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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