Best Comedy Actor :
- RICKY TOMLINSON (The Royle Family) *
- James Nesbitt (Cold Feet), Paul Whitehouse (Ted and Ralph)
- Award was presented by Neil Morrissey and Emma Noble.
Best Comedy Actress :
- CAROLINE AHERNE (The Royle Family) *
- Fay Ripley (Cold Feet), Kathy Burke (Gimme Gimme Gimme)
- Award was presented by Steve Coogan.
Best Comedy Entertainment Personality :
- PAUL MERTON
- Graham Norton *, Michael Barrymore
- Award was presented by Steps.
Best Comedy Entertainment Programme :
- COMIC RELIEF 1999
- Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, The Two Ronnies Night
- Award was presented by Martin Clunes and Davina McCall, and was
accepted by Richard Curtis.
Best Comedy Film :
- NOTTING HILL *
- Antz, There's Something About Mary
- Award was presented by Jane Seymour.
Best Comedy Gameshow :
- HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks *, Families At War
- Award was presented by Kirsty Young.
Best Comedy Drama :
- COLD FEET *
- Ted and Ralph, Jonathan Creek Xmas 98: Black Canary
- Award was presented by Richard Wilson.
Best Comedy Talkshow :
- SO GRAHAM NORTON *
- Room 101, Ruby's American Pie
- Award was presented by Lee Evans.
Best TV Sitcom :
- THE ROYLE FAMILY *
- Spaced, dinnerladies, Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Award was presented by Stephen Tompkinson.
Best Live Stand Up :
- BILL BAILEY
- Ed Byrne, Rich Hall *
- Award was presented by Ardal O'Hanlon.
Best 'Broken Comedy' Show :
- BIG TRAIN
- Smack The Pony *, League of Gentlemen
- Award was presented by Nick Leeson.
Comedy Writer of the Year :
- RICHARD CURTIS
- Award was presented by Gail Renard (Vice Chairwoman of Writer's Guild)
Best Comedy Radio Show :
- THE SUNDAY FORMAT (aka People Like Us)
- The Jonathan Ross Show (Radio 2), Old Harry's Game
- Award presented by Richard Blackwood.
Best Male Comedy Newcomer :
- SACHA BARON COHEN (Ali G)
- Simon Pegg (Spaced), Craig Cash (The Royle Family) *
- Award presented by Carol Smillie.
Best Female Comedy Newcomer :
- JESSICA STEVENSON (Spaced)
- Sally Philips (Smack the Pony), Daisy Donovan (11 O'Clock Show) *
- Award presented by Richard Griffiths.
People Choice Award :
- COLD FEET *
- (runners up in order) Friends, Men Behaving Badly Xmas 98 Trilogy,
Red Dwarf, Night Fever
- Award hosted by Jerry Springer
Best International Comedy Show :
- THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW
- The Simpsons *, Seinfeld
- Award presented by Adam West and David Duchovny.
Best New TV Comedy :
- DINNERLADIES
- The League of Gentlemen, People Like Us *
- Award presented by Goldie and Prince Naseem Hamed.
Lifetime Achievement Award No.1 :
- BARRY HUMPHRIES (for Dame Edna Everage & Sir Les Patterson)
- Award presented by Mel Gibson.
Lifetime Achievement Award No.2 :
- THE TWO RONNIES
- Award presented by Richard Briers.
High-point of the evening :
- Jonathan Ross' excellent introduction.
Low-point of the evening :
- dinnerladies winning an award.
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
