British Comedy Awards 2011 winners announced

The 22nd annual British Comedy Awards have taken place in London tonight.

The premier awards for the broadcast comedy industry, the ceremony was hosted by Jonathan Ross and took place at Wembley's Fountain Studios. It was broadcast live on Channel 4 from 9pm this evening, with the last two awards in an additional E4 Live Lock-In programme.

There were no big winners on the night, with Miranda Hart picking up just one of the four gongs she was nominated for (Best TV Comedy Actress). Lee Evans picked up the Channel 4 Award For Special Contribution To Comedy, and Armando Iannucci was awarded the Writers' Guild Of Great Britain's special title.

However, proud comic 'outsider' Stewart Lee picked up two awards - personally, as Best Male TV Comic, and Best Comedy Entertainment Programme for Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. He was unable to attend the ceremony but accepted the titles by pre-recorded video message.

The full list of nominees and winners are as follows (winners in bold).

Best New Comedy

Fresh Meat

Friday Night Dinner

Spy

Twenty Twelve

Best Comedy Entertainment Personality

Alan Carr

Charlie Brooker

Harry Hill

Graham Norton

Best Sitcom

Friday Night Dinner

Miranda

Peep Show

Twenty Twelve

Outstanding Achievement In Comedy

The Inbetweeners / The Inbetweeners Movie

Best TV Comedy Actress

Claire Skinner (Outnumbered)

Miranda Hart (Miranda)

Dawn French (Psychoville)

Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner)

Best Male TV Comic

Charlie Brooker

Harry Hill

Rob Brydon

Stewart Lee

Lifetime Achievement Award

Have I Got News For You

Best TV Comedy Actor

Jack Whitehall (Fresh Meat)

Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered)

Darren Boyd (Spy)

Hugh Bonneville (Twenty Twelve)

King Or Queen Of Comedy Award

David Mitchell
Graham Norton
Jack Whitehall
Jo Brand
Miranda Hart
Sarah Millican

Best Comedy Panel Show

Celebrity Juice

Have I Got News For You

Shooting Stars

Would I Lie To You?

Best Comedy Entertainment Programme

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Harry Hill's TV Burp

An Idiot Abroad

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Award

Armando Iannucci

Best Female TV Comic

Jo Brand

Miranda Hart

Sarah Millican

Victoria Wood

Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist

Dan Skinner (as Angelos Epithemiou)

Greg Davies

Micky Flanagan

Tom Rosenthal

Channel 4 Award For Special Contribution To Comedy

Lee Evans

Best Comedy Drama

The Comic Strip (The Hunt For Tony Blair)

Fresh Meat

Misfits

Psychoville

Best Sketch Show

Come Fly With Me

Horrible Histories

The One Ronnie

This Is Jinsy

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