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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 results

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared was named Comedy Of The Year 2022. You can see videos, quotes and more via our news story

Best New TV Sitcom: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

Other shortlisted nominees

Big Boys. Image shows left to right: Jack (Dylan Llewellyn), Danny (Jon Pointing)

Big Boys

The Horne Section TV Programme. Image shows from L to R: Ed Sheldrake, Ben Reynolds, Will Collier, Alex Horne, Mark Brown, Joe Auckland

The Horne Section TV Show

The Other Half. Navid (Vahid Gold)

The Other Half

The Witchfinder. Image shows from L to R: Gideon Bannister (Tim Key), Thomasine Gooch (Daisy May Cooper)

The Witchfinder

Toast Of Tinseltown. Steven Toast (Matt Berry). Copyright: Objective Productions

Toast Of Tinseltown

Best Returning TV Sitcom: Ghosts

Ghosts. Image shows left to right: Julian (Simon Farnaby), Robin (Laurence Rickard), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Pat (Jim Howick), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Captain (Ben Willbond)

Other shortlisted nominees

Derry Girls. Image shows from L to R: Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla McCool (Louisa Harland), Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Derry Girls

Detectorists. Image shows left to right: Andy Stone (Mackenzie Crook), Lance Stater (Toby Jones)

Detectorists

Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Liz (Diane Morgan), Meg (Tanya Moodie), Kevin (Paul Ready), Anne (Philippa Dunne), Amanda (Lucy Punch)

Motherland

Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Lee (Lee Mack), Lucy (Sally Bretton). Copyright: Avalon Television / Arlo Productions

Not Going Out

The Cleaner. Paul 'Wicky' Wickstead (Greg Davies)

The Cleaner

Best Radio Sitcom: Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?. Image shows from L to R: Florence Ransom (Dawn French), Selina Mountjoy (Jennifer Saunders). Copyright: CPL Productions

Other shortlisted nominees

Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door. Image shows left to right: Michael (Michael Spicer), Ellie Taylor

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Best TV Sketch Show: Ellie & Natasia

Ellie & Natasia. Image shows from L to R: Natasia Demetriou, Ellie White. Copyright: CPL Productions

Other shortlisted nominees

Lazy Susan. Image shows from L to R: Celeste Dring, Freya Parker. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Lazy Susan

Queen Of The New Year. Image shows left to right: Greg Hemphill, Robert Florence

Queen Of The New Year

The Emily Atack Show. Emily Atack. Copyright: Monkey Kingdom

The Emily Atack Show

The Love Box In Your Living Room. Image shows left to right: Paul Whitehouse, Harry Enfield

The Lovebox In Your Living Room

The Stand Up Sketch Show

The Stand Up Sketch Show

Best Radio Sketch Show: 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp

The News Quiz. Miles Jupp. Copyright: BBC

Other shortlisted nominees

Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out. Gemma Arrowsmith

Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out

Please Use Other Door

Please Use Other Door

The Brig Society. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The Brig Society

The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Best TV Panel Show: Would I Lie To You?

Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack. Copyright: Zeppotron

Other shortlisted nominees

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Image shows from L to R: Susie Dent, Jimmy Carr, Rachel Riley

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett

Have I Got News For You

Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain

Mock The Week

Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Image shows from L to R: Noel Fielding, Greg Davies, Daisy May Cooper, Jamali Maddix

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Best Radio Panel Show: The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

Other shortlisted nominees

Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Best TV Entertainment Show: Taskmaster

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

Other shortlisted nominees

Cunk On.... Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan)

Cunk On Earth

Frankie Boyle's New World Order. Frankie Boyle. Copyright: Zeppotron

Frankie Boyle's New World Order

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

The Last Leg

Best Radio Entertainment Show: You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Other shortlisted nominees

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Image shows from L to R: Graeme Garden, William Rushton, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor. Copyright: BBC

50 Years Without A Clue

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar. Alexei Sayle. Copyright: BBC

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

Comedy Legends. Barry Cryer. Copyright: 3DD

Cryering With Laughter: A Tribute To Barry Cryer

Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Best TV Comedy Drama: This Is Going To Hurt

This Is Going To Hurt. Image shows from L to R: Shruti (Ambika Mod), Adam (Ben Whishaw)

Other shortlisted nominees

Am I Being Unreasonable?. Image shows from L to R: Jen (Selin Hizli), Nic (Daisy May Cooper)

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Bad Sisters

Bad Sisters

Doc Martin. Image shows from L to R: Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes). Copyright: ITV

Doc Martin

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9

The Outlaws. Image shows from L to R: John (Darren Boyd), Frank (Christopher Walken), Myrna (Clare Perkins), Rani Rekowski (Rhianne Barreto), Christian (Gamba Cole), Gabby (Eleanor Tomlinson), Greg (Stephen Merchant)

The Outlaws

Comedy Of The Year: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Duck and Red Guy present their trophies
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