Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Winners:

1995

Stevie Knuckles

1996

Jo Enright

1997

Johnny Vegas

1998

Mitch Benn

1999

Patrick Kitterick

2000

Jason Manford

2001

Miles Jupp

2002

Matt Blaize

2003
Rhod Gilbert

2004

Matt Hollins

2005
Debra Jane Appleby

2006

James Branch

2007
Carl Donnelly

2008
Henry Paker

2009

Seann Walsh

2010

Josh Widdicombe 

2011

Ben Target (joint winner)

Tom Rosenthal (joint winner)

2012
Matt Rees

2013

Romesh Ranganathan

2014
Kate Lucas 

2015

Tom Little

 
2016
Tom Lucy

2017

Alasdair Beckett-King

2018

Jack Gleadow

The Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Competition 2019 will take place on Saturday 23rdFebruary at The Y, East Street, Leicester.  Tickets will be on sale when the full festival programme is launched on 1st November.  Further details are available by visiting www.comedy-festival.co.uk