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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
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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