DVDfever's BRITISH
COMEDY AWARDS 2001 ROUNDUP
In the awards listed below, the winner is in BOLD type, with the runners up
listed afterwards. Those listed * are my personal preferences.
British Comedy Awards 2001 Results :
Best Comedy Actor :
- ROB BRYDON (Human Remains) *
- John Thomson (Cold Feet), James Nesbitt (Cold Feet)
- Award was presented by Steve Coogan.
Best Comedy Actress :
- JESSICA STEVENSON (Spaced, The Royle Family) *
- Lesley Sharp (Bob & Rose), Hermoine Norris (Cold Feet)
- Award was presented by Melanie B and Matthew Modine.
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality :
- FRANK SKINNER *
- Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton
- Award was presented by Bo Derek.
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme :
- SO GRAHAM NORTON
- The Frank Skinner Show *, Have I Got News For You
- Award was presented by Debbie Harry and Huey Morgan
Best Comedy Film :
- BEST IN SHOW
- Shrek, Bridget Jones' Diary
- Award was presented by David Baddiel and Harry Shearer.
Best Comedy Drama :
- BOB & ROSE *
- Cold Feet, Happiness
- Award was presented by Sue Johnstone and Ardal O'Hanlon.
Best TV Sitcom :
- ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
- The Office *, Coupling
- Award was presented by Peter MacNicol
Best Radio Comedy :
- DEAD RINGERS
- The Jonathan Ross Show *, The Sunday Format
- Award was presented by Loretta Swit.
Comedy Writer of the Year :
- RUSSELL T. DAVIES (Queer as Folk, Bob & Rose, The Second Coming)
- Award was presented by Jonathan Ross
Best Comedy Newcomer :
- JOHNNY VEGAS (Happiness)
- Lee Mack (The Sketch Show), MacKenzie Crook (The Office)
- Award presented by Lady Victoria Hervey and Richard Blackwood.
People's Choice Award :
- COLD FEET *
- (runners up in order) So Graham Norton, The Royle Family, Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Award hosted by Karen Thompson and Angus Deayton.
Best International Comedy Show :
- SEINFELD
- Frasier, Sex and the City
- Award presented by Vic Reeves and Jordan.
Best New TV Comedy :
- THE OFFICE *
- Human Remains, The Sketch Show
- Award presented by Charlotte Church and Anne Widdecombe.
Lifetime Achievement Award :
- DAVID JASON
- Award presented by Michael Palin.
High-point of the evening :
- Jonathan Ross' excellent introduction, again.
Low-point of the evening :
- Having to rush things at the end because they didn't allow a two-hour time
slot.
The following is a list of all the Comedy Awards round-ups online :
Comedy Awards 1999
Comedy Awards 2000
Comedy Awards 2001
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