Chortle Awards

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.

Contents 1 2008 2 2007 3 2006 4 2005 5 2004 6 2003 7 2002 8 External links 9 References

2008

Best Newcomer

• Holly Walsh (Winner)
  • Nat Luurtsema (nominee)
  • Greg McHugh (nominee)
  • Jack Whitehall (nominee)

Breakthrough act

• Jon Richardson (Winner)
  • Tom Basden (nominee)
  • Lloyd Langford (nominee)
  • Terry Saunders (nominee)

Best compère

• Stephen Grant (Winner)
  • Stephen K Amos (nominee)
  • Jarred Christmas (nominee)
  • Greg Davies (nominee)

Best headliner

• Michael McIntyre (Winner)
  • Rhod Gilbert (nominee)
  • Jim Jeffries (nominee)
  • Glenn Wool (nominee)

Sketch, variety or character act

• Pappy's Fun Club (Winner)
  • Fat Tongue (nominee)
  • Lee Fenwick as Mick Sergeant (nominee)
  • Ugly Kid (nominee)

Best full show

• Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up (Winner)
  • Tom Basden Won't Say Anything (nominee)
  • Psister Psycho (nominee)
  • Terry Saunders: Missed Connection

Award for innovation

• Laughter In Odd Places (Winner)
  • Arthur Smith for ArthurArt (nominee)
  • Gently Progressive Behemoth (Edinburgh show) (nominee)
  • We Need Answers (Edinburgh show) (nominee)

Best theatre tour

• Dara Ó Briain (Winner)
  • Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy (nominee)
  • Al Murray at the London Palladium (nominee)
  • Frank Skinner (nominee)

Offstage contribution

• Toby Hadoke of XS Malarkey, Manchester

Award for artistic integrity

• Hans Teeuwen

Outstanding contribution to comedy

• The I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue team

Venue Awards

• London (large): Comedy Store
• London (small) : Falling Down With Laughter
• South: Komedia
• Midlands/East: Derby Funhouse
• Wales and the West: The Glee Club, Cardiff
• North: XS Malarkey, Manchester
• Scotland: Edinburgh Stand

2007

Best Newcomer

• Carl Donnelly (Winner)
  • Arnab Chanda (nominee)
  • Ginger and Black (nominee)
  • Pappy's Fun Club (nominee)

Best Breakthrough

• Josie Long (Winner)
  • Greg Davies (nominee)
  • Paul Sinha (nominee)
  • Shappi Khorsandi (nominee)

Best Compère

• Robin Ince (Winner)
  • Jarred Christmas (nominee)
  • Mark Watson (nominee)
  • Stephen K Amos (nominee)

Best Headliner

• Jason Byrne (Winner)
  • Michael McIntyre (nominee)
  • Phil Nichol (nominee)
  • Reginald D Hunter (nominee)

Best Sketch, Variety or Character Act

• We Are Klang (Winner)
  • Count Arthur Strong (nominee)
  • Jeremy Lion (nominee)
  • Joanna Neary (nominee)

Best Full Length Feature Show

• The Mighty Boosh Tour (Winner)
  • Doug Stanhope
  • Mark Thomas: As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela (nominee)
  • We Are Klang: Klang Bang (nominee)

Award for innovation

• Free Fringe (Winner)
  • James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids (nominee)
  • Maxwell’s Full Mooners (nominee)
  • Tim Fitzhigham (nominee)

Best Off-stage contribution

• Free Fringe (Winner)
  • BAC (Battersea Arts Centre (nominee)
  • Brett Vincent, Alex Rochford and Paul Byrne for Maxwell’s Full Mooners (nominee)
  • Toby Hadoke (XS Malarkey, Manchester) (nominee)

Outstanding contribution to comedy

• Linda Smith

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 compère

• 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: The Glee Club, Cardiff (Winner)
• South of England: Komedia, Brighton (Winner)
• London small: Outside The Box, Kingston (Winner)
• London large: The Comedy Store (Winner)

2005

Best newcomer

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

Best compère

• 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 Overambitious 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: The Glee Club, Cardiff (Winner)
• London, large venue: The Comedy Store (Winner)
• London, small venue: Comedy Camp (Winner)

2004

Best newcomer:

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

Best compère

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

Breakthrough act:

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

Best headliner:

• Dara Ó 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 Ó 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)

2003

Best newcomer

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

Best compère

• Chris Addison (Winner)
  • Adam Hills (Nominee)
  • Dara Ó Briain (Nominee)

Breakthrough act

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

Best headliner

• Dara Ó 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, Manchester (Winner)
• Midlands: Just The Tonic (Winner)
• West/Wales: The Glee Club Cardiff (Winner)
• South: Komedia, Brighton (Winner)

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 compère

• 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

• Ross Noble (Winner)
  • Daniel Kitson (Runner-Up)

Comedians' comedian

• Ross Noble (Winner)
  • Daniel Kitson (Runner-Up)

Outstanding contribution to comedy:

• Spike Milligan Winner

Best venues: London (large):

• Up The Creek (Winner)
  • The Comedy Store (Runner-Up)

London (small):

• Amused Moose Soho (Winner)
  • Loonatics at The Asylum (Runner-Up)

Scotland:

• Stand Glasgow (Winner)
  • Stand Edinburgh (Runner-Up)

North of England:

• XS Malarkey in Manchester
  • Last Laugh in Sheffield

Midlands:

• Just The Tonic (Winner)
  • The Glee Club Birmingham (Runner-Up)

West/Wales:

• The Glee Club Cardiff (Winner)
  • Comedy Cavern Bath (Runner-Up)

South:

• Komedia Brighton (Winner)
  • Sanctum Hove (Runner-Up)

External links

Chortle Awards Page^[1]

References

1. ^ Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide