British Comedy Awards – Nomination show tonight

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Wondering what to do this evening?  Then look no further because the British Comedy Awards Nominations Show is on TONIGHT at 10.45pm on Channel Four. So settle in (with a can of Fosters, of course!) for some laughs and surprises! 

Jack Whitehall introduces this year’s nominated programmes and personalities and announces the winner of Best New Comedy Programme which includes 'Count Arthur Strong' (BBC), 'Cuckoo' (BBC), 'Plebs' (ITV2) and 'Psychobitches' (SKY).

You can still vote for the King & Queen of Comedy HERE

All the nominees across all categories are listed HERE.

You can also take a sneak peek of the Nomination Show on the British Comedy Awards homepage HERE. Our very own executive producer, Lynne Parker, was on the jury this year along with many other industry luminaries, listed HERE.

The winners will be announced in the live British Comedy Awards show hosted by Jonathan Ross on Thursday 12th December at 9.00pm on Channel Four, followed by the E4 Live-Lock in straight after the main awards at 23:00hrs on E4 with Lauren Laverne and Angelos Epithemiou.

Plus, we’ll be backstage on the red carpet for the third year running meeting and chatting to the winners and will post up our own report here on the site soon after the big night itself!  Here’s last year’s report presented by the lovely Emily Lloyd Saini to give you a taste of what’s to come…
 

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