The Matt Lucas Awards
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| The Matt Lucas Awards | |
|---|---|
 Title card (2012–13) | |
| Genre | Entertainment Comedy |
| Created by | Matt Lucas Ashley Blaker |
| Developed by | Ashley Blaker Bill Matthews |
| Presented by | Matt Lucas |
| Starring | Diana Lobatto David Arnold (series 1) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Freeland Matt Lucas |
| Producers | Richard Grocock Ashley Blaker |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | John Stanley Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 10 April 2012 – 17 December 2013 |
| Related | |
| And the Winner Is | |
The Matt Lucas Awards is a British entertainment series hosted by comedian and television personality Matt Lucas.
Background
[edit]The idea for The Matt Lucas Awards stemmed from And the Winner Is..., a radio series presented by Lucas for a number of years prior to the series. The format of the series involves a number of celebrity guests providing nominations for artists or objects in a number of weird and wonderful categories, the winner of which will receive a 'Lucas' award.
A pilot episode of the series was filmed in June 2011, and later released to the BBC iPlayer for internet viewing. The layout of the pilot consisted of Lucas in the centre of a studio of people, sitting on a couch, as if at an awards ceremony. Three guests would then come on, one at a time, and talk about one subject which they have a grievance with. The pilot received positive feedback from critics and audience alike, and as such, a full series of six episodes was commissioned by the BBC. Filming began in January 2012, with episodes airing from 10 April. Unlike the pilot, the series is set in a studio designed to look like Lucas' flat, and three guests each give a nomination in the same subject category, unlike the pilot, which was one subject per guest. Lucas' mother is also present in every episode. During the first series, musician David Arnold performed incidental music live in the studio. Each episode also features a performance section, where the guest must back up their nomination by giving a performance relating to it, such as singing, dancing or otherwise performing. Lucas performs the opening theme tune, and in the first series also sang variations on the theme live over the closing credits. Several changes took place for the second series, the most noticeable being that Lucas no longer decides the winner from each category himself, but instead the winner is chosen by a panel of judges. Also, Arnold does not appear and any incidental music is no longer performed live.
Episode guide
[edit]Pilot
[edit]| Show | Airdate | Guests |
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| Pilot | 16 June 2011 | Dave Gorman Ruby Wax Jack Whitehall |
Series 1
[edit]| Show | Airdate | Guests | Awards |
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| 1 | 10 April 2012 | Jason Manford Graeme Garden Henning Wehn |
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| 2 | 17 April 2012 | Sue Perkins Richard Madeley Marc Wootton |
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| 3 | 24 April 2012 | Louis Walsh Germaine Greer Clive Anderson |
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| 4 | 1 May 2012 | Esther Rantzen Chris Tarrant Johnny Vegas |
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| 5 | 8 May 2012 | Maureen Lipman Julian Clary Alex Horne |
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| 6 | 15 May 2012 | Griff Rhys Jones Ruth Jones David Baddiel |
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| 7 | 22 May 2012 | The Best, Worst, Awful, Awesome and Unseen Bits | |
Series 2
[edit]| Show | Airdate | Guests | Judges | Awards |
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| 8 | 5 March 2013 | Ardal O'Hanlon Adil Ray Robert Webb | Alex Danson Anthony Ogogo Kate Walsh |
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| 9 | 12 March 2013 | Eamonn Holmes Josie Long Jason Manford | Michael Cronin Lee MacDonald Gwyneth Powell |
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| 10 | 19 March 2013 | Gyles Brandreth Holly Walsh Mark Watson | Peter Duncan Janet Ellis Peter Purves |
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| 11 | 26 March 2013 | Richard Bacon Jason Byrne Shappi Khorsandi | Stuart Baggs Raef Bjayou Katie Hopkins |
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| 12 | 9 April 2013[1] | Susan Calman Andy Parsons Rhys Thomas | Sooty Sweep Soo |
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| 13 | 16 April 2013 | Dave Gorman Ruby Wax Alex Horne | Leonard Fenton John Altman Peter Dean Nej Adamson |
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| 14 | 2 June 2013 | Series 2 Compilation[2] | ||
Christmas Special
[edit]| Show | Airdate | Guests | Judges | Awards |
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| 15 | 17 December 2013[3] | Jo Brand Alan Davies Rhod Gilbert | Bob Carolgees Bonnie Langford Ted Robbins |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Series 2 – Episode 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ "Compilation". BBC Online. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Christmas Special". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
