British Comedy Awards 2011: The Channel 4 Award For Special Contribution To Comedy

The Channel 4 award for special contribution to comedy — Lee Evans The British Comedy Awards 2011 presented by Jonathan Ross. The British Comedy Awards has been the premier accolade for all comedy programmes, performers and producers across the UK television industry since 1990. The concept for the Awards was originally devised and produced by British TV legend, Michael Hurll to promote homegrown comedy talent. The original show was presented by Michael Parkinson and winners included VICTORIA WOOD as Best Live Stand-up, PAULINE QUIRKE as Best TV Comedy Newcomer, and DROP THE DEAD DONKEY as the Best New TV Comedy. Other winners included RUSS ABBOTT, CLIVE JAMES & ROWAN ATKINSON. www.britishcomedyawards.com twitter.com www.facebook.com