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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 shortlists revealed

Monday 13th January 2025, 3:00pm

Shortlists have been announced for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards
Covering 2024, categories cover sitcom, sketch, comedy drama and others on both TV and radio
Final round public voting is now open

Voting has concluded in the first round of this year's Comedy.co.uk Awards.

From a public poll including every new comedy programme aired on television or radio during 2024, each of ten categories has now been whittled down to a six-strong shortlist.

Voting for the second and final round to decide the winner of each prize - plus the additional Comedy Of The Year title - is open now.

The shortlists are as follows.

Best New TV Sitcom 2024

Noel Fielding's Dick Turpin. Dick Turpin (Noel Fielding)

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin

Daddy Issues. Image shows left to right: Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood), Malcolm (David Morrissey)

The Golden Cobra

The Golden Cobra

Mammoth. Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins)

Smoggie Queens. Image shows left to right: Stewart (Elijah Young), Mam (Mark Benton), Dickie (Phil Dunning), Lucinda (Alexandra Mardell), Sal (Patsy Lowe)

Things You Should Have Done. Image shows left to right: Lucas (Jamie Bisping), Auntie Karen (Selin Hizli), Chi (Lucia Keskin)

Things You Should Have Done

Best Returning TV Sitcom 2024

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

Alma's Not Normal

Big Boys. Image shows left to right: Jack (Dylan Llewellyn), Danny (Jon Pointing)

The Cleaner. Paul 'Wicky' Wickstead (Greg Davies)

Gavin & Stacey. Image shows left to right: Smithy (James Corden), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Stacey (Joanna Page), Nessa (Ruth Jones). Credit: Tidy Productions, Fulwell 73 Productions, BBC, Tom Jackson

Mandy. Mandy (Diane Morgan)

Outnumbered. Image shows left to right: Ben (Daniel Roche), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Pete (Hugh Dennis), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Sue (Claire Skinner)

Best Radio Sitcom 2024

Call Jonathan Pie. Image shows left to right: Roger (Nick Revell), Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker), Jules (Lucy Pearman), Sam (Aqib Khan)

Call Jonathan Pie

Icklewick FM. Image shows left to right: Mark Silcox, Chris Cantrill, Amy Gledhill. Credit: BBC

Jazz Emu: The Sound Of Love. Image shows left to right: Bonson (Adrian Gray), Jazz Emu (Archie Henderson). Credit: BBC

Jazz Emu: The Sound Of Us

The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty. Christian Brighty

The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Best TV Sketch Show 2024

The All Star Euros Sketch Show. Ford Kiernan. Credit: The Comedy Unit

The All Star Euros Sketch Show

Horrible Histories. Image shows from L to R: Gemma Whelan, Ryan Sampson, Tom Stourton

Horrible Histories

Queen Of The New Year. Image shows left to right: Greg Hemphill, Robert Florence

Queen Of The New Year

Short Stuff. Copyright: BBC

The Stand Up Sketch Show

The Stand Up Sketch Show

Stevens & McCarthy. Image shows left to right: Louise McCarthy, Gayle Telfer Stevens

Stevens & McCarthy

Best Radio Sketch Show 2024

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

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

Image shows left to right: The Lovely Boys (South), Will Robbins, Ben Cohen. Credit: Nadia Lee Cohen

The Lovely Boys Talk Good

Michael Spicer: No Room. Michael Spicer. Credit: BBC

Michael Spicer: No Room

The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

Time Of The Week. Chloe Slack (Sian Clifford)

Time Of The Week

Best TV Panel Show 2024

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Image shows left to right: Rachel Riley, Jimmy Carr, Susie Dent

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. Jimmy Carr

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year

Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett

Have I Got News For You

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

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 2024

Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

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

The Unbelievable Truth

The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries. Alasdair Beckett-King

Best TV Entertainment Show 2024

Cunk On.... Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan). Copyright: House Of Tomorrow

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen. Fern Brady

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

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

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

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Greg Davies, Alex Horne

Best Radio Entertainment Show 2024

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop. Alfie Moore. Copyright: BBC

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop

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

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Janey Godley: The C Bomb. Janey Godley

Janey Godley: The C Bomb

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz. Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz

You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Best TV Comedy Drama 2024

Bad Sisters

Big Mood. Image shows left to right: Eddie (Lydia West), Maggie (Nicola Coughlan)

Brassic

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

Ludwig. John (David Mitchell)

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Voting is open until 23:59 GMT on Sunday 26th January 2025.