Chortle Awards 2023 results
- Newcomer: Lorna Rose Treen; Breakthrough: Alasdair Beckett-King; Club comic: Nina Gilligan; Compere: Zoe Lyons; TV comic: Joe Lycett
- Variety & social media: Jazz Emu; Live show: Seann Walsh; Tour: Dara O Briain; Podcast: Alan Partridge; Book: Bob Mortimer; Radio: The News Quiz; TV: Taskmaster
- Offstage contribution: Peter Grahame; Comedian's Comedian: Janey Godley
Jazz Emu - real name Archie Henderson - won in two categories at tonight's Chortle Awards 2023. Other winners included Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett and Zoe Lyons.
Winners were chosen by the votes of 6,000+ Chortle readers, from shortlists compiled by a panel of industry figures, with the results announced at a ceremony in London hosted by Mark Watson and Shaparak Khorsandi.
The stand-ups taking part in the voting picked Janey Godley for the Comedians' Comedian title, whilst the offstage contribution award was handed to Peter Grahame, who has run the Downstairs At The Kings Head venue for more than 30 years.
The full results are:
Best newcomer
Other nominees: Joshua Bethania, Pravanya Pillay and Firuz Ozari.
Breakthrough act
Other nominees: Chloe Petts, Jordan Gray, Leo Reich, Lara Ricote and Vittorio Angelone.
Variety or character act
Other nominees: Crybabies, The Delightful Sausage, Flat & The Curves and Frankie Thompson.
Club comedian
Other nominees: Emmanuel Sonubi, Ian Stone, Jeff Innocent and Markus Birdman.
Best compere
Other nominees: Mark Olver, Rich Wilson and Thanyia Moore.
Best show
Seann Walsh
for Seann Walsh: Is Dead. Happy Now?
Other nominees: Crybabies (Bagbeard); Frankie Thompson (Catts); Glenn Moore (Will You Still Need Me...) and Jordan Gray (Is It A Bird?).
Best tour
Dara O Briain
for Dara O Briain: So... Where Were We?
Other nominees: Fascinating Aida; Jack Dee (Off The Telly) and Kevin Bridges (The Overdue Catch-Up).
Best podcast
From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast
Other nominees: Birthday Girls House Party; Pappy's Flatshare; Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat; and Seancecast with Charlie Dinkin and Zoë Tomalin.
Social media award
Other nominees: Alasdair Beckett-King; Alistair Green and The Northern Boys.
Book award
Bob Mortimer
for The Satsuma Complex
Other nominees: I'll Die After Bingo by Pope Lonergan; Nailing It by Rich Hall; and Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome.
Radio award
Other nominees: Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar, Mark Steel's In Town and Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel.
TV award
Other nominees: Big Boys, Derry Girls, Detectorists, Inside No. 9 and The Lovebox In Your Living Room.
TV comedian
Other nominees: Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies and Judi Love.
Offstage contribution
Peter Grahame
Promoter of Downstairs At The Kings Head in Crouch End, London.
Comedian's Comedian
Venue awards
Best Comedy Venue
London: The Bill Murray, Islington
Scotland: Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
North: Hot Water, Liverpool
South: Komedia, Brighton
Midlands, West and Wales: Glee, Birmingham
Best Pro Comedy Night
London: Always Be Comedy at the Tommyfield, Kennington
North: XS Malarkey, Manchester
South: Forge Comedy Club, Brighton
Midlands, West and Wales: Comedy Cow, Milton Keynes
(Not enough votes were cast for a decisive winner in Scotland)
Best Open Mic Comedy Night
London: Comedy Bandits, Clapham
Scotland: Open Comedy, Leith
North: Beat The Frog, Manchester
South: Little Smash Comedy, Southend
Midlands, West and Wales: Comedy Loft, Bristol
Best Themed Comedy Night
London: Quantum Leopard
Outside London: The People's Comedy, Bristol
Here is a video featuring the acceptance speeches from Lorna Rose Treen, Peter Grahame, Georgia Keating (The News Quiz producer), Archie Henderson, Nina Gilligan, Christian Knowles (agent to Zoe Lyons) and Seann Walsh.