Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and Tony Law were all double winners at tonight’s Chortle Awards.

Lee and Herring both scooped a double thanks to the release of their Nineties BBC Two show Fist Of Fun taking the best DVD title.

Lee also won the best tour award for his current stand-up show, Carpet Remnant World, while Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast won the Internet Award.

Edinburgh Fringe favourite Tony Law was won best club comic and best show for Maximum Nonsense.

Ray Galton & Alan Simpson, who wrote for Tony Hancock and Steptoe and Son won the lifetime achievement award.

Other winners on the night included The Thick Of It, Radio 4 comedy series John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme and American comedian Louis CK, taking the innovation award for cutting out the middle man in selling downloads of his shows direct to the public.

The Chortle Comedy Awards took place in Cafe De Paris in London, hosted by Jo Brand and sponsored by Universal Pictures (UK).

Celebrities in attendance included Omid Djalili, Bill Oddie, Harry Enfield, Helen Flanagan, and Lee Ryan and Duncan James from Blue.

The winners are chosen by a public vote from a shortlist drawn up by a panel of comedy reviewers. The full list is:

Best newcomer with ALCATEL ONE TOUCH

Lucy Beaumont

Breakthrough act with Impressive PR

Dr Brown

Club comic

Tony Law

Best compere

Susan Calman

Character or sketch act

Pappy’s

Music or variety act

The Boy With Tape On His Face

Best show

Tony Law: Maximum Nonsense

Best tour

Stewart Lee: Carpet Remnant World

Best DVD

Fist Of Fun Series 2

TV Award

The Thick Of It

Radio Award

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme

Internet Award

Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

Award for innovation

Louis CK for cutting out the middle man

Offstage contribution

Tommy Sheppard from The Stand and Glasgow International Comedy Festival

Lifetime achievement



Ray Galton & Alan Simpson

Venue awards

London: Purpose-built venue - The Comedy Store

London club - 99 Club Leicester Square

The South - Brighton Komedia

Midlands and The East - Birmingham Glee

West and Wales - Bath Komedia

The North - XS Malarkey

Scotland – The Pleasance



Published: 25 Mar 2013