The Matt Lucas Awards is a British entertainment series hosted by comedian and television personality Matt Lucas.
Background 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
Pilot Show Airdate Guests Pilot 16 June 2011 Dave GormanRuby WaxJack Whitehall
Series 1 Show Airdate Guests Awards 1 10 April 2012 Jason ManfordGraeme GardenHenning Wehn 2 17 April 2012 Sue PerkinsRichard MadeleyMarc Wootton 3 24 April 2012 Louis WalshGermaine GreerClive Anderson 4 1 May 2012 Esther RantzenChris TarrantJohnny Vegas 5 8 May 2012 Maureen LipmanJulian ClaryAlex Horne 6 15 May 2012 Griff Rhys JonesRuth JonesDavid Baddiel 7 22 May 2012 The Best, Worst, Awful, Awesome and Unseen Bits
Series 2 Show Airdate Guests Judges Awards 8 Ardal O'HanlonAdil RayRobert Webb Alex DansonAnthony OgogoKate Walsh 9 Eamonn HolmesJosie LongJason Manford Michael CroninLee MacDonaldGwyneth Powell 10 Gyles BrandrethHolly WalshMark Watson Peter DuncanJanet EllisPeter Purves 11 Richard BaconJason ByrneShappi Khorsandi Stuart BaggsRaef BjayouKatie Hopkins 12 Susan CalmanAndy ParsonsRhys Thomas SootySweepSoo 13 Dave GormanRuby WaxAlex Horne Leonard FentonJohn AltmanPeter DeanNej Adamson 14 Series 2 Compilation
Christmas Special Show Airdate Guests Judges Awards 15 Jo BrandAlan DaviesRhod Gilbert Bob CarolgeesBonnie LangfordTed Robbins
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