List of Edinburgh Comedy Award winners

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.

Perrier Comedy Awards
Year	Main Prize winner	Main Prize nominees	Best Newcomer winner	Panel Prize winner
1981	Cambridge Footlights - Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer.		Instituted 1992	Instituted 2006
1982	Writers Inc - Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton (additional material by Kim Fuller)
1983	Los Trios Ringbarkus
1984	The Brass Band	Fascinating Aïda; Hank Wangford Band; Frank Chickens; The Bodgers; The Brass Band; Paul B Davies & Dave Cohen
1985	Theatre De Complicité	The Bodgers; Merry Mac Fun Show; John Dowie; Sue Ingleton
1986	Ben Keaton	Ben Keaton; Paul B. Davies; Roy Hutchins; Jenny Lecoat; Merry Mac Fun Show
1987	Brown Blues... Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker	Nick Revell; Jeremy Hardy; Simon Fanshawe; John Sparkes
1988	Jeremy Hardy	Doug Anthony Allstars; Roy Hutchins; Robert Llewellyn's Mammon; The Wow Show
1989	Simon Fanshawe	John Hegley; Al and George; Will Durst; Live Bed Show; The World of Les and Robert
1990	Sean Hughes	Dillie Keane - Single Again; Pete McCarthy - The Hangover Show; Jimmy Tingle
1991	Frank Skinner	Avner The Eccentric; Jack Dee; Eddie Izzard; Lily Savage
1992	Steve Coogan - In Character with John Thomson	Jo Brand; Bruce Morton; John Shuttleworth's Guide to Stardom; Mark Thomas	Harry Hill
1993	Lee Evans	Corky and the Juice Pigs; Phil Kay; Johnny Meres; Donna McPhail; Parrot; Greg Proops	Dominic Holland
1994	Lano and Woodley	Alan Davies; Jeff Green; Harry Hill's Pub Internationale; Owen O'Neill; Robert Schimmel	Scott Capurro
1995	Jenny Eclair - Prozac & Tantrums	Simon Bligh Banzai; Scott Capurro The Love and Affection Tour; Boothby Graffoe; The Umbilical Brothers - Heaven by Storm	Tim Vine - The Tim Vine Fiasco
1996	Dylan Moran	Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller; Bill Bailey; Rich Hall; Dominic Holland; Al Murray	Milton Jones
1997	The League of Gentlemen	Milton Jones; Al Murray; Graham Norton; The Johnny Vegas Show	Arj Barker
1998	Tommy Tiernan	Ed Byrne; Seán Cullen; Peter Kay; Al Murray	The Mighty Boosh
1999	Al Murray - The Pub Landlord	Terry Alderton; The Arctic Boosh; Simon Munnery The League Against Tedium; Ross Noble	Ben Willbond & Arnold Widdowson - Ben'n'Arn's Big Top
2000	Rich Hall - Otis Lee Crenshaw	Dave Gorman - Are You Dave Gorman?; Lee Mack's New Bits, with Lee Mack, Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski; Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight, with Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, and Alice Lowe; Sean Lock	Noble & Silver
2001	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	Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles
2002	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	The Consultants
2003	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	Gary Le Strange - Polaroid Suitcase
2004	Will Adamsdale Jackson's Way	Chris Addison; Epitaph; Reginald D Hunter; Sarah Kendall	Wil Hodgson
2005	Laura Solon	Chris Addison; Jason Manford; Jeremy Lion; Dutch Elm Conservatoire	Tim Minchin
if.comedy awards (styled as if.comeddie for 2006)
Year	Main Prize winner	Main Prize nominees	Best Newcomer winner	Panel Prize winner
2006	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	Josie Long	Mark Watson
2007	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	Tom Basden	Arthur Smith
2008	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	Sarah Millican	all the performers
Edinburgh Comedy Awards (known as the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards since 2010)
Year	Main Prize winner	Main Prize nominees	Best Newcomer winner	Panel Prize winner
2009	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 [1]	Jonny Sweet - Mostly About Arthur	Peter Buckley Hill - Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe
2010	Russell Kane - Smokescreens and Castles	Bo Burnham - Words, Words, Words; Greg Davies - Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog; Josie Long - Be Honourable; Sarah Millican: Chatterbox	Winner: Roisin Conaty: Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar Nominations 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	Bo Burnham
2011	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;	Winner: Humphrey Ker - Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher Nominations 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	The Wrestling
2012	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	Winner: Daniel Simonsen: Champions Nominations David Trent: Spontaneous Comedian Discover Ben Target Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot Sam Fletcher: Good on Paper	The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape
2013	Bridget Christie - A Bic for Her	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	Winner: John Kearns: Sight Gags For Perverts Nominations Aisling Bea: C'est La Bea; Liam Williams; Matt Okine: Being Black & Chicken & S#%t; Romesh Ranganathan: Rom Com	Adrienne Truscott
2014	John Kearns - Shtick	Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly; James Acaster: Recognise; John Kearns: Shtick; 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	Winner: Alex Edelman: Millenial Nominations Dane Baptiste: Citizen Dane; Geins Family Giftshop: Geins 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	Funz and Gamez
2015	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; Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast; Sarah Kendall: A Day in October; Seymour Mace: Seymour Mace is Niche as F**k!; Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus	Winner: Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap Nominations 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	Karen Koren

See also

• Edinburgh Comedy Awards
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe

External links

• Edinburgh Comedy Awards (Official Website)