British Comedy Awards: Nominations

Ricky Gervais with Ben Stiller in ExtrasIt's great news for Ricky Gervais - he's bagged five nominations for December's British Comedy Awards.

The TV funnyman is up for more gongs than rivals Little Britain, who stormed the ceremony last year.

Other stars in the running for awards include Catherine Tate, Ant & Dec, Paul O'Grady and Jonathan Ross.

Here are the nominations in full...

Best Television Comedy Actor
Chris Langham (Help, The Thick Of It)
Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Little Britain)
Ricky Gervais (Extras)

Best Television Comedy Actress
Ashley Jensen (Extras)
Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show)
Tamsin Greig (Green Wing, Love Soup)

Best Comedy Entertainment Personality
Ant & Dec (Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here)
Jonathan Ross (Friday Night With Jonathan Ross)
Paul O'Grady (The Paul O'grady Show)

Best Comedy Newcomer
Ashley Jensen (Extras)
Chris Addison (The Thick Of It)
David Mitchell (Faq U, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, Peep Show

Britain's Best New TV Comedy Of 2005
Extras
Help
The Thick Of It

Best TV Comedy Of 2005
Extras
Little Britain
The Catherine Tate Show

Best TV Comedy Drama
Christmas Lights
Not Only But Always
Shameless

Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
The X Factor

Best International Comedy TV Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Kath & Kim
The Simpsons

Best Comedy Film
Festival
Sideways
The Incredibles