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Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist

Monday 8th January 2024, 2:00pm

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023
  • The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlists have been revealed. Vote now

The sixty television and radio programmes shortlisted in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed.

All programmes - six each across ten categories - are now in the running for the title of Comedy Of The Year.

The Comedy.co.uk Awards shortlists were decided by a public vote of every new British comedy TV and radio programme broadcast last year. Running in the first week of January, longlist voting saw comedy fans pick their favourite shows from a list of 351 automatically eligible candidates.

This is the 18th year British Comedy Guide has run its annual TV and radio awards. The final round of voting is now open, and will run until the end of Sunday 21st January. The winners will be determined entirely by the public vote, with no jury, weighting, or other mechanism involved.

Nominees can be seen listed below, or viewed by taking part in the vote.

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Best New TV Sitcom 2023

Black Ops. Image shows left to right: Dominique 'Dom' Archibald (Gbemisola Ikumelo), Kayode 'Kay' Ogundare (Hammed Animashaun). Credit: BBC Studios

Black Ops

Everyone Else Burns. Image shows left to right: Harry Connor, Fiona Lewis (Kate O'Flynn), David Lewis (Simon Bird), Amy James-Kelly

Everyone Else Burns

Queen Of Oz. Princess Georgiana (Catherine Tate)

Queen Of Oz

Such Brave Girls. Image shows left to right: Josie (Kat Sadler), Deb (Louise Brealey), Billie (Lizzie Davidson)

Such Brave Girls

The Change. Linda (Bridget Christie)

The Change

Undoing Martin Parker. Image shows from L to R: Diane (Rosie Cavaliero), Martin Parker (Conleth Hill), Kath (Sian Gibson)

The Power Of Parker

Best Returning TV Sitcom 2023

Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Robin (Laurence Rickard), Humphrey (Laurence Rickard), Mary (Katy Wix), Thomas (Mathew Baynton), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Kitty (Lolly Adefope), Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), Captain (Ben Willbond), Pat (Jim Howick), Lady Button (Martha Howe-Douglas), Julian (Simon Farnaby). Copyright: Monumental Pictures

Ghosts

Meet The Richardsons. Image shows from L to R: Jon (Jon Richardson), Lucy (Lucy Beaumont)

Meet The Richardsons

Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Lee (Lee Mack), Lucy (Sally Bretton). Copyright: Avalon Television / Arlo Productions

Not Going Out

Starstruck. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Nikesh Patel), Jessie (Rose Matafeo). Copyright: Avalon Television

Starstruck

The Cleaner. Paul 'Wicky' Wickstead (Greg Davies)

The Cleaner

Two Doors Down. Image shows from L to R: Beth (Arabella Weir), Eric (Alex Norton). Copyright: BBC

Two Doors Down

Best Radio Sitcom 2023

Bob Servant Says Cheerio. Bob Servant (Brian Cox). Credit: Oliver Bowring

Bob Servant Says Cheerio

Tom Walker

Call Jonathan Pie

Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door. Image shows left to right: Michael (Michael Spicer), Ellie Taylor

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?. Image shows from L to R: Florence Ransom (Dawn French), Selina Mountjoy (Jennifer Saunders). Copyright: CPL Productions

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?

Best TV Sketch Show 2023

A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou. Jamie Demetriou

A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou

Horrible Histories. Harrie Hayes

Horrible Histories

Queen Of The New Year. Image shows left to right: Greg Hemphill, Robert Florence

Queen Of The New Year

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years

The Skewer: Three Twisted Years

The Stand Up Sketch Show

The Stand Up Sketch Show

This Is Gay. Kirk Flash

This Is Gay

Best Radio Sketch Show 2023

Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Please Use Other Door

Please Use Other Door

The Skewer. Credit: Unusual Productions

The Skewer

We Forced A Bot To Write This Show. Credit: BBC

We Forced A Bot To Write This Show

Wosson Cornwall

Wosson Cornwall

Best TV Panel Show 2023

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Jimmy Carr. Copyright: Zeppotron

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett

Have I Got News For You

Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Image shows from L to R: Noel Fielding, Greg Davies, Daisy May Cooper, Jamali Maddix

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. Jimmy Carr

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year

Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack. Copyright: Zeppotron

Would I Lie To You?

Best Radio Panel Show 2023

Best Medicine. Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Best Medicine

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

The Museum Of Curiosity. John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Best TV Entertainment Show 2023

Caroline Aherne

Arena: Caroline Aherne: Comedy Queen

Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins, Susan Wokoma, Greg Davies, Alex Horne, Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont

Taskmaster

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

The Last Leg

Best Radio Entertainment Show 2023

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop. Alfie Moore. Copyright: BBC

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop

Artwork by Martin Brown. Credit: BBC

Horrible Histories: 'Orrible Opera

Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz. Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz

Scott Bennett: Stuff. Scott Bennett

Scott Bennett: Stuff

You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Best TV Comedy Drama 2023

Boat Story. Image shows left to right: Janet (Daisy Haggard), Guy (Craig Fairbrass), The Tailor (Tchéky Karyo), Samuel (Paterson Joseph), Pat Tooh (Joanna Scanlan)

Boat Story

Brassic. Image shows left to right: Farmer Jim (Steve Evets), Vinnie (Joe Gilgun), Erin (Michelle Keegan), Tommo (Ryan Sampson)

Brassic

Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), Crowley (David Tennant)

Good Omens

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9

Sex Education. Image shows from L to R: Eric Effiong (Ncuti Gatwa), Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey), Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield). Copyright: Eleven Film

Sex Education

There She Goes. Image shows left to right: Ben (Edan Hayhurst), Emily (Jessica Hynes), Rosie (Miley Locke), Simon (David Tennant)

There She Goes


Voting is open until 23:59 GMT on Sunday 21st January 2024.

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