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Your comedy choices?

I was watching that show Comic's Choice hosted by Bill Bailey and I was wondering what your choices would be?

To avoid confusion I will say what each one is.

Best Male Comic: your all time favourite male comic
Best Female Comic: Pretty obvious.
Best TV Comedy Actor: an actor in a comedy (say, Peter Capaldi in The Thick of It).
Best TV Comedy Actress: An actress in a comedy.
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: Difficult to say but I guess a show that is not labeled as a comedy but has comedic elements to it (e.g: Alan Carr - Chatty Man.)
Best Comedy Panel Show: HIGNFY, Buzzcocks, Mock the Week...
Best Comedy Sketch Show: I think you all know what this is.
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Graham Norton for example.
Best Male TV Comic: A comic on TV
Best Female TV Comic: A female Comic on TV
Best New British TV Comedy: A new sitcom that you like
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist: A male newcomer
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist: A female newcomer
Best Sitcom: Your favourite sitcom
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: your favourite comic writers
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Chris Addison in In the Loop, Nigel Lindsey in Four Lions.
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Someone who you think deserves recognition.
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Someone who has put a permanent stamp on comedy and is considered a comedy legend.

Enjoy.

Since the dawn of time?

First thoughts . .

Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ July 25 2011, 9:50 PM BST

I was watching that show Comic's Choice hosted by Bill Bailey and I was wondering what your choices would be?

Best Male Comic: Max Miller
Best TV Comedy Actor: David Jason
Best TV Comedy Actress: Dawn French
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: What's one of those?
Best Comedy Panel Show: I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue
Best Comedy Sketch Show: The Two Ronnies
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Michael Barrymore (as was)
Best Male TV Comic: Dave Allen
Best Female TV Comic: Pass
Best New British TV Comedy: Pass
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Pass
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist Pass
Best Sitcom: Hancock's Half Hour
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: John Sullivan
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther films (if they were British?)
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Galton and Simpson
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: John Sullivan

Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ July 25 2011, 9:50 PM BST

Best Male Comic: Bill Bailey/ Steve Coogan
Best TV Comedy Actor: John Cleese
Best TV Comedy Actress: Patricia Routledge
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: Alan Carr - Chatty Man
Best Comedy Panel Show: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Best Comedy Sketch Show: The Fast Show
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Paul Merton
Best Male TV Comic: Dara O Briain
Best Female TV Comic: Jennifer Saunders
Best New British TV Comedy: Psychoville
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Tony Cowards..could be!
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Jessica Stevenson
Best Sitcom: Rising Damp
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: Marc P...could be!
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Ronnie Barker - Porridge
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Morecambe and Wise
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Les Dawson

Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ July 25 2011, 9:50 PM BST

I was watching that show Comic's Choice hosted by Bill Bailey and I was wondering what your choices would be?

Best Male Comic: Harry Hill
Best TV Comedy Actor: ?
Best TV Comedy Actress:?
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: Harry Hill's TV Burp
Best Comedy Panel Show: ISIHAC
Best Comedy Sketch Show: The Two Ronnies
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Harry Hill
Best Male TV Comic: John Bishop
Best Female TV Comic:?
Best New British TV Comedy: Bennidorm
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist:?
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist?
Best Sitcom: Dad's Army
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award:Croft & Perry
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Will hay - Ask a Policeman
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy:Norman Wisdom
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award:

Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ July 25 2011, 9:50 PM BST

Best Male Comic: Peter Cook
Best TV Comedy Actor: Ronnie Barker/George Cole
Best TV Comedy Actress: Jane Horrocks
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: The Golden Shot
Best Comedy Panel Show: Room 101
Best Comedy Sketch Show: The Benny Hill Show
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Jonathan Ross/Jim Davidson
Best Male TV Comic: Benny Hill
Best Female TV Comic: Victoria Wood
Best New British TV Comedy: White Van Man
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist:
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist:
Best Sitcom: Fawlty Towers
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: Spike Milligan
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Peter Sellers in A Shot In The Dark (PP2)
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Stan Laurel
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: John Cleese

Laughing out loud

No discussion or debate on your choices. Makes you look like list making mentals :D

Or just lazy ones ;)

Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ July 25 2011, 9:50 PM BST

Best TV Comedy Actor: Kenneth Williams
Best TV Comedy Actress: Beryl Reid
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: The Comedians
Best Comedy Panel Show: Jokers Wild
Best Comedy Sketch Show: Morecambe & Wise
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Tommy Cooper
Best Male TV Comic: Peter Cook
Best Female TV Comic: Julie Walters
Best New British TV Comedy: N/A but for one-off piece Tomkinson's Schooldays (this later became Ripping Yarns, but started off on its own)
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist: N/A as we are discussing for all time.
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist: See above.
Best Sitcom: Steptoe and Son
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: Barry Cryer
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Alec Guiness in Kind Hearts and Coronets
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Jim Henson
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Charlie Chaplin

Best Male Comic: Eddie Izzard
Best TV Comedy Actor: Robert Powell (The Detectives)
Best TV Comedy Actress: Julie Walters as Mrs Overall
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: Alan Carr - Chatty Man
Best Comedy Panel Show: Have I Got News For You
Best Comedy Sketch Show: Harry Enfield and Friends
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Alan Carr
Best Male TV Comic: Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage
Best Female TV Comic: Victoria Wood
Best Sitcom: The Royle Family
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: Keith Waterhouse
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: Alistair Sim - St Trinnians
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Stanley Baxter
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Ronnie Barker

Quote: Monster Scum Bag @ July 25 2011, 9:50 PM BST

I was watching that show Comic's Choice hosted by Bill Bailey and I was wondering what your choices would be?

Best Male Comic: (not sure)
Best TV Comedy Actor: John Cleese as Basil Fawlty
Best TV Comedy Actress: Mollie Sugden As Mrs Slocome
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: (not sure)
Best Comedy Panel Show: (not sure)
Best Comedy Sketch Show: (not sure)
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: (not sure)
Best Male TV Comic: (not sure)
Best Female TV Comic: (not sure)
Best New British TV Comedy: Newest is 'The Smoking Room' (but that's old now)
Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist: David Jason.
Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Penelope Keith.
Best Sitcom: Fawlty Towers
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award: David Renwick, and Esmonde and Larbey
Best Comedy Performance in a British Film: John Cleese in Clockwise
Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy: Esmonde and Larbey, Croft and whoever else used to write with him
British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: (That's getting too serious for the subject of funniness.)

Quote: Will Cam @ July 26 2011, 12:28 PM BST

Best Male TV Comic: John Bishop

Errr

Why is there a best male comic category, but no best female comic?

There is a category, after best male TV comic. It's right bloody there!

Quote: shaggy292 @ August 7 2011, 10:39 PM BST

There is a category, after best male TV comic. It's right bloody there!

I think Michael is asking about Best Male Comic (the first category) which doesn't have a female equivalent whereas Best Male TV Comic does.

Thank you Badge.

Probably only an oversight, but it just seems a bit odd the other categories have male and female versions, while all time favourite is male only.

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