All the winners revealed

Bob Mortimer, Inside No 9 creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, and musical comedy duo Flo and Joan were all double winners at the Chortle Awards tonight. 

Elsewhere, prolific BBC radio producer Bill Dare – who died in a an accident earlier this month at the age of 64 – was given a heartfelt tribute from Dead Ringers stars Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens as he received the offstage contribution award.

Janey Godley was also honoured posthumously for her radio show about cancer, The C Bomb, while other winners included Sam Campbell, Munya Chawawa and Frankie Boyle’s podcast with Susan McCabe and Cristopher Macarthur-Boyd, Here Comes The Guillotine.

Shearsmith and Pemberton took home the Outstanding Achievement award for ten years of Inside No 9, which was also named best TV show – an award it has won three times before 

Mortimer was named best TV comedian, and scooped the book award for his novel  The Hotel Avocado while Flo & Joan win the sketch and variety award, with their One Man Musical – featuring George Fouracres as Lord Lloyd Webber – was named best show

The winners of the venue awards were announced on Friday.

Here’s the full list of tonight's winners.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton

OFFSTAGE CONTRIBUTION: Bill Dare

EVENT OF THE YEAR: Chris McCausland on Strictly Come Dancing

COMEDIANS’ COMEDIAN: Rob Copland 

BEST NEWCOMER: Jin Hao Li

Nominees: Abby Wambaugh, Catriona Dowden, Metroland, Sharon Wanjohi

BREAKTHROUGH ACT: Emma Sidi

Nominees: Demi Adejuyigbe, Joe Kent-Walters, Rob Copland

SKETCH & VARIETY AWARD: Flo and Joan

Nominees: Elf Lyons, Metroland, Natalie Palamides, Tarot 

BEST HEADLINER: Michael Odewale

Nominees: Leroy Brito, Lindsey Santoro, Mike Rice, Nina Gilligan 

BEST COMPERE: Phil Ellis

Nominees: Hayley Ellis, Robin Morgan, Rosco McClelland

BEST SHOW: One-Man Musical by Flo and Joan

Nominees: Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE ‘Ball & Boe’; Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip; Ed Night: The Plunge; Natalie Palamides: Weer; Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)

BEST TOUR: Sam Campbell: Wobservations

Nominees: Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Peacock; • Miles Jupp: On I Bang; Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe; Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

BEST TV SHOW: Inside No 9

Nominees: Alma's Not Normal; Everyone Else Burns; Things You Should Have Done ; We Are Lady Parts 

BEST TV COMIC: Bob Mortimer

Nominees: Chris McCausland, Jamali Maddix, Rosie Jones,  Sophie Willan 

BEST RADIO COMEDY: Janey Godley: The C Bomb

Nominees:  Ian Smith Is Stressed; Icklewick FM; The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty;  Time Of The Week

BEST PODCAST: Here Comes The Guillotine 

Nominees: Brainwash Me with Poppy Hillstead; Glue Factory with Milo Edwards, Olga Koch, Pierre Novellie and Riley; Single Ladies In Your Area with Amy Gledhill and Harriet Kemsley; Trusty Hogs with Catherine Bohart and Helen Bauer

SOCIAL MEDIA AWARD: Munya Chawawa

Nominees: Derek Mitchell; Ed Night and Paddy Young; Tom Lawrinson and Sam O’Leary; Sarah Roberts

BOOK AWARD: The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer

Nominees:  Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life With Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes; okes Jokes Jokes by Jenny Eclair; Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie

Published: 17 Mar 2025