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List of Edinburgh Comedy Award winners

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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.

Each award currently has a separate sponsor, being sponsored by Sky TV, DLT Entertainment and The Victoria Wood Foundation, respectively.

They have previously been sponsored by Perrier, lastminute.com, Dave, and Foster's Lager.

Currently three awards are given – Best Comedy Show, Best Newcomer and the Panel Prize.

Main prize

Perrier Comedy Awards	Year	Main prize winner	Main prize nominees	1981
Cambridge Footlights
(Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer)
Writer's Inc
(Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton,
with additional material by Kim Fuller)
Los Trios Ringbarkus
The Brass Band	Fascinating Aïda
Hank Wangford Band
Frank Chickens
The Bodgers
Paul B. Davies & Dave Cohen
Theatre de Complicité	The Bodgers
Merry Mac Fun Show
John Dowie
Sue Ingleton
Ben Keaton	Paul B. Davies
Roy Hutchins
Jenny Lecoat
Merry Mac Fun Show
Brown Blues... Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker	Nick Revell
Jeremy Hardy
Simon Fanshawe
John Sparkes
Jeremy Hardy	Doug Anthony Allstars
Roy Hutchins – Spacehoppers Clackers & Really Big Fish
Robert Llewellyn's Mammon Robot Born of Woman
The Wow Show
Simon Fanshawe	John Hegley – Can I Come Down Now Dad?
Al and George – Unscheduled Stop
Will Durst
Live Bed Show
The World of Les and Robert
Sean Hughes – A One Night Stand	Dillie Keane – Single Again
Pete McCarthy – The Hangover Show
Jimmy Tingle
Frank Skinner	Avner the Eccentric
Jack Dee
Eddie Izzard – Just the Words
Lily Savage – The Live Experience
Steve Coogan – In Character with John Thomson	Jo Brand
Bruce Morton – Sin
John Shuttleworth's Guide to Stardom
Mark Thomas
Lee Evans	Corky and the Juice Pigs
Phil Kay
Johnny Meres – My Booze Hell by Little Johnny Cartilage
Donna McPhail
Parrot – Sick as a Parrot
Greg Proops
Lano and Woodley	Alan Davies
Jeff Green
Harry Hill's Pub Internationale with Al Murray
Owen O'Neill – It's a bit like this...
Robert Schimmel
Jenny Eclair – Prozac & Tantrums	Simon Bligh – Banzai
Scott Capurro – The Love and Affection Tour
Boothby Graffoe – The Love and Affection Tour
The Umbilical Brothers – Heaven by Storm
Dylan Moran – Dylan Moran Is Indisposed	Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller – Armstrong and Miller: The Quality Shag
Bill Bailey
Rich Hall – Freewheelin
Dominic Holland – Holland-Days Sauce
Al Murray
The League of Gentlemen	Milton Jones – Joyrider
Al Murray – King of Beers
Graham Norton – Charlie’s Angels go to Hell
The Johnny Vegas Show
Tommy Tiernan – Undivine Comedy	Ed Byrne – A Night at the Opera
Seán Cullen – Wood, Cheese & Children
Peter Kay
Al Murray – Pub Landlord's Keeper of the Pint Cosmic
Al Murray as The Pub Landlord – And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady	Terry Alderton
The Arctic Boosh
Simon Munnery as The League Against Tedium – Ubertechnocomedie
Ross Noble – Laser Boy
Rich Hall – Otis Lee Crenshaw	Dave Gorman – Are You Dave Gorman?
Lee Mack's New Bits, with Lee Mack, Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski
Sean Lock – No Flatley, I am the Lord of the Dance
Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight, with Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, and Alice Lowe
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
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
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
Will Adamsdale – Jackson's Way	Chris Addison – Civilisation
Epitaph with Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner
Reginald D Hunter – A Mystery Wrapped in a N*a
Sarah Kendall
Laura Solon – Kopfraper's Syndrome	Chris Addison – Atomicity
Jason Manford – Urban Legend
Jeremy Lion (AKA Justin Edwards) with George Cockerill – What's the Time Mr Lion?
Dutch Elm Conservatoire – Conspiracy
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
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
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
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 https://web.archive.org/web/20090918201350/http://www.comedyawards.co.uk/2009_shortlist.asp
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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
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
Bridget Christie – A Bic for Her	Carl Donnelly – Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V
James Acaster – Lawnmower
Max & Ivan – The Reunion
Mike Wozniak – Take The Hit
Nick Helm – One Man Mega Myth
Seann Walsh – The Lie-in King
John Kearns – Shtick	Alex Horne – Monsieur Butterfly
James Acaster – Recognise
Liam Williams – Capitalism
Romesh Ranganathan – Rom Wasn't Built in a Day
Sam Simmons – Death of a Sails-Man
Sara Pascoe – Sara Pascoe vs History
Sam Simmons – Spaghetti for Breakfast	James Acaster – Represent
Joseph Morpurgo – Soothing Sounds for Baby
Kieran Hodgson – Lance
Nish Kumar – Long Word. Long Word.. Blah Blah Blah.. I'm So Clever
Sarah Kendall – A Day in October
Seymour Mace – Seymour Mace Is Niche as Fk!
Trygve Wakenshaw – Nautilus
Richard Gadd – Monkey See Monkey Do	Al Porter – At Large
James Acaster – Reset
Kieran Hodgson – Maestro
Nish Kumar – Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout The Words Real Loud
Randy Feltface – Randy Writes A Novel
Tom Ballard – The World Keeps Happening
Zoe Coombs Marr – Trigger Warning
Hannah Gadsby – Nanette	Ahir Shah – Control
Elf Lyons – Swan
Jordan Brookes – Body of Work
Mae Martin – Dope
Mat Ewins – Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman
Sophie Willan – Branded
Spencer Jones – The Audition
Rose Matafeo – Horndog	Ahir Shah – Duffer
Alex Edelman – Just For Us
Felicity Ward – Busting A Nut
Glenn Moore – Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It
Kieran Hodgson – 75
Larry Dean – Bampot
Jordan Brookes – I've Got Nothing	Darren Harriott – Good Heart Yute
Demi Lardner – Ditch Witch 800
Goodbear – Dougal
Ivo Graham – The Game of Life
Jessica Fostekew – Hench
London Hughes – To Catch a Dck*
Spencer Jones – The Things We Leave Behind
The Delightful Sausage – Ginster's Paradise
Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Edinburgh Festival Fringe in reduced scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sam Campbell – Comedy Show	Alfie Brown – Sensitive Man
Colin Hoult – The Death of Anna Mann
The Delightful Sausage – Nowt but Sea
Jordan Gray – Is It a Bird?
Josh Pugh – Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans
Larry Dean – Fudnut
Lauren Pattison – It Is What It Is
Liz Kingsman – One-Woman Show
Seann Walsh – Is Dead. Happy Now?
Ahir Shah – Ends	Ania Magliano – I Can't Believe You've Done This
Emmanuel Sonubi – Curriculum Vitae
Ian Smith – Crushing
Janine Harouni – Man'oushe
Julia Masli – ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Kieran Hodgson – Big in Scotland
Phil Ellis – Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show
Amy Gledhill – Make Me Look Fit on the Poster	Catherine Bohart – Again, With Feelings
Chris Cantrill – Easily Swayed
Josh Glanc – Family Man
Natalie Palamides – WEER
Reuben Kaye – Live and Intimidating
Sarah Keyworth – My Eyes Are Up Here
Sam Nicoresti – Baby Doomer	Creepy Boys – SLUGS
Dan Tiernan – All In
Ed Night – Your Old Mucker
Ian Smith – Foot Spa Half Empty
John Tothill – This Must Be Heaven
Katie Norris – Go West, Old Maid
Sam Jay – We the People

Best Newcomer Award

Best Newcomer Award	Year	Winner	Nominees	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
	Harry Hill – Flies!
Dominic Holland – Red Hot Dutch with Dominic
Scott Capurro – Risk Gay
Tim Vine – The Tim Vine Fiasco
Milton Jones – The Head
Arj Barker – Arj Barker's Letter to America
The Mighty Boosh, with Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher	Chris Addison
Jason Byrne
Jon Reed
Paul Foot
Ben'n'Arn's Big Top, with Ben Willbond, Arnold Widdowson	Infinite Number of Monkeys, with Tim FitzHigham and James Cary – Sketch Comedy of Hypotheticals
The Arthur Dung Show, with Dave Lamb and Jim North
Wil Anderson – Wilennium
Noble and Silver	Andrew Clover – A Man of Substance in a World of Filth
Dan Antopolski – Second Coming
David O'Doherty – David O'Doherty's The Boy Who Saved Comedy
Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe - Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles	Andy Zaltzman – Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom, with John Oliver
Cambridge Footlights – Far too Happy, with Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Day Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman
Danny Bhoy
The Consultants – Finger in the Wind	Hal Cruttenden
Natalie Haynes
Reginald D. Hunter
Gary Le Strange – Polaroid Suitcase	Alex Horne – Making Fish Laugh with Tim Key
Michael McIntyre
Miles Jupp – Gentlemen Prefer Brogues
Wil Hodgson – The Passion Of The Hodgson	Alun Cochrane – My Favourite Words in My Favourite Stories
Joanna Neary – Joanna Neary is not feeling herself
Tim Minchin – Dark Side	Charlie Pickering – Betterman
Mark Watson – 50 years before I die
Rhod Gilbert – Rhod Gilbert's 1984
Toulson and Harvey, aka Stephen Harvey and Luke Toulson
Josie Long – Kindness & Exuberance	Fat Tongue with Sophie Black, Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri Burns
God's Pottery – Concert for Lavert
Russell Kane – Russell Kane's Theory of Pretension
Tom Basden – Won't Say Anything	Jon Richardson – Spatula Pad
Micky Flanagan – What Chance Change?
Zoe Lyons – Fight or Flight
Sarah Millican – Sarah Millican's Not Nice	Mike Wozniak
Pippa Evans
Jonny Sweet – Mostly About Arthur	Carl Donnelly – Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly!
Jack Whitehall – Nearly Rebellious
Kevin Bridges – An Hour to Sing for Your Soul
Pete Johansson – Naked Pictures of My Life
Roisin Conaty – Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar	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
Humphrey Ker – Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher	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
Daniel Simonsen – Champions	David Trent – Spontaneous Comedian
Discover Ben Target
Joe Lycett – Some Lycett Hot
Sam Fletcher – Good on Paper
John Kearns – Sight Gags For Perverts	Aisling Bea – C'est La Bea
Liam Williams
Matt Okine – Being Black & Chicken & S#%t
Romesh Ranganathan – Rom Com
Alex Edelman – Millennial	Dane Baptiste – Citizen Dane
Gein's Family Giftshop – Gein's Family Giftshop Volume 1
Lazy Susan – Extreme Humans
Lucy Beaumont – We Can Twerk it Out
Steen Raskopoulos – I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business
Sofie Hagen – Bubblewrap	Adam Hess – Salmon
Daphne – Daphne Do Edinburgh
Larry Dean – Out Now!
John Henry Falle – The Story Beast
Tom Ballard – Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred
Tom Parry – Yellow T-shirt
Scott Gibson – Life After Death	Bilal Zafar – Cakes
Brennan Reece – Everglow
Jayde Adams – 31
Michelle Wolf – So Brave
Nath Valvo – Happy Idiot
Natalie Palamides – LAID	Chris Washington – Dream Big (Within Reason)
Darren Harriott – Defiant
Ed Night – Anthem for Doomed Youth
Kwame Asante – Open Arms
Lauren Pattison – Lady Muck
Lucy Pearman – Maid of Cabbage
Rob Kemp – The Elvis Dead
Ciarán Dowd – Don Rodolfo	Maisie Adam – Vague
Olga Koch – Fight
Sara Barron – For Worse
Sarah Keyworth – Dark Horse
Sindhu Vee – Sandhog
Catherine Cohen – The Twist? She's Gorgeous	Crybabies – Danger Brigade
Helen Bauer – Little Miss Baby Angel Face
Huge Davies – The Carpark
Janine Harouni – Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
Michael Odewale – #BLACKBEARSMATTER
Nigel Ng – Culture Shocked
Sophie Duker – Venus
Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Edinburgh Festival Fringe reduced in scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Lara Ricote – GRL/LATNX/DEF	Amy Gledhill – The Girl Before The Girl You Marry
Emily Wilson – Fixed
Emmanuel Sonubi – Emancipated
Josh Jones – Waste of Space
Leo Reich – Literally Who Cares?!
Vittorio Angelone – Translations
Urooj Ashfaq – Oh No!	Bill O'Neill – The Amazing Banana Brothers
Dan Tiernan – Going Under
Lindsey Santoro – Pink Tinge
Louise Young – Feral
Martin Urbano – Apology Comeback Tour
Paddy Young – Hungry, Horny, Scared
Joe Kent-Walters – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!	Abby Wambaugh – The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
Demi Adejuyigbe – Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip
Jack Skipper – Skint
Jin Hao Li – Swimming in a Submarine
Ayoade Bamgboye – Swings and Roundabouts	Ada and Bron – The Origin of Love
Elouise Eftos – Australia's First Attractive Comedian
Kate Owens – Cooking with Kathryn
Molly McGuinness – Slob
Roger O'Sullivan – Fekken
Toussaint Douglass – Accessible Pigeon Material

Panel Prize

Panel Prize	Year	Winner	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
	Mark Watson – For his 36 hour show during the festival
Arthur Smith – Arturart, an exhibition of comedians' artwork
All the performers – £4000 was put behind the bar in lieu of giving a prize
Peter Buckley Hill – Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe
Bo Burnham – Words, Words, Words
The Wrestling – Max & Ivan
The Boy With Tape On His Face – More Tape
Adrienne Truscott – Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One Lady Rape About Comedy
Funz and Gamez
Karen Koren – Head of Gilded Balloon since 1986
Iraq Out & Loud: (Heroes of Fringe) – Reading the Chilcot Report in Full
No Panel Prize awarded, as the Best Show prize was awarded to both John Robins and Hannah Gadsby
Angela Barnes, Sameena Zehra and Pauline Eyre for the Home Safe Collective – An initiative set up to help vulnerable groups get home safely
Fringe of Colour
Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Edinburgh Festival Fringe in reduced scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Best in Class
A Show for Gareth Richards
Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)
Comedy Club 4 Kids

Acts with multiple Best Show nominations

5 nominations

Al Murray (won in 1999)
James Acaster (5 nominations in consecutive years)

4 nominations

Kieran Hodgson

3 nominations

Ahir Shah (won in 2023)
Russell Kane (won in 2010)
Josie Long
Adam Hills
Sam Simmons (won in 2015)

2 nominations

Larry Dean
Merry Mac Fun Show
Daniel Kitson (won in 2002)
David O'Doherty (won in 2008)
Garth Marenghi (won in 2001)
Jeremy Hardy (won in 1988)
Jordan Brookes (won in 2019)
Nick Helm
Nish Kumar
Pappy's
Phil Nichol (won in 2006)
Rich Hall (won in 2000)
Sarah Kendall (nominated in 2004 and 2015)
Seann Walsh
Simon Fanshawe (won in 1989)
Spencer Jones
The Bodgers
The Delightful Sausage
Ian Smith

References

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"Best Comedy Show".
(2008-08-24). "Edinburgh festival: David O'Doherty wins if.comedy prize".
"Rose Matafeo wins the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award".
"2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners".

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