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Encyclopedia > British Comedy Award

The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The awards began in 1990, and are usually shown live on ITV1. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...


With a potent mix of comedians and alcohol, the ceremony is often a riotous affair. Past ceremonies have seen the host's in-podium autocue monitor ripped out by award-winner Michael Barrymore, and award-presenter Julian Clary joke that he'd "just been fisting Norman Lamont" (the joke caused great controversy and nearly ended Clary's career). In 1994 Spike Milligan called long-time fan Prince Charles a "grovelling little bastard" on hearing his citation for Spike's Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Barrymore, (born Michael Parker 1952, Bermondsey, South London, England, United Kingdom) is a lanky British comedian. ... Julian Clary (25 May 1950) is a camp British comedian. ... Fisting is a human sexual behaviour that involves inserting the entire hand, and sometimes part of the arm, into the vagina (vaginal fisting) or anus (handballing or anal fisting) of a sexual partner. ... Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick (born 1942), PC, was Conservative MP for Kingston upon Thames from 1972 until 1997. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Kt CBE (April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002) was a comedian, novelist, script writer, poet, jazz musician (trumpet and guitar - also played the piano - and was a dab hand at raspberry blowing) and is best remembered as the creator, principal writer and performing member of The... HRH The Prince of Wales His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC, ADC (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), the eldest son of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is Heir...


Ceremonies

  • 1990 - London Palladium, hosted by Michael Parkinson
  • 1991 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1992 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1993 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1994 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1995 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1996 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1997 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1998 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 1999 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 2000 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 2001 - hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 2002 - London Studios, hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 2003 - London Studios, hosted by Jonathan Ross
  • 2004 - London Studios, hosted by Jonathan Ross

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OFF THE TELLY: Comedy/Fist of Fun (1390 words)
Award ceremonies never successfully translate onto TV without some factor conspiring wholly to refocus attention away from "the real reason we're here tonight" and onto a choice selection of supporting distractions.
The role of the awards' anchor is a perilous one.
The ceremony is an intriguing document of British TV comedy caught in transition - Marti Caine, Hannah Gordon, Eddie Izzard and Reeves and Mortimer all parade across the stage within minutes of each other.
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