The Comedy.co.uk Awards are an annual poll of tens of thousands of British comedy fans in which the best TV and radio comedy programmes of the last year are named.
These awards, which have been running since 2006, provide an accurate gauge of the most loved modern British TV and radio comedies as every single programme is included in the nominations list (for our 2019 vote that was more than 400 different shows!), and the results are 100% based on the public vote. There is no biased jury or naive judging panel involved here - just comedy fans.
Results
Winners
After Life
Fleabag
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Vic & Bob's Big Night Out
Dead Ringers
Would I Lie To You?
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Susan Calman Makes Me Happy
Good Omens
Good Omens
Winners
Derry Girls
Friday Night Dinner
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Vic & Bob's Big Night Out
Dead Ringers
Would I Lie To You?
The Unbelievable Truth
Taskmaster
Joe Lycett's Obsessions
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
Winners
Back
Red Dwarf
Tim Vine Travels In Time
Vic & Bob's Big Night Out
Dead Ringers
Would I Lie To You?
The Unbelievable Truth
Taskmaster
The Now Show
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
Winners
Upstart Crow
Red Dwarf
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Horrible Histories
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
The Unbelievable Truth
Taskmaster
The Now Show
Inside No. 9
Red Dwarf
Winners
Car Share
Peep Show
John Finnemore's Double Acts
Horrible Histories
Dead Ringers
Would I Lie To You?
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
The Graham Norton Show
Mark Steel's In Town
Inside No. 9
Car Share
Winners
Detectorists
Miranda
Cabin Pressure
Horrible Histories
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
Would I Lie To You?
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
The Graham Norton Show
Susan Calman Is Convicted
Inside No. 9
Cabin Pressure
Winners
The Wrong Mans
The IT Crowd
Cabin Pressure
Horrible Histories
That Mitchell & Webb Sound
Would I Lie To You?
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
The Graham Norton Show
Susan Calman Is Convicted
Fresh Meat
Would I Lie To You?
Winners
Hebburn
Miranda
Bleak Expectations
Horrible Histories
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
QI
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
The Graham Norton Show
Mark Steel's In Town
Fresh Meat
Miranda
Winners
Spy
Absolutely Fabulous
Cabin Pressure
Horrible Histories
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
Would I Lie To You?
The Unbelievable Truth
The Graham Norton Show
Fresh Meat
Horrible Histories
Winners
The Trip
Peep Show
Another Case Of Milton Jones
That Mitchell And Webb Look
Sarah Millican's Support Group
QI
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Newswipe With Charlie Brooker
Misfits
Miranda
Winners
Psychoville
Peep Show
Bleak Expectations
That Mitchell And Webb Look
That Mitchell & Webb Sound
QI
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
The Thick Of It
Winners
The Inbetweeners
Outnumbered
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Harry & Paul
Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking
Harry Hill's TV Burp
The Now Show
Peep Show
Winners
Gavin & Stacey
Peep Show
The Armstrong & Miller Show
QI
The IT Crowd
Winners
The IT Crowd
Green Wing
That Mitchell And Webb Look
QI
Green Wing
How does the voting work?
Each year in January we open the polls, and tens of thousands vote to select their favourite shows. Every British comedy show that had at least one new episode broadcast between the 1st January and 31st December in the year is included in the nominations list (unless a series spanned the New Year period, in which case if it was the show's only series in the year it'll be nominated in the first of the two years). In each of the categories, those voting can choose their favourite show, plus select a second and third favourite. The favourite selected gets three points, whilst the second and third favourites gets two and one points respectively. After the first round of voting, the longlist in each category is cut down to a shortlist of the six programmes with highest number of points. A second round of voting then takes place, where comedy fans select who should win in each category. They are also asked to name their Comedy Of The Year, from the shortlisted options.
In the first ten years of the awards (2006 - 2015), rather than three votes, users were given a first and second choice vote in each category, and one 'worst' option.