Wednesday 10th December sees the finals of the British Comedy Awards 2003, an event that ITV is promising to be one of the television events of the year.  The event will be screened on ITV1 at 9:00pm. 

Last years awards saw Ricky Gervais crowned the king of comedy, with his series The Office picking up 'Best TV Comedy' along with taking 'Best Actor' for his character David Brent.  Graham Norton was also celebrating after collecting his sixth British Comedy Award.

This years ceremony, which will be hosted by Jonathan Ross, promises to be no less eventful, with an excellent line-up of nominees pitched against each other for the coveted awards. This years nominees are as follows:

British Comedy Awards 2003 Nominees

BEST COMEDY ACTOR:
Martin Clunes - Booze Cruise / William & Mary, ITV1
Rob Brydon - Marion & Geoff / Cruise of the gods, BBC2
Steve Coogan - I'm Alan Partridge / Cruise of the gods, BBC2

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS:
Felicity Montagu - I'm Alan Partridge, BBC2
Julie Walters - Wife of Bath's Tale, BBC1
Ronni Ancona - The Big Impression, BBC1

BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY:
Ant & Dec - Ant & Decs Saturday Night takeaway, ITV1
Graham Norton - V Graham Norton, Channel 4
Jonathan Ross - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC1

BEST COMEDY NEWCOMER:
3 Non Blondes - 3 Non Blondes, BBC2
David Walliams - Little Britain , BBC2
Marc Wootton - My new best friend, Channel 4

BEST NEW TV COMEDY:
Hardware - Talkback Thames, ITV1
Look Around You - Talkback Thames, BBC2
My new best friend - Tiger Aspect, Channel 4

BEST TV COMEDY:
Bo Selecta - Talkback Productions, Channel 4
Coupling - Hartswood Films, BBC2
I'm Alan Partridge - Talkback Thames, BBC2

BEST COMEDY DRAMA:
At Home with the Braithwaites - Yorkshire TV, ITV1
Cold Feet - Granada, ITV1
Teachers - Tiger Aspect Productions, Channel 4

BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME:
Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway - Granada, ITV1
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy - Initial, BBC1
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Open Mike Productions, BBC1

BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY SHOW:
Friends - NBC, Channel 4
Malcom In the Middle - Twentieth Century Fox, BBC2
Will & Grace - NBC, Channel 4

BEST COMEDY FILM:
Adaptation (2002), Spike Jonze
Calendar Girls (2003), Nigel Cole
Johnny English (2003), Peter Howitt

Also included at the event is the publicly voted "People's Choice Award".  The nominations for this award are as follows:

Ali G in da USA - Channel 4
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - ITV
Bo Selecta - Channel 4
Cold Feet - ITV
Comic Relief does Fame Academy - BBC1
Dead Ringers Series A & B - BBC2
Monkey Magic - Channel 5
Only Fools and Horses - BBC1
Swag - Channel 5
Two Pints of Lager and a packet of crisps - BBC2