February 24^th 2003 was the Chortle Awards, hosted in London by Barry Cryer and Julia Morris.

Best Headliner

Best Headliner was won by Dara O’Briain – with the nominees being Jimmy Carr and Phil Nichol.

Best Full-Length Show

The winner in this category was Daniel Kitson (Something) with nominees:

• Jimmy Carr – Bare Faced Ambition
• Dave Gorman – Dave Gorman’s Better World

Demonstrating the evergreen popularity of some comedians – the other winners/nominees included: Greg Davies, Rhod Gilbert, Micky Flanagan, Adam Hills, Otis Lee Crenshaw (aka Rich hall), Ross Noble. Jim Muir** (aka Rev Obadiah Steppenwolfe III) and Billy Connolly.

The full list of Winners and Nominees is on Chortle here – but the page is a little messy. See British Comedy Guide – here.

A summary of all Jimmy’s Awards, Nominations and Awards Hosting gigs can be seen here.

**Jim Muir is not to be confused with Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves). Jim Muir wrote on Jimmy’s first Distraction series.