Nicholas Parsons collects Legend Of Comedy Award
- Nicholas Parsons was given the Legend Of Comedy Award at Leicester Comedy Festival's annual ceremony
- Lloyd Langford won best show, and Peter Fleming was named as having the best debut show
- Other winners include Flo & Joan, Andrew Ryan and The Dark Room 4 Kids
Nicholas Parsons has been bestowed with a Legend Of Comedy title at Leicester Comedy Festival's annual awards ceremony.
The actor and presenter, who has hosted Radio 4 panel game Just A Minute for over 50 years, picked up the award in person at the ceremony at The Haymarket Theatre tonight (26th March).
Victoria Wood, Barry Cryer, Rik Mayall, Sir Ken Dodd and Sir Norman Wisdom are amongst the previous recipients of Leicester's top prize.
Festival director, Geoff Rowe says: "I am thrilled that Nicholas attended the ceremony to collect the trophy and join us to celebrate 25 years of Leicester Comedy Festival. Nicholas celebrated a record breaking 50 years of hosting Just A Minute last December and has appeared at our festival many times over the years. It is an honour to recognise his contribution to British comedy with this award. The ceremony also allowed us to celebrate the acts, venues, promoters and other organisations whose hard work has helped make this year the most successful in Leicester Comedy Festival's history."
The results in full are:
Best Show
Lloyd Langford: Six Quid's Worth of Jokes
Best Debut Show
Peter Fleming: Have You Seen?
Best New Show
Andrew Ryan: Sure, You Know Yourself
Best Musical Show
Flo & Joan
Best Improv Show
Conversation Garden Does A 'Bake Off' Themed Murder Mystery
Best Kids Show
The Dark Room 4 Kids
Liberty Award
Kids Comedy Hub
Best Promoter
Jokes On Us
Community Award
A Bellyful of Laughs in aid of Charity Link
Best poster
Adele Cliff: Sheep
Leicestershire Favourite Joke
Mark Dolan
Legend of Comedy
Nicholas Parsons
In the venue categories, the winners were Firebug, De Montfort Hall and The Cosy Club. The Y venue was awarded the Lifetime Contribution title.
The judging panel tasked with deciding the winners was made up of "people working in comedy and comedy fans from all over the country."
Leicester Comedy Festival 2018 featured over 847 individual events in 69 venues across the city, over the festival's 19 days. The festival reports ticket sales increased by 9% this year and an estimated 125,000 people attended events. The city's next festival will take place from the 6th to 24th February 2019. comedy-festival.co.uk