Four Nominations For Harry Hill and TV Burp At British Comedy Awards

Jonathan Ross

Harry Hill and TV Burp have been nominated in four categories at this year’s British Comedy Awards, which is on Channel 4 next Saturday at 9pm.

TV Burp is nominated for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme against Newswipe and The Graham Norton Show, Harry has been nominated for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality with Ant and Dec and Charlie Brooker and Harry has been nominated in Best Male TV Comic against David Mitchell and Michael McIntyre. Finally, Harry has been nominated for the People’s Choice Award to be crowned King of Comedy with Michael McIntyre, Miranda Hart, David Mitchell and Ant and Dec.

To vote in the People’s Choice Award, here are the details:

 

Ant & Dec	David Mitchell	Harry Hill	Micheal McIntyre	Miranda Hart
09015 222401	09015 222402	09015 222403	09015 222404	09015 222405

Calls cost 16p from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will cost considerably more. Maximum 6 votes per caller. Details and Terms at www.channel4.com/comedyawards Voting closes during the British Comedy Awards on 22nd January 2010

 

For more on the awards, visit British Comedy Awards.

British Comedy Awards Nominations Show Tonight

British Comedy Awards

The British Comedy Awards’ nomination show is on tonight, revealing who has been nominated in this year’s awards – will Harry and TV Burp make the shortlist?

The show, which will be on at 10pm, will be the first show of the year and on the awards’ new home, Channel 4. The Comic’s Choice show will also be shown on the channel between the 16th and 20th, with Bill Bailey chatting to some of the leading comedians about who they think should be nominated for an award.

For more on the awards, check out the British Comedy Awards website and keep it HHF for more!

Best of TV Burp 14 – 15th January 2011

The Best of TV Burp is on tonight (Saturday) at 6.25pm on ITV1. To catch up, repeats are on Sunday at 6.05pm and more through the week on ITV2 (Sun 1.45am, Mon 8pm, Wed 7pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 3.20pm), as well as on ITV Player.

To express your views, join us on Twitter using @harryhillfans and #tvburp hashtag, share your views on Facebook and comment below.

Enjoy the show!

Web Burp – Bye bye 2010!

Here are the last few articles on Harry from 2010 that we didn’t have time for and a few new bits from 2011:

• Harry Hill has won Best Comedian at The Sun’s Bizarre Awards 2010. For more, visit The Sun.
• The Sun, The Guardian, Unreality TV and Sunday Mercury has commented on the ratings for the Best of Christmas TV Burp, with the Express recommending it.
• The Press in York has reported that staff at Marks and Spencer have raised money for local charity SNAPPY through various activities including their own version of “Where Has The Knitted Character Been This Week?.”
• Iain Hollingshead of The Telegraph has suggested that going bald ain’t bad when talking about Gordon Ramsey’s alleged hair transplant, citing Harry as a baldie!  The Scotsman have also been discussing baldness and Harry as well.
• The British Comedy Guide @ Comedy.co.uk have discussed the highest rated comedies of 2010, including TV Burp.
• Kevin Courtney of Irish Times has been looking at the buzzwords for 2010, including Wagbo from TV Burp.
• Ben Jenkins has reviewed Funny Times and Chortle has reviewed Livin’ The Dreem.
• Richard Marks, global CEO of Kantar Media Audiences, has given his view on TV ratings measurement in an interesting article for Marketing Week, citing an episode of TV Burp in October, which received an ok 5.7m, had an impressive 10.7m when repeats and PVR playback was taken into account.
• Harry’s website has been recommened by Your Old C**p Website.
• Harry was mentioned in a review of It’s Paul Burling in the Metro. [if you are interested, it wasn't bad for a pilot, but could do with more impressions and less stand up]
• Harry has spoken to John Gibson of The Scotsman about dressing up, saying:

On rare occasions Magda (his wife) and I go out to dinner. I’ll wear jeans and a T-shirt around the house but if I’m out in the evening I’ll put on a suit. I prefer the 1960s cut, narrow lapels and three buttons. I only wear the Harry Hill suit when I’m being Harry. It’s like a uniform.

• The Financial Times has mentioned Harry’s involvement with The Dandy when looking at the finances of DC Thomson and Andy Fanton discussed Desperate Dan returning to the cover.
• Speaking to Rich Pelley of The Guardian, Louie Spence said, when asked “Harry Hill likes you. Would you like to partner him on Strictly Come Dancing?” that he would love to and it was always good to have a doctor on hand.
• Digital Spy has posted some extracts from Harry’s recent interview with the Sunday Times, discussing his views on bad TV.
• Harry has been highly rated in a survey of 2000 people by the College of Optometrists, as reported in The Sun and Daily Record.

Enjoy!