Michael Spicer and Adam Kay amongst Writers' Guild Award winners
- Best Online Comedy: Michael Spicer; Best Radio Comedy: David Quantick for Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?
- Best TV Situation Comedy: Jack Rooke for Big Boys; Drama: Adam Kay for This Is Going To Hurt
- Best Children's TV Episode: Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery for Dodger
The Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards 2023 winners were announced on Monday night (16th January), with a number of comedy writers amongst those picking up trophies.
Best Online Comedy: Michael Spicer
The Best Online Comedy accolade went to Michael Spicer for The Room Next Door - Boris Johnson Resignation Speech. The award was presented to him by Josie Lawrence.
The other nominees in this category were Kieran Murphy for Hostage Negotiation and Eleanor Morton for Mary Shelley Writes Frankenstein.
Best Radio Comedy: David Quantick
Spicer presented David Quantick the Best Radio Comedy trophy for Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?, his Radio 4 series that stars French & Saunders.
The other nominees were Jan Etherington for Conversations From A Long Marriage and Chris Neill for Raging Enigma.
Best TV Situation Comedy: Jack Rooke
Big Boys creator Jack Rooke was presented with the award for Best TV Situation Comedy by Maurice Gran. His Channel 4 university-based sitcom, which stars Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing, is due to return for a second series.
The other sitcom nominees were Anna Costello for Dead Canny and Lisa McGee for Derry Girls.
Best Long Form TV Drama: Adam Kay
This Is Going To Hurt writer Adam Kay was awarded first place in the Best Long Form TV Drama category for his medical comedy drama based on his memoirs of the same name. The award was presented by Helen Lederer and collected on his behalf by James Kay.
Best Children's TV Episode: Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery
Best Children's TV Episode went to Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery for Episode 9 of Dodger, the CBBC comedy drama set in 1830s Dickensian London.
In total 15 awards spanning film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books, and videogames were presented at the ceremony, which took place at the Royal College of Physicians in London. The night was hosted for the first time by Rachel Parris, with WGGB President Sandi Toksvig rounding off the ceremony with a closing speech congratulating this year's worthy winners.
WGGB Chair Lisa Holdsworth said: "Congratulations to all the winners of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023. It's been a wonderful night. It's always an honour and a pleasure to be in a room full of writers and to celebrate their work across all the mediums, for all audiences. Thank you to all the winners and nominees for your stories and your hard work. And please know that your union will always be there to support and celebrate you."
A full archive of winners can be found at writersguild.org.uk