Choice: One Foot In The Grave
Best radio comedy: Old Harry's Game


1999

Best TV comedy actor: Ricky Tomlinson (The Royle Family).
Best TV comedy actress: Caroline Aherne (The Royle Family, Mrs Merton & Malcolm).
Best comedy entertainment personality: Paul Merton
Best live stand-up: Bill Bailey
Best male comedy newcomer: Sacha Baron Cohen (The 11 O'Clock Show).
Best female comedy newcomer: Jessica Stevenson (Spaced, The Royle Family).
Best new TV comedy: Dinnerladies .
Best 'broken comedy': Big Train
Best comedy gameshow: Have I Got News For You
Best comedy talkshow: So Graham Norton
Best TV sitcom: The Royle Family .
Best TV comedy-drama: Cold Feet
Best comedy film: Notting Hill.
Best international comedy show: The Larry Sanders Show
Best comedy entertainment programme: Comic Relief
Best radio comedy: The Sunday Format
Writer of yhe year: Richard Curtis.
Lifetime achievement awards: Barry Humphries, The Two Ronnies.


2000

Best live comic: Sean Lock
Lifetime achievement: Alan Bennett
Best TV comedy: Dinnerladies.
Writer of the year: Victoria Wood
Best TV comedy-drama: Cold Feet
Best TV comedy actor: James Nesbitt (Cold Feet)
Best TV comedy actress: Sue Johnston (The Royle Family)
Best TV comedy personality: Graham Norton
Best TV comedy newcomer: Rob Brydon (Marion and Geoff)
Best new TV comedy: That Peter Kay Thing
Best comedy entertainment programme: Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
Best comedy film: East Is East
Best International TV show: The Simpsons
People's Choice: SM:tv Live
Best Of British: The Vicar Of Dibley


2001

Best television comedy actor: Rob Brydon (Human Remains). Nominated: James Nesbitt (Cold Feet), John Thomson (Cold Feet).
Best television comedy actress: Jessica Stevenson (Spaced 2/ Bob and Rose/ The Royle Family). Nominated: Hermione Norris (Cold Feet), Lesley Sharp (Bob and Rose).
Best comedy entertainment personality: Frank Skinner. Nominated: Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross
Best comedy newcomer: Johnny Vegas (Happiness). Nominated: Mackenzie Crook (TV To Go / The Office), Lee Mack (The Sketch Show).
Best new TV comedy: The Office. Nominated: Human Remains, The Sketch Show.
Best TV comedy: One Foot In The Grave. Nominated: Coupling, The Office
Best TV comedy drama: Bob and Rose. Nominated: Cold Feet, Happiness
Best comedy entertainment programme: So Graham Norton. Nominated: Have I Got News For You, The Frank Skinner Show
Best international comedy TV show: Seinfeld. Nominated: Frasier, Sex And The City.
Best radio comedy: Dead Ringers. Nominated: The Jonathan Ross Show, The Sunday Format
Best live stand-up: Victoria Wood. Nominated: Bill Bailey, Harry Hill.
Comedy film award: Best In Show. Nominated: Bridget Jones's Diary, Shrek.
The lifetime achievement award: David Jason.
Writer of the Year Award: Russell T Davies.
The AOL People's Choice Award: Cold Feet (Voted by viewing audience)


2002

  • Best Comedy Actor: Ricky Gervais (The Office).

  • Nominated: Martin Freeman (The Office), Peter Kay (Phoenix Nights),

  • Best Comedy Actress: Kathy Burke (Gimme Gimme Gimme).

  • Nominated: Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), Ronni Ancona (Alistair McGowan's Big Impression)

  • Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Graham Norton.

  • Nominated: Jonathan Ross, Paul Merton

  • Best Comedy Newcomer: Kris Marshall (My Family).

  • Nominated: Dave Spikey (Phoenix Nights), Kris --- Marshall (My Family), Leigh Francis (Bo Selecta)

  • Best New TV Comedy: The Kumars at No 42.

  • Nominated: 2DTV, The Book Group,

  • Best TV Comedy: The Office.

  • Nominated: Black Books, Phoenix Nights.

  • Best Comedy Drama: Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

  • Nominated: Cold Feet, The Book Group

  • Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: V Graham Norton

  • Nominated: Have I Got News For You, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here,

  • Best International Comedy Show: Six Feet Under.

  • Nominated: The Simpsons, Sex And The City,

  • Best Comedy Film: Bend It Like Beckham.

  • Nominated: Amelie, Legally Blonde

  • Writer Of The Year: Peter Kay

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Palin.



2003

  • Best comedy actor: Steve Coogan

  • Best comedy actress: Ronni Ancona

  • Best entertainment personality: Ant and Dec

  • Comedy Newcomer: David Walliams (Little Britain)

  • Best new TV comedy: My New Best Friend

  • Best TV comedy: Coupling,

  • Best comedy drama: Cold Feet

  • Best comedy entertainment programme: Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

  • International comedy show: Malcolm In The Middle

  • Best comedy film: Calendar Girls

  • People's Choice: Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

  • Lifetime achievement: Jimmy Perry and David Croft



2004

  • Best TV comedy: Little Britain.

  • Nominated: The Office, Nighty Night

  • Best new TV comedy: Doc Martin.

  • Nominated: Life Begins, Nighty Night

  • People's Choice: Little Britain.

  • Best comedy entertainment personality: Ant and Dec.

  • Nominated: Jonathan Ross and Paul Merton.

  • Best comedy entertainment programme: Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

  • Nominated: Have I Got News For You? and I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

  • Best TV comedy drama: Doc Martin.

  • Nominated: Jonathan Creek and Shameless

  • Best comedy actor: Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

  • Nominated: Ricky Gervais, Martin Clunes.

  • Best TV comedy actress: Caroline Quentin.

  • Nominated: Julia Davis and Catherine Tate.

  • Best comedy newcomer: Catherine Tate.

  • Nominated: James McAvoy (Shameless), Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh)

  • Best international comedy show: The Simpsons.

  • Nominated: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sex And The City, The Simpsons

  • Best comedy film: School Of Rock

  • Nominated: Shaun Of The Dead, Shrek 2

  • Outstanding achievement: Matt Groening, French and Saunders



2005

  • TV Comedy: Little Britain

  • Nominated: Extras, The Catherine Tate Show

  • Best New TV Comedy: The Thick Of It

  • Nominated: Help, Extras

  • TV Comedy Actor: Chris Langham

  • Nominated: Ricky Gervais, David Walliams and Matt Lucas,

  • Best TV Comedy Actress: Ashley Jensen

  • Nominated: Catherine Tate, Tamsin Greig

  • Best Newcomer: Ashley Jensen

  • Nominated: Chris Addison, David Mitchell

  • Best International Show: The Simpsons,

  • Nominated: Kath & Kim, Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Best Entertainment Programme: The X Factor, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Nominated: Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • Best Comedy Drama: Shameless

  • Nominated: Christmas Lights, Not Only But Always

  • Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Paul O’Grady

  • Nominated: Ant and Dec, Jonathan Ross

  • Best Comedy Film: Festival

  • Nominated: Sideways, The Incredibles

  • Ronnie Barker Writers Of The Year: Matt Lucas and David Walliams

  • Outstanding achievement: Julie Walters and Victoria Wood

  • People's Choice: Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway



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