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The final Chortle Award nominees

The final Chortle award shortlist been announced, with Joseph Morpurgo scooping his third nomination.

His Soothing Sounds for Baby is up for best show alongside James Acaster: Represent; Joe Lycett: That’s The Way A-ha, A-ha, Joe Lycett; Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am? and Tom Parry: Yellow T-Shirt.

Morpurgo is also up for awards for innovation and for the best breakthrough act.

Polls open at 4pm and will remainopen until 5pm on February 21. The awards themselves will be presented at a ceremony in London on March 22.

The full list of Chortle Award 2016 nominees are:

Music and variety award

Comedians’ Cinema Club
Pippa Evans
Spencer Jones
Weirdos

Character, improv or sketch act

Daphne
Lolly Adefope
Massive Dad
The Showstoppers!

Best show

James Acaster: Represent
Joe Lycett: That’s The Way A-ha, A-ha, Joe Lycett
Joseph Morpurgo: Soothing Sounds for Baby
Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am?
Tom Parry: Yellow T-Shirt

Best tour

Bill Bailey: Limboland
Dara O Briain: Crowd Tickler
Katherine Ryan: Kathbum
Kevin Bridges: A Whole Different Story

TV award

Catastrophe
Inside No 9
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Sky Arts’ Christmas comedy shorts

Radio award

Just A Minute
News Quiz
Mark Steel’s In Town
Simon Evans Goes To Market

Internet award

The Beef and Dairy Network podcast
No Such Thing As A Fish podcast
The Parapod with Ray Peacock and Barry Dodds
Turtle Canyon Comedy

Book and publishing award

Bridget Christie: A Book For Her
Limmy’s Daft Wee Stories
Off The Mic, by Deborah Frances White and Marsha Shandur
Standard Issue website

Award for innovation

Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn for Fake It Til You Make It
Foxdog Studios Ltd
Joseph Morpurgo for Soothing Sounds For Baby
Richard Gadd for Waiting For Gaddot

Event of the year

Dave Chappelle in Hammersmith Apollo
Mel Brooks in the West End
Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights Live
Tom Basden’s Crocodile at the Manchester International Festival
Weird Al Yankovic at Hammersmith Apollo

Published: 12 Feb 2016