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Outnumbered is nominated in five categories at comedy awards
Peter Dominiczak18 Nov 2009
Family comedy Outnumbered is leading the way at this year's British Comedy Awards, bagging five nominations.
Comics Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr will also have high hopes for the ceremony, with three nominations each.
BBC1's Outnumbered, which has been hailed by critics for its innovative, partly-improvised style and believable performances, has earned newcomer nominations for all three of the show's child actors.
Claire Skinner, who plays Outnumbered's middle-class mother Sue Brockman, is up for best comedy actress, while it also features in the best sitcom category, vying with Channel 4's Peep Show, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, and The IT Crowd. Webb is in the running for best comedy actor and also has a further chance to win an award for That Mitchell And Webb Look, which is nominated for best sketch show.
McIntyre and Carr will go head-to-head alongside Harry Hill in both the best comedy entertainment personality and entertainment programme categories.
Hill's TV Burp won the best comedy entertainment award last year, and Carr took the entertainment personality prize. McIntyre is nominated for best live stand-up this year, while Alan Carr: Chatty Man is also up for best new British TV comedy.
This year's ceremony will be hosted by Jonathan Ross, who pulled out last year in the wake of the “Sachsgate” scandal.
Sacha Baron Cohen's controversial movie Bruno, about a gay Austrian fashion expert, and In The Loop, the movie spin-off of the BBC's dark political comedy The Thick Of It, are both up for best film.
Pulling, BBC3's comedy about three hard-drinking thirtysomething women — which was axed after two series and ended with a one-off special in May — is up for best TV comedy drama. Two of its stars, Rebekah Staton and Tanya Franks, are also in the running for best female newcomer.
Gavin and Stacey actors Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon are also up for an award each, for last year's Christmas special.
The awards ceremony is celebrating its 20th year and will be shown on ITV1 and ITV2 on 12 December.
Here are the nominations for The British Comedy Awards 2009:
* Best comedy entertainment personality: Alan Carr: Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Open Mike Productions for Channel 4); Harry Hill: Harry Hill's TV Burp (Avalon for ITV1); Michael McIntyre: Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (Open Mike Productions Manchester for BBC1).
* Best comedy entertainment programme: Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (Open Mike Productions Manchester for BBC1); The Sunday Night Project (Princess Productions for Channel 4); Harry Hill's TV Burp (Avalon for ITV1).
* Best television comedy actor: Rob Brydon: Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special (Baby Cow for BBC1); Simon Bird: The Inbetweeners (Bwark for E4); Robert Webb: Peep Show (Objective Productions for Channel 4).
* Best television comedy actress: Ruth Jones: Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special (Baby Cow for BBC1); Claire Skinner: Outnumbered: series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1); Katherine Parkinson: The IT Crowd (Talkback Thames for Channel 4).
* Best new British television comedy: Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Open Mike Productions for Channel 4); Ladies of Letters (Tiger Aspect for ITV3); Psychoville (BBC Productions for BBC2).
* Best television comedy drama: Dead Set (Zeppotron for E4); Psychoville (BBC productions for BBC2); Pulling: special (Silver River for BBC3).
* Best live stand-up performer: Michael McIntyre Live at the Apollo; Frankie Boyle Live at the Hackney Empire; Stewart Lee: Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.
* Best male comedy newcomer: Daniel Roche: Outnumbered: series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1); Tyger Drew-Honey: Outnumbered: series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1); Charlie Brooker: You Have Been Watching (Zeppotron for E4).
* Best female comedy newcomer: Rebekah Staton: Pulling: special (Silver River for BBC3); Ramona Marquez: Outnumbered: series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1); Tanya Franks: Pulling: special (Silver River for BBC3).
* Best comedy panel show: Have I Got News For You (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1); Mock the Week (Angst Productions for BBC2); QI (Talkback Thames for BBC1).
* Best sitcom: Peep Show (Objective Productions for Channel 4); The IT Crowd (Talkback Thames for Channel 4); Outnumbered: series 2 (Hat Trick Productions for BBC1).
* Best sketch show: The Kevin Bishop Show (Objective Productions for Channel 4); That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC Productions for BBC2); Harry & Paul: series 2 (Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC1).
* Best comedy film: Bruno (Universal Pictures); In the Loop (Optimum Releasing: Peter Capaldi/ Tom Hollander/ Gina McKee/ James Gandolfini); The Hangover (Warner Bros: Bradley Cooper/ Ed Helms/ Zac Galifianakas).
