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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,[1] and Foster's Lager.

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

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Main prize

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Best Newcomer Award

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Panel Prize

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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
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