Triple victory for sitcom star

Miranda Hart has cleaned up at the British Comedy Awards, taking three gongs including the Queen of Comedy as voted by viewers.

She also won best new TV comedy for her BBC Two sitcom Miranda and best comedy actress.

Russell Brand won the Outstanding Contribution To Comedy gong but was unable to collect it in person, avoiding a live TV reunion with host Jonathan Ross.

Lifetime Achievement Award went to Roy Clarke, the writer of Open All Hours and all 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine.

And Horrible Histories become the first children's comedy show to win an award since Ant & Dec’s SM:TV Live in 2000, by scooping the best sketch show title.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Male TV Comic: Michael McIntyre

Best Panel Show: Would I Lie To You

Best New Tv Comedy: Miranda

Best Comedy Entertainment Personality: Harry Hill

Best Actor: Peter Capaldi

Writers Guild Of Great Britain Award: Sam Bain And Jesse Armstrong

Best Female TV Comic: Jo Brand

Best Sitcom: The Inbetweeners

Lifetime Achievement: Roy Clarke

Best Comedy Entertainment Programme: Newswipe

Breakthrough Male: John Bishop

Breakthrough Female: Samantha Spiro

Comedy Film Performance: Kayvan Novak

Best Comedy Actress: Miranda Hart

Best Sketch Show: Horrible Histories

People's Choice: Miranda Hart

Here is how we covered the ceremony live:

Published: 23 Jan 2011