Star of sitcom Miranda on course to repeat last year's success with four nominations
Miranda Hart could repeat her triumph of last year after being nominated for four gongs at the British Comedy Awards.
Hart, who picked up three awards last year, is in the running for best female television comic and best TV comedy actress.
Her hit show, Miranda, is nominated for best sitcom and she is again in the running for the people's choice award.
Also up for the award, voted for by viewers, are David Mitchell, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Jo Brand and Sarah Millican.
There are four nominations for Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner, including best new comedy programme and best sitcom.
Two of the stars of the show, Tamsin Greig and Tom Rosenthal, are nominated for best TV comedy actress and best comedy breakthrough artist respectively.
Other nominees include Harry Hill, who gets three nods, and Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner, both for their roles as husband and wife in BBC1's Outnumbered.
Olympic comedy Twenty Twelve gets three nominations including one for its star Hugh Bonneville.
The winners will be announced during a two-hour ceremony on Friday hosted by Jonathan Ross and broadcast live on Channel 4.
Nominees
Best new comedy programme
Fresh Meat (C4)
Friday Night Dinner (C4)
Spy (Sky)
Twenty Twelve (BBC)
Best comedy entertainment programme
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (C4)
An Idiot Abroad (Sky)
Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (BBC)
Best sketch show
Come Fly With Me (BBC)
Horrible Histories (CBBC)
The One Ronnie (BBC)
This Is Jinsy (Sky)
Best comedy panel show
Celebrity Juice (ITV2)
Have I Got News For You (BBC)
Shooting Stars (BBC)
Would I Lie to You? (BBC)
Best sitcom
Friday Night Dinner (C4)
Miranda (BBC)
Peep Show (C4)
Twenty Twelve (BBC)
Best comedy drama
Comic Strip Presents: The Hunt For Tony Blair (C4)
Fresh Meat (C4)
Misfits (E4)
Psychoville (BBC)
Best comedy entertainment personality
Alan Carr - Alan Carr: Chatty Man (C4)
Charlie Brooker - How TV Ruined Your Life/10 O'Clock Live (BBC/C4)
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show (BBC)
Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
Best TV comedy actor
Darren Boyd - Spy (Sky)
Hugh Bonneville - Twenty Twelve (BBC)
Hugh Dennis - Outnumbered (BBC)
Jack Whitehall - Fresh Meat (C4)
Best TV comedy actress
Claire Skinner - Outnumbered (BBC)
Dawn French - Psychoville (BBC)
Miranda Hart - Miranda (BBC)
Tamsin Greig - Friday Night Dinner (C4)
Best comedy breakthrough artist
Dan Skinner - Shooting Stars (BBC)
Greg Davies - Ask Rhod Gilbert (BBC)
Micky Flanagan - Royal Variety Performance (BBC)
Tom Rosenthal - Friday Night Dinner (C4)
Best male television comic
Charlie Brooker - How TV Ruined Your Life/10 O'Clock Live (BBC/C4)
Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
Rob Brydon - The Rob Brydon Show/Would I Lie To You (BBC)
Stewart Lee - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (BBC)
Best female television comic
Jo Brand - Have I Got News for You (BBC)
Miranda Hart - Comic Relief/Red Nose Day (BBC)
Sarah Millican - QI (BBC)
Victoria Wood - Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues (Sky)
People's choice for the king or queen of comedy
David Mitchell
Graham Norton
Jack Whitehall
Jo Brand
Miranda Hart
Sarah Millican
