Broadcast Awards 2016 comedy nominees revealed

Wednesday 18th November 2015, 10:05pm

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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

Catastrophe

Detectorists

Inside No. 9

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

People Just Do Nothing

Best Entertainment Programme

A League Of Their Own

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Britain's Got Talent

Release The Hounds

Taskmaster

You're Back In The Room

Best Original Programme

Ballot Monkeys

Car Share

Cyberbully

Murder In Successville

No Offence

The Tribe

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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.