The nominees have been revealed for the 2019 Chortle Awards.
The shortlists are led by stand-up Kiri Pritchard-McLean who has four nominations. She appears in the lists for best breakthrough act; best compere; in the music and variety category as co-host of musical comedy night Amusical ; and in the internet category for All Killa No Filla , the podcast she co-hosts with Rachel Fairburn .
Ciaran Dowd , who won Best Newcomer at last year's Edinburgh Festival, and Lazy Susan (the double act comprising of Freya Parker and Celeste Dring ), have been nominated in two categories each. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are also up for two awards, one linked to The League Of Gentlemen's live show, and the other for Inside No. 9 .
The shortlists in full are:
Best Newcomer
Maisie Adam
Sara Barron
Jack Gleadow
Sarah Keyworth
Best Club Comic
Scott Capurro
Larry Dean
Suzi Ruffell. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth
Suzi Ruffell
Fin Taylor. Copyright: Zak Kaczmarek
Fin Taylor
Breakthrough Act
Ciaran Dowd
Man Like Mobeen. Mobeen (Guz Khan). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions
Guz Khan
Garrett Millerick
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Best Compere
Laura Lexx. Copyright: Karla Gowlett
Laura Lexx
Zoe Lyons
Dan Nightingale
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Character, Sketch And Improv
Short & Curly. Image shows from L to R: Rebecca Shorrocks, Paul F Taylor
Short & Curly
Ciaran Dowd
Myra Dubois
Lazy Susan. Image shows from L to R: Celeste Dring, Freya Parker
Lazy Susan
Music and Variety
Amusical. Image shows from L to R: Jayde Adams, Dave Cribb, Kiri Pritchard-McLean. Copyright: Burning Bright Productions
Amusical
Ada Campe
Rachel Parris
The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue
Best Show
James Acaster : Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
Alex Edelman : Just For Us
Natalie Palamides : Nate
Lazy Susan. Image shows from L to R: Celeste Dring, Freya Parker
Lazy Susan
Best Tour
Kevin Bridges. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth
Kevin Bridges : Brand New Tour
Early Doors Live. Image shows from L to R: Craig Cash, John Henshaw, Phil Mealey
Early Doors
The League Of Gentlemen Live Again. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment
The League Of Gentlemen
Joseph Morpurgo : Hammerhead
Dara O Briain : Voice of Reason
Best TV Comedian
Taskmaster. Greg Davies. Copyright: Avalon Television
Greg Davies
Taskmaster. Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Avalon Television
Bob Mortimer
Judge Romesh. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: Hungry Bear Media
Romesh Ranganathan
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan
Best TV Show
Cunk On.... Philomena Cunk (Diane Morgan). Copyright: House Of Tomorrow
Cunk On Britain
Derry Girls. Image shows from L to R: Orla McCool (Louisa Harland), Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan), Erin Quinn (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Derry Girls
The Good Place
Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith. Copyright: BBC
Inside No. 9
Radio Award
Incredible Women
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Lawry Lewin, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC
Mark Steel's In Town
The News Quiz. Miles Jupp. Copyright: BBC
The News Quiz
Book Award
Henry Normal. Henry Normal. Copyright: BBC
A Normal Family by Henry Normal
Robin Ince. Copyright: Timothy Ginn
I'm A Joke And So Are You by Robin Ince
Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland. Billy Connolly. Copyright: 7 Wonder
Made In Scotland by Billy Connolly
A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry
Soupy Twists , the Fry & Laurie biography by Jem Roberts
Internet Award
All Killa No Filla Live. Image shows from L to R: Rachel Fairburn, Kiri Pritchard-McLean
All Killa No Filla
Adam Buxton's podcast
Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast
The Guilty Feminist
The shortlists were drawn up by a panel of industry judges. The winners will now be decided via a public vote .
The polls close at 4pm on 6th March, with the winners then revealed at a ceremony in London on 18th March hosted by Arthur Smith .