British Comedy Guide

Comedies up for Broadcast Awards 2017

Thursday 24th November 2016, 10:45am

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

The nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2017 have been announced. The awards, which are run by trade magazine Broadcast, are highly sought after by TV production companies.

Fleabag (pictured above), the BBC Three sitcom written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, leads the comedy-related nominations, appearing in three of the lists.

Here are the comedy-related nominations in full:

Best Comedy Programme

Camping. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Rufus Jones), Fay (Julia Davis). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Camping

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

Catastrophe

Chewing Gum. Image shows from L to R: Tracey Gordon (Michaela Coel), Connor Jones (Robert Lonsdale). Copyright: Retort

Chewing Gum

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag

Mum. Cathy (Lesley Manville)

Mum

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

Murder In Successville

Other Nominations

Horrible Histories. Image shows from L to R: Laurence Rickard, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond. Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Horrible Histories

up for Best Children's Programme

Cold Feet. Image shows from L to R: David Marsden (Robert Bathurst), Adam Williams (James Nesbitt), Karen Marsden (Hermione Norris), Jenny Gifford (Fay Ripley), Pete Gifford (John Thomson). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Cold Feet

up for Best Drama Series or Serial

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

The Last Leg

up for Best Entertainment Programme

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

Taskmaster

up for Best Entertainment Programme

Chewing Gum. Image shows from L to R: Tracey Gordon (Michaela Coel), Connor Jones (Robert Lonsdale). Copyright: Retort

Chewing Gum

up for Best Multichannel Programme

Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag

up for Best Multichannel Programme and Best Original Programme

Flowers. Image shows from L to R: Amy (Sophia Di Martino), Maurice (Julian Barratt), Deborah (Olivia Colman), Donald (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: Kudos Productions

Flowers

up for Best Original Programme


The results will be announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 1st February at London's Grosvenor Hotel. To see a list of nominations across all categories, visit broadcastnow.co.uk

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