The Edinburgh Comedy Awards, formerly known as the Perrier Comedy Awards, the if.comedy awards and briefly as the if.comeddies, are a group of prizes awarded annually since 1981 to comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Perrier Comedy Awards | ||||
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Year | Main Prize winner | Main Prize nominees | Best Newcomer winner | Panel Prize winner |
1981 | Cambridge Footlights - Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer. | Instituted 1992 | Instituted 2006 | |
1982 | Writers Inc - Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton (additional material by Kim Fuller) | |||
1983 | Los Trios Ringbarkus | |||
1984 | The Brass Band | Fascinating Aïda; Hank Wangford Band; Frank Chickens; The Bodgers; The Brass Band; Paul B Davies & Dave Cohen | ||
1985 | Theatre De Complicité | The Bodgers; Merry Mac Fun Show; John Dowie; Sue Ingleton | ||
1986 | Ben Keaton | Ben Keaton; Paul B. Davies; Roy Hutchins; Jenny Lecoat; Merry Mac Fun Show | ||
1987 | Brown Blues... Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker | Nick Revell; Jeremy Hardy; Simon Fanshawe; John Sparkes | ||
1988 | Jeremy Hardy | Doug Anthony Allstars; Roy Hutchins; Robert Llewellyn's Mammon; The Wow Show | ||
1989 | Simon Fanshawe | John Hegley; Al and George; Will Durst; Live Bed Show; The World of Les and Robert | ||
1990 | Sean Hughes | Dillie Keane - Single Again; Pete McCarthy - The Hangover Show; Jimmy Tingle | ||
1991 | Frank Skinner |
Avner The Eccentric; Jack Dee; Eddie Izzard; Lily Savage |
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1992 | Steve Coogan - In Character with John Thomson | Jo Brand; Bruce Morton; John Shuttleworth's Guide to Stardom; Mark Thomas | Harry Hill | |
1993 | Lee Evans | Corky and the Juice Pigs; Phil Kay; Johnny Meres; Donna McPhail; Parrot; Greg Proops | Dominic Holland | |
1994 | Lano and Woodley | Alan Davies; Jeff Green; Harry Hill's Pub Internationale; Owen O'Neill; Robert Schimmel | Scott Capurro | |
1995 | Jenny Eclair - Prozac & Tantrums | Simon Bligh Banzai; Scott Capurro The Love and Affection Tour; Boothby Graffoe; The Umbilical Brothers - Heaven by Storm | Tim Vine - The Tim Vine Fiasco | |
1996 | Dylan Moran | Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller; Bill Bailey; Rich Hall; Dominic Holland; Al Murray | Milton Jones | |
1997 | The League of Gentlemen | Milton Jones; Al Murray; Graham Norton; The Johnny Vegas Show | Arj Barker | |
1998 | Tommy Tiernan | Ed Byrne; Seán Cullen; Peter Kay; Al Murray | The Mighty Boosh | |
1999 | Al Murray - The Pub Landlord | Terry Alderton; The Arctic Boosh; Simon Munnery The League Against Tedium; Ross Noble | Ben Willbond & Arnold Widdowson - Ben'n'Arn's Big Top | |
2000 | Rich Hall - Otis Lee Crenshaw | Dave Gorman - Are You Dave Gorman?; Lee Mack's New Bits, with Lee Mack, Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski; Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight, with Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, and Alice Lowe; Sean Lock | Noble & Silver | |
2001 | Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, with Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, and Alice Lowe | Dan Antopolski - Antopolski 2000; Jason Byrne; Adam Hills - Go You Big Red Fire Engine; Daniel Kitson - Love, Innocence and the Word Cock | Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles | |
2002 | Daniel Kitson - Something | Noel Fielding - Voodoo Hedgehog; Jimmy Carr - Jimmy Carr's Bare Faced Ambition; Omid Djalili - Behind Enemy Lines; Phil Nichol - Things I Like, I Lick; Adam Hills - Happy Feet | The Consultants | |
2003 | Demetri Martin - If I... | Reginald D. Hunter - White Woman; Adam Hills - Cut Loose; Flight of the Conchords - High on Folk; Howard Read and Little Howard - The Big Howard and Little Howard Show | Gary Le Strange - Polaroid Suitcase | |
2004 | Will Adamsdale Jackson's Way | Chris Addison; Epitaph; Reginald D Hunter; Sarah Kendall | Wil Hodgson | |
2005 | Laura Solon | Chris Addison; Jason Manford; Jeremy Lion; Dutch Elm Conservatoire | Tim Minchin | |
if.comedy awards (styled as if.comeddie for 2006) | ||||
Year | Main Prize winner | Main Prize nominees | Best Newcomer winner | Panel Prize winner |
2006 | Phil Nichol - The Naked Racist | David O'Doherty - David O'Doherty Is My Name; Russell Howard - Wandering; Paul Sinha - Saint or Sinha? ; We Are Klang - Klangbang | Josie Long | Mark Watson |
2007 | Brendon Burns - So I Suppose THIS is Offensive Now | Andrew Lawrence - Social Leprosy for Beginners and Improvers; Andrew Maxwell - Waxin'; Tom Binns - Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Roadshow; Pappy's Fun Club - Pappy's Fun Club | Tom Basden | Arthur Smith |
2008 | David O'Doherty - Let's Comedy | Rhod Gilbert - Rhod Gilbert and the Award-winning Mince Pie; Russell Kane - Gaping Flaws; Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler - Double Down Hearts | Sarah Millican | all the performers |
Edinburgh Comedy Awards (known as the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards since 2010) | ||||
Year | Main Prize winner | Main Prize nominees | Best Newcomer winner | Panel Prize winner |
2009 | Tim Key - The Slutcracker | Idiots of Ants - This Is War; John Bishop - Elvis Has Left the Building; Jon Richardson - This Guy at Night; Russell Kane - Human Dressage; Tom Wrigglesworth - Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter to Richard Branson | Jonny Sweet - Mostly About Arthur | Peter Buckley Hill - Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe |
2010 | Russell Kane - Smokescreens and Castles | Bo Burnham - Words, Words, Words; Greg Davies - Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog; Josie Long - Be Honourable; Sarah Millican: Chatterbox | Winner: Roisin Conaty: Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar Nominations An Audience with Imran Yusuf Asher Treleaven: Secret Door Gareth Richards: Stand Up Between Songs Late Night Gimp Fight! The Boy With Tape on His Face |
Bo Burnham |
2011 | Adam Riches - Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches | Andrew Maxwell - The Lights Are On; Chris Ramsey - Offermation; Josie Long - The Future Is Another Place; Nick Helm - Dare to Dream; Sam Simmons - Meanwhile; | Winner: Humphrey Ker - Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher Nominations Cariad Lloyd: Lady Cariad's Characters The Chris and Paul Show Hannibal Buress: My Name is Hannibal - The Hannibal Montanabal Experience Josh Widdicombe: If This Show Changes One Life Holly Walsh: Hollycopter Thom Tuck: Thom Tuck Goes Straight-to-DVD Totally Tom |
The Wrestling |
2012 | Doctor Brown - Befrdfgth | Claudia O'Doherty: The Telescope; James Acaster: Prompt; Josie Long: Romance and Adventure; Pappy's: Last Show Ever!; Tony Law: Maximum Nonsense | Winner: Daniel Simonsen: Champions Nominations David Trent: Spontaneous Comedian Discover Ben Target Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot Sam Fletcher: Good on Paper |
The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape |
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