British Comedy Awards 1997

• Host: Jonathan Ross

Television, radio and film

Winners first; nominees indented

• Best BBC Sitcom: One Foot In The Grave
• Best ITV Sitcom: Faith In The Future
• Best C4 Sitcom: Father Ted
• Best New TV Comedy Series: Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge
• Best TV Comedy Show: The Fast Show
• Best TV Comedy Series: Only Fools and Horses
• Best Comedy Film: The Full Monty
• Best New TV Comedy: Harry Hill
• Funniest Comedy Moment: Only Fools and Horses
• Best International Comedy: The Larry Sanders Show
• People's Choice Award: Only Fools and Horses
• Best BBC Comedy Drama: The Missing Postman
• Best ITV Comedy Drama: Cold Feet
• Best Children's Comedy: My Dad's a Boring Nerd
• Best Entertainment Programme: An Evening With Lily Savage
• Best Radio Comedy: People Like Us

People and performances

• Best BBC1 Comedy Personality: Caroline Aherne - The Mrs Merton Show
• Best ITV Comedy Personality: Cilla Black
• Best BBC2/Channel 4 Comedy Personality: Paul Whitehouse
• Best TV Comedy Actor: David Jason - Only Fools and Horses
  • Nicholas Lyndhurst - Only Fools and Horses
• Best TV Comedy Actress: Dawn French - The Vicar of Dibley
  • Caroline Quentin - Men Behaving Badly
  • Helen Baxendale - Cold Feet
• Best Comedy Newcomer: Graham Norton
• Best Stand-up Comic: Jack Dee
• Writer's Guild Lifetime Achievement Award: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Stanley Baxter