This year's Chortle Awards nominations have been announced. Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014 Panel Prize winners Funz & Gamez lead the pack with four nominations. The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Newcomer
Alex Edelman, Dane Baptiste, Gein’s Family Gift Shop, Phil Jerrod and Steen Raskopoulos
Breakthrough Act
James Acaster, Luisa Omielan, Nish Kumar, Phil Ellis
Club Comic
Carl Donnelly, Jeff Innocent, Katherine Ryan, Martin Mor
Best Compere
Ed Gamble, John Robins, Mark Olver, Zoe Lyons, Nish Kumar
Music and Variety Award
Jess Robinson and Kirsty Newton for Jess Robinson: Mighty Voice, Margaret Thatcher: Queen Of Soho, Nick Helm, Nick Mohammed for Dracula! (Mr Swallow: The Musical).
Character, improv or sketch act
Funz And Gamez, Gein’s Family Gift Shop, Marcel Lucont and Steen Raskopoulos.
Best Show
Funz And Gamez, James Acaster: Recognise, Kim Noble: You Are Not Alone, Luisa Omeilan: Am I Right Ladies? and Simon Amstell: To Be Free
Best Tour
Bridget Christie: A Bic For Her/An Ungrateful Woman double bill; Dawn French: 30 Million Minutes; Mark Thomas: Cuckooed and Katherine Ryan: Glam Role Model
Internet Award
Comedian’s Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith, QI’s No Such Thing As A Fish, Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, and The Political Party with Matt Forde
Radio Award
Bridget Christie Minds The Gap; Elis James & John Robins on XFM; Susan Calman is Convicted and Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly At Odds With The Universe
TV Award
Harry & Paul’s Story Of The Twos, Inside No 9, Toast Of London and Uncle
Award For Innovation
Alex Horne for Monsieur Butterfly, Funz And Gamez, and Kim Noble for You’re Not Alone.
Best DVD
Harry Hill for Sausage Time; Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five To Go; Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Series 3 and The Trip to Italy.
Book Award
Ayoade on Ayoade, Hopeful by Omid Djalili, My Prefect Cousin: A Biography of Paul Hamilton by Kevin Eldon and Francesca Martinez: What The **** Is Normal.
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