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Broadcast Awards 2016 comedy nominees revealed

Wednesday 18th November 2015, 10:05pm

Broadcast. Copyright: Alan Peebles / BBC

The nominees for the The Broadcast Awards 2016 have been announced, with a number of comedy shows in contention for prizes.

The Broadcast Awards, which are run by the TV trade magazine Broadcast, have been running for a number of years and are considered a prestigious prize for a programme maker to win because the results are determined by jury consisting of top industry figures.

Below are the comedy-related nominees...

Best Comedy Programme

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: John Redmond (Peter Kay), Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Car Share

Catastrophe. Image shows from L to R: Rob (Rob Delaney), Sharon (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Avalon Television

Catastrophe

Detectorists. Image shows from L to R: Lance Stater (Toby Jones), Andy Stone (Mackenzie Crook). Copyright: Channel X / Lola Entertainment

Detectorists

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

Inside No. 9

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show. Image shows from L to R: Leigh Francis, Tom Davis, Hank Osasuna. Copyright: Talkback / Bang Tidy Productions

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

People Just Do Nothing. Image shows from L to R: Beats (Hugo Chegwin), Grindah (Allan Mustafa), Decoy (Daniel Sylvester Woolford). Copyright: Roughcut Television

People Just Do Nothing

Best Entertainment Programme

A League Of Their Own. James Corden. Copyright: CPL Productions

A League Of Their Own

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. Alan Davies. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Image shows from L to R: Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly

Britain's Got Talent

Release The Hounds. Reggie Yates

Release The Hounds

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster

You're Back In The Room. Image shows from L to R: Keith Barry, Phillip Schofield. Copyright: Tuesday's Child

You're Back In The Room

Best Original Programme

Ballot Monkeys. Image shows from L to R: Jack Pardew (Trevor Cooper), Kate Standen (Sarah Hadland), Kevin Sturridge (Ben Miller), Siobhan Hope (Hattie Morahan). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Ballot Monkeys

Car Share. Image shows from L to R: John Redmond (Peter Kay), Kayleigh Kitson (Sian Gibson). Copyright: Goodnight Vienna Productions

Car Share

Channel 4

Cyberbully

Murder In Successville. DI Sleet (Tom Davis). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Murder In Successville

No Offence. Image shows from L to R: D.I. Vivienne Deering (Joanna Scanlan), D.S. Joy Freers (Alexandra Roach). Copyright: AbbottVision

No Offence

Channel 4

The Tribe

Plebs. Image shows from L to R: Stylax (Joel Fry), Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Grumio (Ryan Sampson). Copyright: RISE Films

Elsewhere in the nomination lists, Horrible Histories and So Awkward are up for Best Children's Programme; Detectorists and Plebs are in the running for Best Multichannel Programme and Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror and Lenny Henry's Danny And The Human Zoo are in the running for Best Single Drama.

For a complete list of nominations across all genres, see broadcastnow.co.uk

The results of the 2016 awards will be announced at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 10th February 2016.

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