We’re still chortling from last night’s awards
Last night (March 20), the cream of comedy talent and industry bigwigs came together for the Chortle Awards hosted by Alexei Sayle, celebrating live comedy in all its guises. Surprisingly, character comic Adam Riches failed to win a gong, despite a whopping four nominations. Instead, the big winners were grumps Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Dylan Moran, who won the Best Stand-Up DVD, TV and Tour awards respectively. Time Out’s highlights included a deliciously dry presentation of the Best Newcomer award from Greg Proops, Tony Robinson announcing that Rowan Atkinson was ‘a bit of a cunt’ and Tony Law accepting his low overdue Breakthrough Act award with a bellow of ‘Correct!’.
And the winners are (click to find when to see they’re next performing)…
BEST NEWCOMER: Patrick Cahill
BREAKTHROUGH ACT: Tony Law
CLUB COMIC: Alun Cochrane
BEST COMPERE: Susan Calman
CHARACTER OR SKETCH ACT: Idiots Of Ants
VARIETY AND MUSIC AWARD: The Rubberbandits
BEST SHOW: Tim Key: Masterslut
BEST TOUR: Dylan Moran: Yeah, Yeah
TV AWARD: Charlie Brooker
RADIO AWARD: Infinite Monkey Cage (Radio 4)
INTERNET AWARD: Richard Herring
BEST STAND-UP DVD: Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle Series 2
AWARD FOR INNOVATION: Simon Munnery for La Concepta
OFFSTAGE CONTRIBUTION: Mick Perrin
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO COMEDY: John Lloyd
