The Chortle Awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website
Chortle
Chortle is a British comedy website launched in 2000 by Steve Bennett. The site is a major source of comedy news in the UK. It also reviews comedy shows nationwide, including extensively at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and presents the ...
to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK. A panel of reviewers draw up a shortlist, which is presented for public vote at the Chortle website.
2002
2003
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
In 2012,
Charlie Brooker
Charlton Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English television presenter, writer, producer and satirist. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series ''Black Mirror'', and has written for comedy series such as ''Bras ...
won the TV award for ''
Black Mirror
''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Individual episodes explore a diversity of genres, but most are set in near-future dystopias with science fiction technology—a type of speculative fictio ...
'' and his work on ''
10 O'Clock Live
''10 O'Clock Live'' is a British comedy/news television programme that ran from 2011 to 2013, presented by Charlie Brooker, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne and David Mitchell.
The programme was commissioned following the success of ''Channel 4's Alt ...
'', while
Stewart Lee
Stewart Graham Lee (born 5 April 1968) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and television director. His stand-up routine is characterised by repetition, internal reference, deadpan delivery, and consistent breaking of the fourth wall.
Lee b ...
was awarded "best standup DVD" for the second series of ''
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
''Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'' is a British comedy series created by and starring Stewart Lee and broadcast on BBC Two. It features stand-up comedy and sketches united by a theme for each episode. It was script-edited by Chris Morris and was ...
''. Lee's former comic partner
Richard Herring
Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English stand-up comedian and writer, whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee). He is described by ''The British Theatre Guide'' as "one of the leadin ...
won the internet award.
Dylan Moran
Dylan William Moran ( ; born 3 November 1971) is an Irish comedian, writer, actor, artist and poet. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series ''Black Books'' (which he co-wrote and starred in), and his work with Simon Peg ...
won "best tour",
Tim Key
Timothy David Key (born September 1976) is an English poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter and radio personality. He is best known for playing Alan Partridge's sidekick Simon in '' Mid Morning Matters'', '' Alpha Papa'', and '' This Time'', as ...
was awarded "best show", and
Simon Munnery
Simon Munnery, also known as his characters "Alan Parker: Urban Warrior" and "The League Against Tedium", is an English comedian.
He performs mainly to an alternative audience but has pierced the mainstream both with his BBC Radio 1 show in 19 ...
received the award for innovation. Prior to the awards, Chortle responded to accusations of
sexism
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls.There is a clear and broad consensus among academic scholars in multiple fields that sexism refers primari ...
(of 54 nominees, only two were women). Editor Steve Bennett described the controversy as "a storm we never saw coming."
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
The winners were announced in March 2018, and marked the first time that women had won more than half of the award in the live comedy category.
2019
The winners were announced in March 2019.
2020
The winners were announced in March 2020.
2021
Awards were made despite the COVID-19 lockdown recognising comedians who triumphed despite the problems.
Alex Horne
Alexander James Jeffery Horne (born 10 September 1978) is a British comedian and musician. Horne is the creator of BAFTA award-winning TV series '' Taskmaster'', in which he also performs as the Taskmaster's assistant. He is the host and ban ...
, Alistair Green, Archie Henderson, aka
Jazz Emu
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African Americans, African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recog ...
,
Catherine Bohart
Catherine Bohart (; born Catherine Murphy 13 August 1988) is an Irish stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Bohart grew up in Clonsilla, Fingal, part of the greater Dublin area, the daughter ...
for Gigless,
The Covid Arms, Fergus Craig, The Isolation Song Contest,
Janey Godley
Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie, January 1961) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer from Glasgow.
Early life
Jane Godley is the youngest of four children born to Annie and Jim Currie. She was raised on Kenmore Street in S ...
, John Robertson, Marcus Brigstocke and
Rachel Parris
Rachel Sarah Parris (born 27 May 1984) is an English comedian, musician, actress and presenter. She hosts the satirical news show '' Late Night Mash'' (formerly ''The Mash Report'').
Early life
Parris attended Loughborough High School. She hold ...
, Mark Olver, Mark Watson,
Munya Chawawa
Munyaradzi Oliver Chawawa (born 29 December 1992) is a British-Zimbabwean actor and comedian.
Early life
Munyaradzi Oliver Chawawa was born on 29 December 1992 in Derby, England, and spent his childhood in Zimbabwe. In his youth, his family ret ...
, Petrichor, Richard Herring, Rob Sedgebeer,
Robin Ince and Cosmic Shambles Network, Stevie Martin, Tim Key,
Toussaint Douglass,
The Warren, Brighton were all recognised as "legends of lockdown" with awards made by video.
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References
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British comedy and humour awards
English awards
2002 establishments in the United Kingdom
Awards established in 2002