The 17th Chortle Awards shortlists have been announced and 2014 Funny Women Awards winner Jayde Adams has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category, while 2008 winner Katherine Ryan has been shortlisted for Best TV Comedian. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag has been nominated for Best TV comedy, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her on-screen step-mum Olivia Colman nominated in the Best TV Actor category, up against Diane Morgan and Leslie Manville.
Bridget Christie’s show Because You Demanded It is up for Best Show, Laura Lexx is up for Best Compere while Emma Sidi and Lolly Adefope have been shortlisted in the Variety and Character category. Deborah Frances-White Rolls The Dice is up for the Radio Award and her podcast with Sofie Hagen The Guilty Feminist is shortlisted in the Internet category. Shortlisted in the Book Category are Isy Suttie’s The Actual One, Sara Pascoe’s Animal and Nina is Not OK by Shappi Khorsandi.
The shortlists are chosen by a panel of industry comedy experts, and comedy fans are invited to vote for their favourites here by 24th February. The winners will be announced next month.
Here are the shortlists in full.
Best newcomer
Jayde Adams
Tom Ward
Sophie Willan
Bilal Zafar
Best compere
Laura Lexx
Justin Moorhouse
David Morgan
Kiri Pritchard McLean
Breakthrough act
Joel Dommett
Scott Gibson
Tez Ilyas
Suzi Ruffell
Club comedian
Carl Donnelly
Carey Marx
Phil Nichol
Pierre Novellie
Variety and character award
Lolly Adefope
Spencer Jones
Nick Mohammed for Mr Swallow
Emma Sidi
Best show
David Baddiel: My Family Not The Sitcom
Bridget Christie: Because You Demanded It
Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do
Kieran Hodgson: Maesto
Stewart Lee: Content Provider
Best tour
Billy Connolly: High Horse
Mark Thomas: The Red Shed
Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational
Reeves & Mortimer: Poignant Moments
Best TV comedy
Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle
Fleabag
Mum
People Just Do Nothing
Best TV comedy entertainment
Alan Davies As Yet Untitled
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle
Taskmaster
Best TV actor
Olivia Colman (Flowers and Fleabag)
Leslie Manville (Mum)
Diane Morgan (Motherland and Cunk On…)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
Best TV comedian
Richard Ayoade
Greg Davies
Stewart Lee
Romesh Ranganathan
Katherine Ryan
Radio award
Alexei Sayle’s Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Deborah Frances-White Rolls The Dice
Elis James and John Robins (Radio X)
Mark Steel’s In Town
Book award
The Actual One by Isy Suttie
Animal by Sara Pascoe
Nina Is Not OK by Shappi Khorsandi
Nomad by Alan Partridge
Internet Award
Adam Buxton Podcast
The Guilty Feminist podcast with Deborah Frances-White and Sofie Hagen
NextUp
The Parapod with Barry Dodds and Ian Boldswoth
