Loaded LAFTAS 2013 nominations announced
The nominees for the Loaded LAFTAS 2013 have been announced. The awards, organised by the lads' mag with winners decided by visitors to the magazine's website, are now in their 10th year.
The magazine says: "This year's event promises to be bigger and better than ever before! With a bumper crop of 16 nominations, the 10th shortlist recognises the top comedic talent from the last year, across all genres. In the spirit of tradition, this year's nominations span the entire cross section of showbusiness society, taking in the good, the tanned and the ugly."
Some awards, such as Funniest Columnist, and nominations for the likes of Gary Barlow, are clearly aimed at generating newspaper coverage for the brand, but there are a number of categories focussed on broadcast British comedy.
Notably James Corden and Jack Whitehall have been nominated for their controversial double-act partnership on The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year; and Keith Lemon: The Film is in the running in the funniest movie category, despite having been panned by critics and viewers.
Here are the nominations in full:
Funniest Male Comedian
Frankie Boyle
Harry Hill
Jason Manford
Micky Flanagan
Sean Lock
Funniest Stand-Up
Kevin Bridges
Jon Richardson
Michael McIntyre
Paul Chowdhry
Ross Noble
Funniest Female Comedienne
Jessica Hynes
Kimberley Nixon
Morgana Robinson
Sarah Millican
Zawe Ashton
Funniest Double-Act
Anna Crilly & Katy Wix
James Corden & Jack Whitehall
Karl Pilkington & Warwick Davis
Olly Murs & Caroline Flack
Rylan & Gary Barlow
Funniest Panel Show
8 Out Of 10 Cats
A League Of Their Own
Celebrity Juice
Have I Got News For You
Mock The Week
Would I Lie To You?
Funniest TV Show
Alan Carr's Chatty Man
Cardinal Burns
Fresh Meat
Peep Show
Soccer AM
Bad Education
Funniest Film
Keith Lemon: The Film
Ted
The Dictator
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Sightseers
Funniest TV Personality
Adam Hills
Angelos Epithemiou
Paddy McGuiness
Rylan
Tim Lovejoy
Funniest Tweeter
Chris Ramsey
Danny Dyer
Frankie Boyle
Joey Barton
Funniest DVD
Al Murray: The Only Way is Epic
John Bishop: Rollercoaster
Lee Nelson LIVE
Mrs Brown's Boys Live Tour: Good Mourning Mrs Brown
Russell Howard's Good News: The Best of Series 2
Best Newcomer
Daniel Simonsen
James Acaster
Katherine Ryan
Luisa Omeilan
Nick Helm
Funniest Podcast
An Idiot Abroad Official Podcast
The Chris Moyles Podcast
The Danny Baker Show Podcast
Richard Herring Podcast
Dave's Comedy Podcast
Funny Columnist Award
Clemmie Moodie
Dean Piper
Gordon Smart
Katie Hind
James Ingham
Funniest Radio Show
Alan Brazil - Talksport
Dave Berry - Capital FM
Greg James - BBC Radio 1
Matt Edmondson - BBC Radio 1
Shaun Keaveny - BBC 6 Music
In addition to the above categories, readers of Loaded can also nominate their favourite joke.
Voting will open shortly at loaded.co.uk.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday 7th March.