07/11/07
Not Going Out for Best New Comedy... please -
Categories: So, the possibly-won't-be-screened British Comedy Awards nominees list is out...
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/11/07/6009/british_comedy_awards_nominations
...and Not Going Out gets two mentions - Best New Comedy and Best Male Actor for Lee Mack. We won't win, but it's lovely to be thought of. Why won't we win? Cos Gavin & Stacey is great. Did you see it? Of course you didn't - it was on BBC3. But you should. It's on DVD now. So's Not Going Out, and you should buy that too.
Normally I slag off nominees lists to high heaven cos they're normally rubbish, but there is some good stuff on the list this year. Some bad of course (The Graham Norton Show for Best New Entertainment Show? It's not new - he did it on Channel 4 as long ago as last millenium). But Matt Berry is a deserved brilliant comic actor. And Joanna Page was very sweet in Gavin & Stacey. And of course it's good to see Not Going Out get a mention. And... alright, that's about it. In fact, yeah, the rest of the list I'm not so sure about. I didn't really get Fonejacker. And it's lots of same olds filling out the rest of the list - Stephen Fry for QI, Catherine Tate for Catherine Tate, Al Murray, Harry Hill, The Friday Night Project, Buzzcocks, The Simpsons... Not much new stuff to ignite the comedy soul, is there?
Having said that, all the main channels have of late been making and showing a great number of pilot comedies - Channel 4 recently ran a series of Comedy Lab and a new run of one-off Comedy Showcases in parallel, and BBC3 have had a pilot season this year, with another one early next year. ITV are busy beavering away trying to prove that they can make people laugh without Ant or Dec, and Five are showing and even making the occasional sitcom now too. So lots of new stuff being fired out there... perhaps next years British Comedy Award shortlist will have more freshness then? If there is one - ITV still haven't committed to broadcasting this year's one yet, so for all we know, comedy's foray into awards ceremonies may be confined to some Trevor McDonald-hosted National British Tellybox Awards nonsense where we just get a moment between soapstars with a brief presentation of Best Funny Fing As Voted For By Readers Of TV Quick Or FHM Or Somefink.
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