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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist

Monday 17th January 2022, 4:18pm

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  • The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlists have been revealed. Vote now

Sixty television and radio programmes shortlisted in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed.

All programmes - six each across ten categories - are now in the running for the title of Comedy Of The Year.

The Comedy.co.uk Awards shortlists were decided by a public vote of every new British comedy TV and radio programme broadcast last year. Running over the previous week, the voting process saw comedy fans picking their favourite shows from a list of 371 nominees.

This is the 16th year British Comedy Guide has run its annual awards. The final round of voting is now open, and will run until the end of Sunday 30th January. The winners will be determined entirely by the public vote, with no jury, weighting, or other mechanism involved.

Nominees can be seen listed below, or viewed by taking part in the vote.

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Best New TV Sitcom 2021

Alma's Not Normal. Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan)

Alma's Not Normal

Frank Of Ireland. Image shows from L to R: Frank (Brian Gleeson), Áine (Sarah Greene)

Frank Of Ireland

Harry Hill

Harry Hill's Lonely Island

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

We Are Lady Parts. Image shows from L to R: Momtaz (Lucie Shorthouse), Bisma (Faith Omole), Amina (Anjana Vasan), Ayesha (Juliette Motamed), Saira (Sarah Kameela Impey). Copyright: Working Title Films

We Are Lady Parts

Best Returning TV Sitcom 2021

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

Ghosts

Mandy. Mandy (Diane Morgan)

Mandy

Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Liz (Diane Morgan), Meg (Tanya Moodie), Kevin (Paul Ready), Anne (Philippa Dunne), Amanda (Lucy Punch)

Motherland

Stath Lets Flats. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Al (Alastair Roberts), Steven (Jimmy Roussounis), Vasos (Christos Stergioglou), Katia (Ellie White), Stath (Jamie Demetriou), Carole (Katy Wix), Sophie (Natasia Demetriou). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Stath Lets Flats

The Goes Wrong Show

The Goes Wrong Show

This Time With Alan Partridge. Image shows from L to R: Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan), Jennie Gresham (Susannah Fielding). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

This Time With Alan Partridge

Best Radio Sitcom 2021

Alexei Sayle's The Absence Of Normal. Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle's The Absence Of Normal

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

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

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

Ed Reardon's Week

Michael Spicer

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door

The Missing Hancocks

The Missing Hancocks

Best TV Sketch Show 2021

BAMOUS. Dane Baptiste

BAMOUS

Class Dismissed. Copyright: BBC

Class Dismissed

Horrible Histories. Gemma Whelan

Horrible Histories

Spitting Image

Spitting Image

The Emily Atack Show. Emily Atack. Copyright: Monkey Kingdom

The Emily Atack Show

The Stand Up Sketch Show

The Stand Up Sketch Show

Best Radio Sketch Show 2021

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

Dead Ringers

Drop The Dead Panda. Image shows from L to R: Ken Cheng, Evelyn Mok

Drop The Dead Panda

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

Newsjack. Copyright: BBC

Newsjack

Delightful Sausage. Image shows from L to R: Chris Cantrill, Amy Gledhill

The Delightful Sausage On Staycations

The Skewer

The Skewer

Best TV Panel Show 2021

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Image shows from L to R: Susie Dent, Jimmy Carr, Rachel Riley

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Have I Got News For You. Image shows from L to R: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton

Have I Got News For You

Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain

Mock The Week

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

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

Would I Lie To You?

Best Radio Panel Show 2021

Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC

Breaking The News

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Image shows from L to R: Omid Djalili, Jan Ravens, Tony Hawks, Barry Cryer, Jack Dee

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

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

The Unbelievable Truth

Best TV Entertainment Show 2021

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years And A Lovely Bit Of Squirrel

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years And A Lovely Bit Of Squirrel

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back. Image shows from L to R: Lorraine Kelly, Joe Lycett, Mark Silcox

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Desiree Burch, Morgana Robinson, Greg Davies, Guz Khan, Alex Horne, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alan Davies. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster

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

The Graham Norton Show

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Alex Brooker, Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

The Last Leg

Best Radio Entertainment Show 2021

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones: Box Ticker

The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

The Tim Vine Chat Show. Tim Vine. Copyright: BBC

The Tim Vine Chat Show

You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Best TV Comedy Drama 2021

Back To Life. Miranda (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Feel Good. Mae (Mae Martin). Copyright: Objective Productions

Feel Good

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

The Outlaws. Image shows from L to R: John (Darren Boyd), Frank (Christopher Walken), Myrna (Clare Perkins), Rani Rekowski (Rhianne Barreto), Christian (Gamba Cole), Gabby (Eleanor Tomlinson), Greg (Stephen Merchant)

The Outlaws

Worzel Gummidge. Worzel (Mackenzie Crook). Copyright: Leopard Pictures

Worzel Gummidge

Voting is open until 23:59 GMT on Sunday 30th January 2022. Vote now

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