British Comedy Awards 1999

* Host: Jonathan Ross

Television, radio and film

"Winners first; nominees indented"

Best TV Sitcom

* "The Royle Family"
** "Gimme Gimme Gimme"
** "Spaced"

Best New TV Comedy

* "dinnerladies"
** "The League of Gentlemen"
** "People Like Us"

Best TV Comedy Drama

* "Cold Feet"
** "Jonathan Creek" (Christmas Special)
** "Ted and Ralph"

Best TV 'Broken Comedy'

* "Big Train"
** "The League of Gentlemen"
** "Smack the Pony"

Best Comedy Game Show

* "Have I Got News For You"
** "Families at War"
** "Never Mind the Buzzcocks"

Best Comedy Talk Show

* "So Graham Norton"
** "Room 101"
** "Ruby's American Pie"

Best Comedy Entertainment Programme

* "Comic Relief"
** "Stars in Their Eyes"
** "Two Ronnies Night"

Best International Comedy TV Show

* "The Larry Sanders Show"

Best Comedy Film

* "Notting Hill"

Best Radio Comedy

* "The Sunday Format"

People and performances

Best TV Comedy Actor

* Ricky Tomlinson - "The Royle Family"
** James Nesbitt - "Cold Feet"
** Paul Whitehouse - "Ted and Ralph"

Best TV Comedy Actress

* Caroline Aherne - "The Royle Family", "Mrs Merton and Malcolm"
** Fay Ripley - "Cold Feet"
** Kathy Burke - "Gimme Gimme Gimme"

Best Comedy Entertainment Personality

* Paul Merton - "Have I Got News For You", "Room 101"
** Graham Norton - "So Graham Norton"
** Michael Barrymore - "Strike It Lucky", "My Kind of Music"

Best Live Stand-up

* Bill Bailey

Best Male Comedy Newcomer

* Sacha Baron Cohen - "The 11 O'Clock Show"
** Craig Cash - "The Royle Family"
** Simon Pegg - "Spaced", "Big Train"

Best Female Comedy Newcomer

* Jessica Stevenson - "Spaced", "The Royle Family"
** Daisy Donovan - "The 11 O'Clock Show"
** Sally Phillips - "Smack the Pony"

Best Writer

* Richard Curtis

Lifetime Achievement Award

* Barry Humphries, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett