Miranda Hart and Friday Night Dinner lead British Comedy Award nominations

Miranda Hart and Friday Night Dinner lead British Comedy Award nominations

12 December, 2011
by: Spoonfedcomedy

The comedian and sitcom have four nominations each.

Miranda Hart and Friday Night Dinner have the most British Comedy Award nominations this year, with a total of four each, including 'Best Sitcom'. Hart - who cleaned up at last year's awards winning three gongs for her role in BBC2 sitcom Miranda - is also up for 'Best Female TV Comic', 'Best TV Comedy Actress' and the 'People’s Choice Award for the King or Queen of Comedy'.

Harry Hill, student sitcom Fresh Meat and Olympics mockumentary Twenty Twelve aren't far behind, with three nominations each.

The winners will be announced on Friday night at a ceremony in London, hosted by Johnathan Ross. The show will be broadcast live on Channel 4 at 9pm.

The full list of nominees are:

Best New Comedy Programme
Fresh Meat
Friday Night Dinner
Spy
Twenty Twelve

Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
An Idiot Abroad
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Best Sketch Show
Come Fly With Me
Horrible Histories
The One Ronnie
This Is Jinsy

Best Comedy Panel Show
Celebrity Juice
Have I Got News For You
Shooting Stars
Would I Lie to You?

Best Sitcom
Friday Night Dinner
Miranda
Peep Show
Twenty Twelve

Best Comedy Drama
Comic Strip Presents: The Hunt For Tony Blair
Fresh Meat
Misfits
Psychoville

Best Comedy Entertainment Personality
Alan Carr
Charlie Brooker
Graham Norton
Harry Hill

Best TV Comedy Actor
Darren Boyd for Spy
Hugh Bonneville for Twenty Twelve
Hugh Dennis for Outnumbered
Jack Whitehall for Fresh Meat


Best TV Comedy Actress
Claire Skinner for Outnumbered
Dawn French for Psychoville
Miranda Hart for Miranda
Tamsin Greig for Friday Night Dinner

Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist
Dan Skinner for Shooting Stars
Greg Davies for Ask Rhod Gilbert
Micky Flanagan for Royal Variety Performance
Tom Rosenthal for Friday Night Dinner

Best Male Television Comic
Charlie Brooker
Harry Hill
Rob Brydon
Stewart Lee

Best Female Television Comic
Jo Brand
Miranda Hart
Sarah Millican
Victoria Wood

People’s Choice for the King or Queen of Comedy
David Mitchell
Graham Norton
Jack Whitehall
Jo Brand
Miranda Hart
Sarah Millican

Also see the 2010 British Comedy Award winners

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