What comedies are in the running?

TV industry magazine Broadcast has unveiled the nominees for its annual awards.

Up for best comedy programme are Derry Girls, Fleabag, Inside No 9’s live episode Dead Line, Mum,  Stath Lets Flats and This Time with Alan Partridge.

Taskmaster has been nominated for best entertainment programme alongside Flirty Dancing, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!,  Love Island, Strictly Come Dancing and Top Gear.

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan is shortlisted for best popular factual entertainment programme alongside Harry’s Heroes: The Full English. Long Lost Family, Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure, SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Big Hospital Experiment

There She Goes – BBC Four’s comedy-drama starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes as parents of a girl, Rosie (Miley Locke), with severe learning disabilities has been nominated for best multichannel show.

It is up against the BBC Four Bros documentary After The Screaming, Emma Willis: Delivering Babies on W and the BBC Three shows Glow Up: Britain’s Next Makeup Star, Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out and The Rap Game UK.

And Channel 5’s Michael Palin in North Korea has been nominated for best documentary.

Harry Hill will present the awards at London’s Grosvenor House on  February 5.

Published: 21 Nov 2019