The I Talk Telly Awards are back for the sixth consecutive year and fans can now cast their vote here across 26 different categories. Leading this year’s nominations with four each are BBC Three’s adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People and Michaela Coel’s BBC One series I May Destroy You.
Close behind with three nominations each are ITV drama Des, the 2019 Christmas special of Gavin & Stacey (pictured), the last two series of Top Gear and This Morning.
This year’s awards introduce two new categories; Best US Comedy and Best US Factual which recognise the very best scripted comedy and factual programming from America. These categories replace Best Stand-Up Special. And the Best Newcomer category has been renamed Best Breakthrough, recognising the achievements of people who may have been seen on our screens before.
TV Moment of the Year returns for another year and is the only category whose nominations have been decided by a public vote. The rest have been decided by I Talk Telly’s founder Elliot Gonzalez.
Speaking about this year’s awards, Elliot said “It’s been a tough year for everyone and when we all needed it the most, television was there to entertain. Despite production grinding to a halt in March, 2020 has produced some incredible programming which hasn’t made my job of deciding this year’s nominees any easier. But now I hand it over to the public to have their say. I can’t wait to see who they choose!”
Voting closes at 11.59pm on Saturday 21st November and the winners will be announced on Sunday 6th December on I Talk Telly.
The comedy nominations are below. Click here for all the nominations.
Best New Comedy
2019 winner: After Life
Breeders
Code 404
The Duchess
Feel Good
King Gary
Mandy
Staged
Trying
Best Returning Comedy
2019 winner: Derry Girls
After Life
Friday Night Dinner
Gavin & Stacey
Ghosts
Home
Inside No.9
Man Like Mobeen
This Country
Best US Comedy
Better Things
Betty
Curb Your EnthusiasmInsecure
Ramy
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso
Shrill
Best Comedy Performance
2019 winner: Ricky Gervais, After Life
Diane Morgan, Mandy
Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen
Jimmy Akingbola, In The Long Run
Kayode Ewumi, Enterprice
Laura Checkley, King Gary
Nick Mohammed, Intelligence
Ricky Gervais, After Life
Youssef Kerkour, Home
Best Comedy Partnership
2019 winner: Johnny Vegas & Sian Gibson, Death on the Tyne
Adrian Scarborough & Julia Davis, Gavin & Stacey
Charlie Cooper & Daisy May Cooper, This Country
Charlotte Ritchie & Kiell Smith Bynoe, Ghosts
Daisy Haggard & Martin Freeman, Breeders
David Tennant & Michael Sheen, Staged
Johnny Vegas & SianGibson, Dial M for Middlesbrough
Jon Richardson & Lucy Beaumont, Meet the Richardsons
Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton, Inside No.9
Best Entertainment Show
2019 winner: The Graham Norton Show
A League of Their Own
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
The Big Narstie Show
Celebrity Juice
Don’t Hate the Playaz
The Ranganation
Richard Osman’s House of Games Would I Lie to You?
Best Factual Entertainment Show
2019 winner: Gogglebox
Big Zuu’s Big Eats
First Dates
Gogglebox
Gordon, Gino & Fred: American Road Trip
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Race Across the World
Top Gear
Best International Entertainment Series
America’s Got Talent
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Nailed It!
The Oprah Conversation
Queer Eye
Saturday Night Live
Selling Sunset
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
TV Moment of the Year
2019 winner: “You tubby little ginger c**t”, After Life
Ballum’s “I love you”, EastEnders
BluePeter’s message on racism,
Diversity’s BGT performance
Freddie Flintoff’s car bungee jump, Top Gear
Jo Martin’s reveal as The Doctor, Doctor Who
Nessa’s proposal to Smithy, Gavin & Stacey
Queen Bee being unmasked as Nicola Roberts, The MaskedSinger UK
RickyGervais’ opening monologue, The Golden Globes 2020
Voting is open until 11.59pm Saturday 21st November 2020 here. Winners will be tweeted from @elliot_gonzalez and made available on I Talk Telly on Sunday 6th December.
Shows eligible for nomination must have aired between 1st November 2019 and 31st October 2020.
I Talk Telly is an entertainment website delivering the latest television news, reviews and interviews and was founded by Elliot Gonzalez on 3rd November 2011.
First and foremost, Elliot is a fan of television who launched I Talk Telly as a way of sharing his passion for TV with others and runs the site completely on his own.
The I Talk Telly Awards began in 2015 with the number of people voting increasing significantly year on year with 70,000 votes registered in 2017, over 265,000 votes registered in 2018 and 220,000 votes registered in 2019.
