National Comedy Awards launched by Channel 4
- Voting is now open for The National Comedy Awards, run by Channel 4: thenationalcomedyawards.com
- Categories include 'Best Scripted Comedy Series', 'Best Stand Up Tour' and 'Best Comedy Podcast'
- The results will be revealed at a ceremony in London on Wednesday 15th December
Channel 4 has launched The National Comedy Awards, revealing a longlist featuring many TV shows and comedians.
Aiming to celebrate "the UK's most brilliant comedy content and creators", the new awards are being seen by some as a replacement for The British Comedy Awards, which ran from 1990 to 2014, with Channel 4 broadcasting the show from 2011.
Announced in [n=5904]August last year[/n] but delayed six months by the pandemic, the results of the new awards will be based purely on a public vote, and feature categories such as 'Best Scripted Comedy Series', 'Best Stand Up Tour' and 'Best Comedy Podcast'.
Channel 4 is linking the awards to its Stand Up To Cancer charity drive, with comedy fans encouraged to donate to help accelerate life-saving research.
Voting is now open on longlists across a range of categories, with shortlists set to be calculated and revealed in November. The winners will then be announced at a ceremony in December, which will be broadcast on Channel 4.
Producers confirm: "On 15th December 2021, The National Comedy Awards For Stand Up To Cancer will bring together the nation's best-loved comedians and comedy stars for a truly special night filled with laughter at the iconic Roundhouse, London."
Below are the longlists in full, with the voting system now live at thenationalcomedyawards.com. The eligibility window for stand-up award was any national tour with one or more performance between 1st October 2019 and 1st October 2021. All other categories - bar the Breakthrough Award, which had none - were based on an original broadcast/streaming release between 1st August 2020 and 1st October 2021.
Best Comedy Entertainment Series
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan
There's Something About Movies
Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure
Outstanding Female Comedy Entertainment Performance
Chizzy Akudolu (Sorry, I Didn't Know)
Ellie Taylor (Late Night Mash)
Emily Atack (The Emily Atack Show)
Jennifer Saunders (There's Something About Movies)
Judi Love (Sorry, I Didn't Know)
Katherine Ryan (8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown)
Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Frankie Boyle's New World Order)
Liza Tarbuck (Comedy Game Night)
Lou Sanders (Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable)
Mel Giedroyc (Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable)
Rachel Parris (Late Night Mash)
Rosie Jones (Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure)
Sophie Duker (Frankie Boyle's New World Order)
Sue Perkins (Comedy Game Night)
Suzi Ruffell (Yesterday, Today & The Day Before)
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance
Alan Carr (There's Something About Movies)
David Mitchell (Would I Lie To You?)
Frankie Boyle (Frankie Boyle's New World Order)
Ian Hislop (Have I Got News For You)
Jimmy Akingbola (Sorry, I Didn't Know)
Jimmy Carr (8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown)
Jonathan Ross (Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club)
Josh Widdicombe (The Last Leg)
Lee Mack (Would I Lie To You?)
Leigh Francis (Celebrity Juice)
Mo Gilligan (The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan)
Paul Merton (Have I Got News For You)
Rhod Gilbert (Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains)
Rob Beckett (Rob And Romesh Vs)
Rob Brydon (Would I Lie To You?)
Romesh Ranganathan (The Ranganation)
Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour)
Sean Lock (8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, nominated posthumously)
Tom Allen (There's Something About Movies)
Best Scripted Comedy Series
Ted Lasso
Outstanding Comedy Actress
Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts)
Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland)
Jessica Hynes (There She Goes)
Lucy Beaumont (Meet The Richardson)
Maisie Williams (Two Weeks To Live[/f].)
Sophie Willan (Alma's Not Normal)
Susannah Fielding (This Time With Alan Partridge)
Outstanding Comedy Actor
Asa Butterfield (Sex Education)
Brian Gleeson (Frank Of Ireland)
Jon Richardson (Meet The Richardsons)
Reece Shearsmith (Inside No. 9)
Steve Coogan (This Time With Alan Partridge)
Steve Pemberton (Inside No. 9)
Outstanding Supporting Role
Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Cariad Lloyd (Out Of Her Mind)
Domhnall Gleeson (Frank Of Ireland)
Felicity Montagu (This Time With Alan Partridge)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Jayde Adams (Alma's Not Normal)
Lorraine Ashbourne (Alma's Not Normal)
Madeline Appiah (In The Long Run)
Mawaan Rizwan (Two Weeks To Live)
Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso)
Romesh Ranganathan (King Gary)
Sarah Greene (Frank Of Ireland)
Sian Clifford (Two Weeks To Live)
Siobhan Finneran (Alma's Not Normal)
Tim Key (This Time With Alan Partridge)
Best Stand Up Show
Dane Baptiste (The Chocolate Chip)
David Baddiel (Trolls: Not The Dolls)
Ellie Taylor (Don't Got This)
Emily Atack (Has Left The Group)
Flo & Joan (Before The Screaming Starts)
Joel Dommett (Unapologetic (If That's OK?))
John Bishop (Right Here, Right Now)
John Kearns (Double Take And Fade Away)
Lou Sanders (Say Hello To Your New Step Mummy)
Michael McIntyre (Big World Tour)
Mo Gilligan (There Mo To Life World Tour)
Rachel Parris (All Change Please)
Romesh Ranganathan (The Cynic's Mixtape)
Sarah Millican (Bobby Dazzler)
Stewart Lee (Snowflake / Tornado)
Suzi Ruffell (Dance Like Everyone's Watching)
Phil Wang (Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang)
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: SuperNature)
Best Comedy Podcast
3 Shots Of Tequila
Alan Carr: Life's A Beach
Athletico Mince
Beef & Dairy Network Podcast
Birthday Girls' House Party
Dane Baptiste Questions Everything
Dear Joan and Jericha
Drunk Women Solving Crime
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
French & Saunders: Titting About
From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast
Gossipmongers
Hidden Ireland
I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha with Lee Mack and Neil Webster
Josh Berry's Fake News
Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything
Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell
My Dad Wrote A Porno
My Therapist Ghosted Me
No Such Thing As A Fish
Off Menu with James Acaster and Ed Gamble
Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
SeanceCast
Shagged. Married. Annoyed with Chris and Rosie Ramsey
The Adam Buxton Podcast
The Bugle
The Guilty Feminist
The Kurupt FM Podcast
Wolf and Owl
The Comedy Breakthrough Award
Voting is now open at thenationalcomedyawards.com