Broadcast Awards 2023 comedy nominees revealed
- Best Comedy nominees: Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Cheaters, Derry Girls, Stath Lets Flats, Wedding Season
- Don't Hug Me I'm Scared and Am I Being Unreasonable? are shortlisted for Best Original Programme
- Bad Sisters, Landscapers, This Is Going To Hurt, Big Zuu's Big Eats, The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan, Shaun The Sheep and Trip Hazard are nominated in other categories
Derry Girls wins at Broadcast Awards 2023
The nominees for the Broadcast Awards 2023 have been revealed. Organised by the TV trade magazine, the much sought-after prizes feature a number of comedy-related shows in the shortlists.
Best Comedy Programme
Am I Being Unreasonable?, the comedy drama created by and starring Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli, is also up for Best Original Programme. The category also features Channel 4's new animated comedy Don't Hug Me I'm Scared amongst the six contenders.
Meanwhile, in the Best Entertainment Programme category, Big Zuu's Big Eats and The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan have been shortlisted alongside Gogglebox, Life & Rhymes, Strictly Come Dancing and Lee Mack's quiz show The 1% Club. Big Eats is also selected in the Best Multichannel Programme category.
Elsewhere in the nominations, the comedy dramas Bad Sisters, Landscapers and This Is Going To Hurt appear alongside The Responder, Thief and Top Boy in the Drama category.
The Flight Before Christmas special of Shaun The Sheep has received a nod in the Best Children's Programme section, whilst Rosie Jones format Trip Hazard is amongst the Best Popular Factual Programme selections.
The results will be announced at a ceremony on the evening of 8 February 2023.