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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 results

The final series of Ghosts was voted 2023's Comedy Of The Year. Find videos, quotes and more in our news story

Best New TV Sitcom: Queen Of Oz

Queen Of Oz. Princess Georgiana (Catherine Tate)

Other shortlisted nominees

Black Ops. Image shows left to right: Dominique 'Dom' Archibald (Gbemisola Ikumelo), Kayode 'Kay' Ogundare (Hammed Animashaun). Credit: BBC Studios

Black Ops

Everyone Else Burns. Image shows left to right: Aaron (Harry Connor), Fiona Lewis (Kate O'Flynn), David Lewis (Simon Bird), Rachel (Amy James-Kelly)

Everyone Else Burns

Such Brave Girls. Image shows left to right: Josie (Kat Sadler), Deb (Louise Brealey), Billie (Lizzie Davidson)

Such Brave Girls

The Change. Linda (Bridget Christie)

The Change

Undoing Martin Parker. Image shows from L to R: Diane (Rosie Cavaliero), Martin Parker (Conleth Hill), Kath (Sian Gibson)

The Power Of Parker

Best Returning TV Sitcom: Ghosts

Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Julian (Simon Farnaby), Pat (Jim Howick), Captain (Ben Willbond), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Robin (Laurence Rickard), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Mary (Katy Wix), Humphrey (Laurence Rickard). Copyright: Monumental Pictures

Other shortlisted nominees

Meet The Richardsons. Image shows from L to R: Jon (Jon Richardson), Lucy (Lucy Beaumont)

Meet The Richardsons

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

Not Going Out

Starstruck. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Nikesh Patel), Jessie (Rose Matafeo). Copyright: Avalon Television

Starstruck

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

The Cleaner

Two Doors Down. Image shows from L to R: Beth (Arabella Weir), Eric (Alex Norton). Copyright: BBC

Two Doors Down

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

Bob Servant Says Cheerio. Bob Servant (Brian Cox). Credit: Oliver Bowring

Bob Servant Says Cheerio

Call Jonathan Pie. Image shows left to right: Roger (Nick Revell), Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker), Jules (Lucy Pearman), Sam (Aqib Khan)

Call Jonathan Pie

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

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

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

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door

Best TV Sketch Show: Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories

Other shortlisted nominees

A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou. Jamie Demetriou

A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou

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

Queen Of The New Year

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years

The Stand Up Sketch Show

The Stand Up Sketch Show

This Is Gay. Kirk Flash

This Is Gay

Best Radio Sketch Show: Dead Ringers

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

Other shortlisted nominees

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Please Use Other Door

Please Use Other Door

The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

We Forced A Bot To Write This Show. Credit: BBC

We Forced A Bot To Write This Show

Wosson Cornwall

Wosson Cornwall

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. Jimmy Carr. Copyright: Zeppotron

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

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

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. Jimmy Carr

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year

Best Radio Panel Show: The Unbelievable Truth

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

Other shortlisted nominees

Best Medicine. Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Best Medicine

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 Museum Of Curiosity. John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

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

Caroline Aherne

Arena: Caroline Aherne: Comedy Queen

Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett

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

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop. Alfie Moore. Copyright: BBC

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop

Artwork by Martin Brown. Credit: BBC

Horrible Histories: 'Orrible Opera

Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz. Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz

Scott Bennett: Stuff. Scott Bennett

Scott Bennett: Stuff

Best TV Comedy Drama: Good Omens

Good Omens. Image shows left to right: Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), Crowley (David Tennant)

Other shortlisted nominees

Boat Story. Image shows left to right: Janet (Daisy Haggard), Guy (Craig Fairbrass), The Tailor (Tchéky Karyo), Samuel (Paterson Joseph), Pat Tooh (Joanna Scanlan)

Boat Story

Brassic. Image shows left to right: Farmer Jim (Steve Evets), Vinnie (Joe Gilgun), Erin (Michelle Keegan), Tommo (Ryan Sampson)

Brassic

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

Inside No. 9

Sex Education. Image shows from L to R: Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa), Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey), Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield). Copyright: Eleven Film

Sex Education

There She Goes. Image shows left to right: Ben (Edan Hayhurst), Emily (Jessica Hynes), Rosie (Miley Locke), Simon (David Tennant)

There She Goes

Comedy Of The Year: Ghosts

Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Julian (Simon Farnaby), Pat (Jim Howick), Captain (Ben Willbond), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Robin (Laurence Rickard), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Mary (Katy Wix), Humphrey (Laurence Rickard). Copyright: Monumental Pictures
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