Chortle Awards

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The Chortle awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK.

As of 2002, the Chortle Awards are the only UK based awards that solely honour the live work of stand-up comedians at a professional level. The judging is done through a panel of judges and the votes of regular visitors at the chortle website. Each year there is growing anticaption to see who is shortlisted and who walks off with the prizes.

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[edit] 2007

Best Newcomer

Carl Donnelly (Winner)

Best Breakthrough

Josie Long (Winner)

Best Compere

Robin Ince (Winner)

Best Headliner

Jason Byrne (Winner)

Best Sketch, Variety or Character Act

We Are Klang (Nominee)

Best Full Lenght Feature Show

The Mighty Boosh Tour (Winner)

Award for innovation

Free Fringe (Winner)

Best Off-stage contribution

Free Fringe (Winner)

Outstanding contribution to comedy

Linda Smith

[edit] 2006

Best newcomer

James Branch (Winner)
- Lee Bannard (Nominee)
- Sarah Millican (Nominee)

Best breakthrough act

Jason Manford (Winner)
- Hal Cruttenden (Nominee)
- Josie Long (Nominee)

Best compere

Russell Howard (Winner)
- Alfie Joey (Nominee)
- Andrew Maxwell (Nominee)

Best headliner

Daniel Kitson (Winner)
- Alan Carr (Nominee)
- Stewart Lee (Nominee)

Best sketch, variety or character act Justin Edwards as Jeremy Lion(Winner)

Tim Minchin (Nominees)
- We Are Klang (Greg Davies, Steve Hall, Marek Larwood) (Nominee)

Best full-length solo show:

Daniel Kitson Daniel Kitson’s Edinburgh stand-up show (Winner)
- Stewart Lee Stewart Lee: 90s Comedian (Nominee)
- Tim Minchin Tim Minchin: Dark Side (Nominee)

Award For Innovation

Robin Ince's Book Club (Winner)

Best Off-Stage Contribution

Malcolm Hay, comedy editor of Time Out (Winner)

Outstanding Contribution to Comedy:

Stewart Lee (Winner)

People's Choice

Daniel Kitson (Winner)

Comics' Comic

Daniel Kitson (Winner)

Venue Awards

Scotland: The Pleasance (Winner)
The North of England: Funny Magnet, Middlesbrough (Winner)
Midlands and East: The Funhouse, Derby (Winner)
Wales and the West: Glee Club, Cardiff (Winner)
South of England: Komedia, Brighton (Winner)
London small: Outside The Box, Kingston (Winner)
London large: The Comedy Store (Winner)

[edit] 2005

Best newcomer

Josie Long (Winner)
- Russell Kane (Nominee)
- Isy Suttie (Nominee)

Best compere

Daniel Kitson (Winner)
- Alun Cochrane (Nominee)
- Adam Hills (Nominee)

Breakthrough act

Rhod Gilbert (Winner)
- Alun Cochrane (Nominee)
- Mark Watson (Nominee)

Best headliner

Will Smith (Winner)
- Chris Addison (Nominee)
- Andrew Maxwell (Nominee)

People's Choice

Daniel Kitson (Winner)

Comics' Comic

Andrew Maxwell (Winner)

Best sketch, variety or character act

Flight Of The Conchords (Winner)
- Jeremy Lion (Nominee)
- Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (Nominee)

Award for innovation

Mark Watson for his Overambitous 24-Hour Show (Winner)
- Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (Nominee)
- Wil Hodgson (Nominee)

Best full-length solo show

Daniel Kitson’s Edinburgh show (Winner)
- Will Smith: 10 Arguments I Should Have Won (Nominee)
- Bill Bailey: Part Troll (Nominee)

Best off-stage contribution

Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, of The Underbelly, Edinburgh (Winner)

Lifetime achievement award

Malcolm Hardee (Winner)

Venue Awards:

North of England: XS Malarkey, Manchester (Winner)
South of England: The Komedia, Brighton (Winner)
Midlands: Just The Tonic, Nottingham (Winner)
Scotland: The Stand, Edinburgh (Winner)
West and Wales: Glee, Cardiff (Winner)
London, large venue: The Comedy Store (Winner)
London, small venue: Comedy Camp (Winner)

[edit] 2004

Best newcomer:

Waen Shepherd as Gary Le Strange (winner)
- Stuart Hudson (Nominee)
- Tom Wrigglesworth (Nominee)

Best compere

Adam Hills (Winner)
- Stephen K Amos (Nominee)
- Jo Caulfield (Nominee)

Breakthrough act:

Alex Horne (Winner)
- Lucy Porter (Nominee)
- Will Smith (Nominee)

Best headliner:

Dara O'Briain (Winner)
- Adam Hills (Nominee)
- Reginald D Hunter (Nominee)

Best sketch, variety or character act:

Justin Edwards as Jeremy Lion (Winner)
- Flight Of The Conchords (Nominee)
- Oram and Meeten (Nominee)

Award for innovation:

Dave Gorman (Winner)
- Alfie Joey for his Mini Cabaret (Nominee)
- Howard Read (Nominee)

Best full-length solo show:

Dave Gorman Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure (Winner)
- Demetri Martin: If I... (Nominee)
- Dara O'Briain: I Am Not An Animal (Nominee)

Best contribution by a non-performer:

Hannah Chambers of Comedy Cafe Management (Winner)
- Agraman The Buzz Manchester (Nominee)
- Simon Randall Ha Bloody Ha/Headliners London (Nominee)

People's choice

Daniel Kitson (Winner)

Comedians' comedian

Daniel Kitson (Winner)

Student Comic Of The Year:

Lloyd Langford (Winner)

Best venues:

London (large): Comedy Store (Winner)
London (small): Amused Moose (Winner)
North of England: XS Malarkey Manchester(Winner)
South of England: Komedia Brighton (Winner)
East/Midlands: The Glee Club Birmingham (Winner)
West of England/Wales: Comedy Cavern Bath (Nominee)
Scotland: The Stand Edinburgh (Nominee)

[edit] 2003

Best newcomer

Matthew Osborn (Winner)
- Greg Davies (Nominee)
- Rhod Gilbert (Nominee)

Best compere

Chris Addison (Winner)
- Adam Hills (Nominee)
- Dara O'Briain (Nominee)

Breakthrough act

Rev Obadiah Steppenwolfe III (Winner)
- Hal Cruttenden (Nominee)
- Micky Flanagan (Nominee)

Best headliner

Dara O'Briain (Winner)
- Jimmy Carr (Nominee)
- Phil Nichol (Nominee)

Best sketch, variety or character act

Garth Marenghi
- Otis Lee Crenshaw (Nominees)
- Rev Obadiah Steppenwolfe III (Nominees)

Best full-length solo show

Daniel Kitson: Something (Winner)
- Jimmy Carr: Bare-Faced Ambition
- Dave Gorman: Dave Gorman's Better World

Best contribution by a non-performer Karen Koren of Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon (Winner) People's choice:

Ross Noble (Winner)

Comedians' comedian

Daniel Kitson (Winner)

Outstanding contribution to comedy

Billy Connolly

Best venues:

London (large): The Comedy Store(Winner)
London (small): Amused Moose Soho (Winner)
Scotland: Stand Glasgow (Winner)
North of England: XS Malarkey (Winner)
Midlands: Just The Tonic (Winner)
West/Wales: The Glee Club Cardiff (Winner)
South: Komedia, Brighton (Winner)

[edit] 2002

Best touring comedian

Ross Noble (Winner)
- Bill Bailey (Nominee)
- Rich Hall as Otis Lee Crenshaw(Nominee)
- Al Murray (Nominee)

Best male circuit comedian

Daniel Kitson (Winner)
- Boothby Graffoe (Nominee)
- Lee Mack (Nominee)
- Phil Nichol (Nominee)

Best female circuit comedian

Jo Enright (Winner)
- Gina Yashere (Nominee)
- Jo Caulfield (Nominee)
- Julia Morris (Nominee)

Best open mic

Des Clarke (Winner)
- Rohan Agalawatta (Nominee)
- Steve Williams (Nominee)
- Miles Jupp (Nominee)

Best compere

Lee Mack (Winner)
- Simon Bligh (Nominee)
- Boothby Graffoe (Nominee)
- Lee Hurst (Nominee)

Best sketch or character act

League of Gentlemen (Winner)
- Graham Fellows for John Shuttleworth and Brian Appleton (Nominee)
- Garth Marenghi (Nominee)
- Mackenzie Crook as Mr Bagshaw

Best contribution by a non-performer

Malcolm Hay, comedy editor, Time Out (Winner)
- Tommy Shepherd, director of The Stand comedy clubs(Nominee)
- Don Ward founder of the Comedy Store (Nominee)
- Agraman of The Buzz Club Manchester

People's choice