The Comedy Award
GOLD
Down The Line (Series 2, Episode 2)
Producer/ Performer: Charlie Higson
Producer/Performer: Paul Whitehouse
Performer - Gary Bellamy: Rhys Thomas
Performer - Various Callers: Amelia Bullmore
Performer - Various Callers: Simon Day
Performer - Various Callers: Lucy Montgomery
Performer - Various callers: Felix Dexter
Performer - Caller: Dave Cummings
Executive Producer: Lucy Armitage
Down the Line is parody at its best, weaving between the hysterically absurd and the painfully true, but always making you laugh. The show is beautifully observed with great writing and performances throughout.
Down The Line Productions for BBC Radio 4
SILVER
Mark Thomas:
My Life in Serious Organised Crime
Writer / Performer: Mark Thomas
Producer: Colin Anderson
Broadcast Assistant: Trudi Stephens
Executive Producer: Will Saunders
Recording Engineer: Tim Sturgeon
Editing Engineer: Marc Wilcox
My life in serious organised crime succeeds on every level. Mark Thomas uniquely combines passion, political genius and consummate story telling to win the argument and keep us listening and laughing.
BBC Radio Entertainment for BBC Radio 4
BRONZE
That Mitchell and Webb Sound
Performers: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman, James Bachman
Writers: David Mitchell, Robert Webb, James Bachman, Mark Evans, Chris Reddy, Toby Davies, Chris Pell, Dan Hobson, Jon Bridle, John Finnemore, Simon Kane, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris & Laurence Howarth
Producer: Gareth Edwards
Broadcst Assistant: Ann Osborne
That Mitchell and Webb Sound is fresh, clever and very funny. It expertly uses the radio medium, mixes everything from surreal to silly humour and has some virtuoso comic performances.
BBC Radio Entertainment for BBC Radio 4
A Series of Psychotic Episodes
Writer: Miriam Elia
Performers: Miriam Elia, Ruth Donegan, Alyssa Kyria & James Kenward
Broadcast Assistants: Pamela Norris & Tim Scullion
Engineer: Ben Walker
Producer: Victoria Lloyd
Original and engaging, A Series of Psychotic Episodes is a shot of comedy adrenalin and Miriam Elia is surely a voice of the future.
BBC Radio Entertainment for BBC7
Fags, Mags & Bags
Producer: Gus Beattie
Director: Colin Gilbert
Script Editor: Niall Clark
Sound Editing: Dave Murricane
Writer and performer: Sanjeev Kohli
Writer and performer: Donald McLeary
Performer: Kayvan Novak
Performer: Omar Raza
Performer: Gerard Kelly
Fags Mags and Bags is a superb modern sitcom with classic sitcom values. The principal characters are loveable, the comedy is effortlessly funny and it makes you want to come back for more.
The Comedy Unit for BBC Radio 4
