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Peter Kay's Car Share named Comedy Of The Year 2015

Monday 1st February 2016, 5:00pm

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), John Redmond (Peter Kay). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions
  • The results of the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2015 have been announced
  • Car Share, Peep Show and Inside No. 9 are amongst the winners
  • The results are based on a public vote involving over 370 different TV and radio programmes

The results of the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2015 have been announced.

The awards, which are now in their 10th year, are notable as they are determined solely by a public vote with no shortlist or weighting: every TV and radio programme from the year is automatically nominated.

Receiving thousands of votes, Peter Kay's Car Share has been named as the Comedy Of The Year, receiving the most positive votes in both the overall category and for the coveted Best New British TV Sitcom title.

Other TV winners include the final series of Peep Show, popular BBC panel show Would I Lie To You? and CBBC sketch show Horrible Histories. Meanwhile, in the radio categories, John Finnemore, Mark Steel and Jack Dee are amongst those to claim prizes.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: John Redmond (Peter Kay), Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Best New British TV Sitcom 2015:
Car Share

Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb), Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell). Copyright: Objective Productions

Best Returning British TV Sitcom 2015:
Peep Show

John Finnemore. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Best British Radio Sitcom 2015:
John Finnemore's Double Acts

Horrible Histories. Henry VIII (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Best British TV Sketch Show 2015:
Horrible Histories

Dead Ringers. Copyright: BBC

Best British Radio Sketch Show 2015:
Dead Ringers

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

Best British TV Panel Show 2015:
Would I Lie To You?

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

Best British Radio Panel Show 2015:
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Copyright: So Television

Best British TV Entertainment Show 2015
The Graham Norton Show

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

Best British Radio Entertainment Show 2015:
Mark Steel's In Town

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

Best British TV Comedy Drama 2015:
Inside No. 9

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson), John Redmond (Peter Kay). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Comedy Of The Year 2015:
Car Share


In addition, the annual Editors' Award was given to Hat Trick Productions' Channel 4 satire Ballot Monkeys, for its brilliant scripts, acting, direction and editing, with each episode filmed just hours before broadcast.

To find out more about the awards including a full list of the nominees, and to discover which TV shows received the most negative marks from voters, visit the awards page:

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2015 - Full Results

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