Joe Lycett and Mo Gilligan to receive special National Comedy Awards
- Joe Lycett and Mo Gilligan are to receive special awards at The National Comedy Awards
- The ceremony will be broadcast live from 9pm tonight on Channel 4
- Lycett will receive the Comedy Game Changer Award, and Gilligan the Impact in Comedy Award
National Comedy Awards 2023 results
Comedians Joe Lycett and Mo Gilligan will receive special honours at tonight's National Comedy Awards.
Lycett will receive the Comedy Game Changer Award in recognition of his work to inspire social change through comedy, from his campaign against white plastic and confronting Shell on greenwashing, to highlighting inequalities faced by the LGTBQ+ community and challenging David Beckham to relinquish his role as an ambassador for 2022's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Gilligan, meanwhile, is to be awarded the Impact in Comedy Award in acknowledgement of his efforts to use his platform to shine a light on other brilliant black comics, including the curation of two sold-out nights of Mo Gilligan + Friends: The Black British Takeover at The O2.
Two recipients of the Comedy Breakthrough Star Award have previously been announced: Cheaters and Year Of The Rabbit actress Susan Wokoma; critically-acclaimed trans comedian and singer Jordan Gray; and Am I Being Unreasonable? and Dodger actor Lenny Rush.
Hosted by Tom Allen and taking place at the Roundhouse venue in North London, the awards event will air live on Channel 4 from 9pm tonight.
During the ceremony, fans will be able to vote via Twitter for the winner of the Best Stand-Up Show Award, with voting instructions to be revealed during the live show. The nominees are:
Sam Campbell: Comedy Show
Tim Key: Mulberry
Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry
Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett?
Jordan Gray: Is It A Bird?
The other awards being contested, and nominees in each category, are as follows:
Best Scripted Comedy
Ghosts
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Derry Girls
After Life
Best Comedy Entertainment Show
The Graham Norton Show
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Taskmaster
The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show
Best Comedy Panel Show
Mock The Week
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
QI
Would I Lie To You?
Best Comedy Podcast
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
Shagged, Married, Annoyed with Chris and Rosie Ramsey
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Have A Word
Outstanding Comedy Actress
Rose Matafeo (Starstruck)
Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Derry Girls)
Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts)
Daisy May Cooper (Am I Being Unreasonable?)
Outstanding Comedy Actor
Dylan Llewellyn (Big Boys)
Ricky Gervais (After Life)
Joseph Gilgun (Brassic)
Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts)
Stephen Merchant (Outlaws)
Outstanding Supporting Role
Jamie-Lee O'Donnell (Derry Girls)
David Earl (After Life)
Lolly Adefope (Ghosts)
Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls)
Diane Morgan (After Life)
Outstanding Female Comedy Entertainment Performer
Fern Brady (Taskmaster)
Sandi Toksvig (QI)
Judi Love (Taskmaster)
Katherine Ryan (Backstage With Katherine Ryan)
Sarah Millican (Taskmaster)
Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performer
Greg Davies (Taskmaster)
Joe Lycett (Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party)
Munya Chawawa (Taskmaster)
Lee Mack (Would I Lie To You?)
Alex Horne (Taskmaster)