Fleabag, Alan Partridge and more up for BPG and TRIC awards
- The Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and Television and Radio Industries Club Awards shortlists are out
- Alan Partridge, Motherland, Mum and Stewart Lee are up for Best Comedy in the BPG Awards
- In the TRIC Awards shortlists, the nominees include The Last Leg, Cold Feet and Celebrity Juice
The Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and The Television and Radio Industries Club have separately announced their awards shortlists. Have I Got News For You, Celebrity Juice and The Graham Norton Show are amongst the programmes nominated.
In the BPG's awards, Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters, Motherland, Mum and Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle are nominated in the dedicated TV comedy category.
The BPG awards, now in their 43rd year, are chosen by journalists who write about TV and radio. The winners will be presented with prizes at an awards lunch at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Friday March 17th 2017.
The TRIC Awards, compiled by members of the television and radio industries, have been running since 1969. Their 2017 awards will be presented on 14th March.
Here are the British comedy shows in the running:
Fleabag
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been nominated in the Best Writer category in the BPG Awards, with the show itself in the 'Best Online First/Streaming' section.
Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters
Steve Coogan's show features in the BPG's Best Comedy category, and the show is also in the 'Best of Multichannel' category.
Motherland
The BBC Two pilot features in the BPG's Best Comedy category.
Mum
The BBC Two series is shortlisted in the BPG's Best Comedy category.
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Stewart Lee's stand-up series, which has been axed by BBC Two to the dismay of fans, is the final nominee for the BPG's Best Comedy award.
Richard E. Grant On... Ealing Comedies
This Gold documentary series is amongst the nominees in the Best Documentary Series category at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. It is also nominated in the 'Best of Multichannel' category.
The Graham Norton Show
The BBC chat show has been shortlisted by the BPG in the 'Best Entertainment/ Factual Entertainment' category.
Taskmaster
Taskmaster, fronted by Greg Davies and Alex Horne, also feautres in the BPG's shortlist for 'Best Entertainment/ Factual Entertainment' category. Additionally, the format is in the 'Best of Multichannel' category.
A League Of Their Own
The TRIC judges have nominated this panel show in their 'Sports Programme' category.
The Last Leg
The topical Channel 4 show's highly-praised coverage of the Paralympic games has resulted in being nominated in the 'Sports Programme' category of the TRIC Awards.
Celebrity Juice
The ITV panel show is up against Made In Chelsea and TOWIE to win the 'Satellite/Digital Programme' category at the TRIC Awards. Additionally, show regulars 'Keith Lemon' and Holly Willoughby are nominated alongside Ant & Dec in the 'TV Personality of the Year' category.
Cold Feet
The successful return of the ITV comedy drama has seen it nominated in TRIC's 'Drama Programme of the Year' category, going up against Poldark and Vera.
Have I Got News For You
The veteran BBC panel show is nominated in the TRIC Awards 'Entertainment Programme' section, facing Gogglebox and Saturday Night Takeaway.
These award nominations follow a number of other TV-related awards involving British comedy programmes, including The Comedy.co.uk Awards, Chortle's awards, The Broadcast Awards and the Writers' Guild Awards.