Vote for your favourite comedy in the TV Times Awards 2022

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It's been another terrific year of television and what better way to celebrate all your favourite TV than with the launch of our annual TV Times Awards?!

The entries in the Favourite Comedy range from side-splitters to tragi-comedies (laugh so you don't cry) but they are all top-class shows. So to choose between them will be hard. But choose you must. So, to help you, here's our overview of the 2022 TV Times Awards Favourite Comedy category.

Favourite Comedy — TV Times Awards 2022

After Life — Netflix
Ghosts — BBC1
Here We Go — BBC1
Inside No. 9 — BBC2
Kate & Koji — ITV
Mrs Brown’s Boys — BBC1
Not Going Out — BBC1
Sandylands — Gold
The Other One — BBC1
The Outlaws — BBC1

TV Times Awards 2022 — how to vote

Voting for the TV Times Awards 2022 has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part and we will be announcing the winners in TV Times magazine very soon.

After Life — Netflix

Ricky Gervais as Tony Johnson in After Life — (Image credit: Netflix)

Ricky Gervais's heart-wrenching but laugh-out-loud show returned to Netflix this year for its third and, he says, final series. We saw Tony begin to live life again as he came to terms with the death of his beloved wife, while the cast of quirky characters explored internet dating, house sharing, loneliness and marriage problems.

Ghosts — BBC1

Ghosts cast - Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe — (Image credit: BBC)

Button House is still standing, despite the many mishaps that have taken place there, and its ghostly residents including romantic Kitty and television-loving caveman Robin, are still causing trouble for the new owners, Alison and Mike. With the house now opening its doors to wedding parties and overnight guests, there was a lot more potential for things to go wrong - and trust us, they did! Of course, we all loved it.

Here We Go — BBC1

Alison Steadman and Jim Howick in Here We Go — (Image credit: BBC)

The wonderful Jessops family have no filter and that makes for some serious laughs as we watch them navigate the chaos that is everyday life. With a pedigree cast including Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick, Here We Go follows the extended family as things fall apart. Every, single, time.

Inside No. 9 — BBC2

Inside No 9 Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith — (Image credit: BBC/Richard Ansett)

Sometimes hilarious funny, occasionally uncomfortable, often poignant, and always thought-provoking, Inside No 9 returned to tell more stand-alone stories all linked by the number nine. From a time traveller hoping to save his mum's life, to a teacher getting a new job at a very strange school, and a look back at those super-creepy information videos from the 1970s, this series gave us a lot to talk about.

Kate & Koji — ITV

Okorie Chukwu as Koji with Brenda Blethyn as Kate — (Image credit: ITV)

Cafe owner Kate is running her business in a small seaside town when she meets asylum seeker and doctor, Koji. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship and what follows is a sweet, touching and very funny first series with more to come, we hope!

Mrs Brown’s Boys — BBC1

Mrs Browns Boys Christmas and New Year Special 2016 with Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Brown — (Image credit: BBC/Alan Peebles)

With Brendan O'Carroll as loud-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown, this show has been winning the hearts of viewers for years, and shows no sign of stopping. Mrs Brown's favourite hobby is interfering in the life of her six children, with hilarious consequences. The BAFTA-winning show is a hit all round the world including Australia!

Not Going Out — BBC1

Lee Mack and Sally Bretton as Lee and Lucy in Not Going Out — (Image credit: BBC)

After twelve series, the comedy starring Lee Mack as the hapless dad and husband, shows no sign of getting boring. The silly jokes, physical comedy and general chaos of family life, combined with a great cast, mean there's plenty of life in this fun show. And we're very pleased about it!

Sandylands — Gold

Sanjeev Bhaskar and Natalie Dew as Les and Emily in Sandylands — (Image credit: GOLD)

Emily Verna returned to her seaside home town after her estranged dad, Les Vegas (AKA Sanjeev Bhaskar) was lost at sea in this quirky comedy. With a cast of hilarious characters and some very familiar faces including Sophie Thompson and Hugh Bonneville, Sandylands won viewers' hearts. And the second series welcomed Tracy-Ann Oberman as Emily's mum, Donna Vegas. Brilliant stuff!

The Other One — BBC1

Ellie White, Lauren Socha, Rebecca Front, Siobhan Finneran in The Other One — (Image credit: BBC)

This comedy follows Catherine Wallcott, known as Cathy, who discovers she has a half-sister, also called Catherine but known as Cat, after her dad's untimely death. The show was devised and written by comedian Holly Walsh who got the idea from a true story! It follows the sisters' mishaps as they get to know one another and the second series revealed they also have a brother - Callum!

The Outlaws — BBC1

Stephen Merchant heads the cast of The Outlaws. — (Image credit: BBC)

The mis-matched band of 'outlaws' doing their community payback returned to our screens for a second series. Back on the job after the small issue with the whole gangs/drugs/guns thing in series one, the crew led by writer Stephen Merchant's Greg and including the brilliant Christopher Walken as Frank, managed to find themselves in more trouble.