Sixty finalists in the 19th annual Comedy.co.uk Awards have been announced today.
Smoggie Queens, Wallace & Gromit, Alma’s Not Normal, Inside No. 9 and Taskmaster are amongst the comedy programmes from 2024 that have made it through the first of two voting rounds, from all 346 automatically nominated television and radio titles that aired new episodes last year – down slightly from 351 in 2023.
Across ten categories – including Best New TV Sitcom, Best Radio Panel Show, and Best TV Comedy Drama – the top six titles in each are now up for their respective prizes, plus the overarching Comedy Of The Year trophy.
Entirely publicly voted, the winners will be revealed next month, with shortlist voting open now at www.comedy.co.uk/awards
The full shortlists are as follows:
BEST NEW TV SITCOM 2024
Daddy Issues (BBC Three)
Mammoth (BBC One Wales / BBC Two)
Smoggie Queens (BBC Three)
The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin (Apple TV+)
The Golden Cobra (BBC One Wales / BBC Three)
Things You Should Have Done (BBC Three)
BEST RETURNING TV SITCOM 2024
Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)
Big Boys (Channel 4)
Gavin & Stacey (BBC One)
Mandy (BBC Two)
Outnumbered (BBC One)
The Cleaner (BBC One)
BEST RADIO SITCOM 2024
Call Jonathan Pie (BBC Radio 4)
Icklewick FM (BBC Radio 4)
Jazz Emu: The Sound Of Us (BBC Radio 4)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! (BBC Radio 4)
The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty (BBC Radio 4)
Tim Key's Poetry Programme (BBC Radio 4)=
BEST TV SKETCH SHOW 2024
Horrible Histories (CBBC)
Queen Of The New Year (BBC One Scotland)
Short Stuff (BBC iPlayer)
Stevens & McCarthy (BBC One Scotland)
The All Star Euros Sketch Show (BBC Scotland)
The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2)
BEST RADIO SKETCH SHOW 2024
Dead Ringers (BBC Radio 4)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (BBC Radio 4)
Michael Spicer: No Room (BBC Radio 4)
The Lovely Boys Talk Good (BBC Radio 4)
The Skewer (BBC Radio 4)
Time Of The Week (BBC Radio 4)
BEST TV PANEL SHOW 2024
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4)
Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Sky Max)
QI (BBC Two)
The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year (Channel 4)
Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)
BEST RADIO PANEL SHOW 2024
Breaking The News (BBC Radio Scotland)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (BBC Radio 4)
Just A Minute (BBC Radio 4)
The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4)
The Unbelievable Truth (BBC Radio 4)
Wing It (BBC Radio 4)
BEST TV ENTERTAINMENT SHOW 2024
Cunk On Life (BBC Two)
Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (Netflix)
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC Two)
Taskmaster (Channel 4)
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
BEST RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SHOW 2024
Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop (BBC Radio 4)
Janey Godley: The C Bomb (BBC Radio 4)
Mark Steel's In Town (BBC Radio 4)
Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (BBC Radio 4)
The Infinite Monkey Cage (BBC Radio 4)
You're Dead To Me (BBC Radio 4)
BEST TV COMEDY DRAMA 2024
Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
Big Mood (Channel 4)
Brassic (Sky Max)
Inside No. 9 (BBC Two)
Ludwig (BBC One)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (BBC One)
Launched in 2006, the awards attract many thousands of public votes every year. Winners are determined entirely by the poll, with no jury or other mechanism involved, from all comedy-related programmes to have broadcast a special or started a new series in the respective calendar year.
Voting for this year’s awards, covering 2024, closes at 23:59 GMT next Sunday, 26th January 2025. More about the awards, as well as vote forms and previous years’ shortlists and winners, can be found at https://www.comedy.co.uk/awards
