Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2019
Thursday 16th May 2019, 9:20am
Death On The Tyne , Fleabag , Man Like Mobeen , Sally4Ever , This Country , Timewasters get nods
Best Short Form Comedy: God's Own Country , Hounslow Diaries , Samson Kayo's Comedy Short , Susan Wokoma's Comedy Short , The Data Doctor , Wonderdate
Other nominees include Taskmaster , Judge Romesh , Pie And A Pint and Little Prankers
Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
Death On The Tyne , Fleabag , Man Like Mobeen , Sally4Ever , This Country and Timewasters are amongst the nominees in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2019.
Run by the trade magazine Broadcast, the awards focus on content from channels not considered 'terrestrial', and aim to "celebrate leading digital content from across the UK".
The comedy related nominees are as follows:
Best Comedy Programme
Death On The Tyne. Image shows from L to R: Mildred (Sheila Reid), Hilda (Georgie Glen), Colleen (Sue Johnston), Gemma (Sian Gibson), Terry (Johnny Vegas), Captain Jack (James Fleet), Tracy (Taj Atwal), Denise (Felicity Montagu), DJ Bobby (David Mumeni), Alan (Don Gilet), Justin Valentine (Tony Gardner), Emily (Doon Mackichan)
Death On The Tyne
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures
Fleabag
Man Like Mobeen. Image shows from L to R: Nate (Tolulope Ogunmefun), Eight (Tez Ilyas), Aks (Duaa Karim), Mobeen (Guz Khan)
Man Like Mobeen
Sally4Ever. Image shows from L to R: David (Alex Macqueen), Sally (Catherine Shepherd), Emma (Julia Davis)
Sally4Ever
This Country. Image shows from L to R: Kerry Mucklowe (Daisy May Cooper), Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe (Charlie Cooper). Copyright: BBC
This Country
Timewasters. Image shows from L to R: Nick (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), Horace (Samson Kayo), Lauren (Adelayo Adedayo), Jason (Kadiff Kirwan). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
Timewasters
Best Short Form Comedy
God's Own County. Image shows from L to R: Jackie (Monica Dolan), Kieran (Kieran Hodgson)
God's Own County
Hounslow Diaries. Image shows from L to R: Shaheeda (Ambreen Razia), Tash (Mandeep Dhillon), Leonie (Robyn Cara). Copyright: CPL Productions
Hounslow Diaries
Bloods. Image shows from L to R: Wendy (Jane Horrocks), Maleek (Samson Kayo). Copyright: Roughcut Television
Samson Kayo's Comedy Short
Susan Wokoma's Comedy Short. Image shows from L to R: Sally (Daisy May Cooper), Ann (Susan Wokoma). Copyright: Roughcut Television
Susan Wokoma's Comedy Short
The Data Doctor. Image shows from L to R: The Data Doctor (Mark Silcox), Bachala Mbunzama
The Data Doctor
Wonderdate. Man (Tim Key). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures
Wonderdate
Best Entertainment Programme
Britain's Got More Talent
Celebs Go Dating
Judge Romesh. Image shows from L to R: Court Clerk (Kerry Howard), Romesh Ranganathan, Court Bailiff (Tom Davis). Copyright: Hungry Bear Media
Judge Romesh
Love Island
Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television
Taskmaster
The Heist
Taskmaster is also nominated in the Gamechanger Programme category, alongside Al Murray 's Why Does Everyone Hate The English , Flack , Surviving R Kelly and True Love Or True Lies? .
Comedy formats Pie And A Pint (Comedy Central online) and Little Prankers (BBC iPlayer) appear in the Best Short Form Format list.
Also appearing in the nominations is Channel 4's social campaign for Derry Girls , and the Comedy Central team for their digital presence. Beano.com, BBC Three and Channel 4's Mashed are amongst the Best Original Web Channel nominees. Full nominees list
The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 3rd July.