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The British Comedy Awards

The British Comedy Awards

  • TV factual
  • ITV1 / Channel 4
  • 1990 - 2014
  • 25 episodes

Britain's premier comedy awards for almost 25 years, honouring the very best in the business. Features Jonathan Ross.

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British Comedy Awards amuses 1.3 million on Channel 4

The British Comedy Awards was down in the ratings from last year, according to overnight figures.

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 13th December 2013

Viewers call for expletive-laden BCAs to be scrapped

Channel 4 came under fire last night after viewers called for The British Comedy Awards to be scrapped because of persistent bad language and offensive jokes.

Kelby McNally, The Daily Express, 13th December 2013

Jonathan Ross: C4 idiots for cutting Coogan's speech

Host of the awards show slams channel for ending the live broadcast in favour of a Gogglebox repeat.

Claire Higson, The Mirror, 13th December 2013

Or rather the British TV Comedy Awards, where sitcoms and panel shows are championed rather than pure standups - fair enough, as this talent tends to lose out at the Baftas and elsewhere. With its unsentimental yet uncynical take on the news review, The Last Leg could well edge out Alan Carr and Graham Norton's efforts in the entertainment programme category; hospital sitcom Getting On has also done well with three noms, while many will be rooting for kids' hit Horrible Histories to be named best sketch show. Jonathan Ross hosts.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian, 12th December 2013

Who makes you laugh? You may find yourself asking that more than once tonight as the annual Comedy Awards are dished out. Humour is a subjective business and what makes one person chortle can leave another totally nonplussed. Jonathan Ross will be trying to keep best order for tonight's gag fest and it's good to see fresh-ish names such as Steve Delaney, Jonny Sweet and Tom Basden cropping up among a clutch of usual suspects. The night climaxes with the crowning of the King or Queen of Comedy - can Jack Whitehall hang on to his title? Given he's up against exactly the same opposition as last year - a bit unimaginative, that - then why not?

Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 12th December 2013

You could make a case that TV comedy is having a bit of a moment right now. Go back a few years and there was a dearth of fresh sitcoms and most panel games felt tired. Now we have fizzingly funny scripted shows from Fresh Meat to Man Down. Meanwhile, Would I Lie to You? has evolved into the perfect panel game (though A League of Their Own runs it a raucous second). Graham Norton and Alan Carr cross wits for the chatshow crown. And RT's own Sarah Millican has devised a blend of stand-up and chat that works like a dream.

This and much more is likely to be up for celebration by Jonathan Ross and the assembled, well-refreshed comedy gods. Nominations were under wraps as we went to press, so we can only hope BBC2's Count Arthur Strong gets the recognition from his peers he didn't get in the ratings and that other minority tastes like Peep Show and Getting On have their moments in the sun. But whoever wins the prizes, any ceremony populated by drunken comics is bound to be a blast.

David Butcher, Radio Times, 12th December 2013

British Comedy Awards 2013 winners

Jack Whitehall, Lee Mack, Miranda Hart and Alan Carr are amongst the winners at The British Comedy Awards 2013.

British Comedy Guide, 12th December 2013

Steve Coogan and Paul Whitehouse win British Comedy Awards

Steve Coogan will be awarded the Outstanding Achievement prize at tomorrow's British Comedy Awards. Paul Whitehouse takes the Writer's Guild Award.

British Comedy Guide, 11th December 2013

Opinion: British Comedy Awards predictions

Cynics and conspiracy theorists regularly suggest that The British Comedy Awards judges sit around a big solid gold table carving up the awards so that each network gets its fair share of prizes and each management company is satisfied that the performers they want to get a push get that push. This is categorically not true. The table is silver. No really, it's not true.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th December 2013

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