BEST MOVIE OF 09: Watchmen. 'Unfilmable' graphic novel adaptation points the way for (superhero) movies here on in.
TV COMEDY OF 09: Peep Show - the party episode. Unbelievably good scripts, characters and gags six
seasons in.
BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OF 09: Tsunami Caught On Camera. Did you see this? Blimey!
BEST BOOK OF 09: Bad Science - Ben Goldacre. Pages of intelligent good sense to worry fools everywhere.
BEST TV DRAMA OF 09: The whole of The Wire on late night BBC2. Maybe the best thing on TV ever.
BEST WEBSITE OF 09: Spotify. All (or most) of the music you ever liked, all for free and no shelving required.
BEST NON-MUSICAL LIVE SHOW OF 09: Simon Amstell at Buxton Opera House. Surprisingly intimate and moving stand up.
BEST MUSICAL LIVE SHOW OF 09: Pet Shop Boys at Liverpool Echo Arena. Still uniquely brilliant after all these years.
BEST CLOSING CREDITS OF 09: Slumdog Millionaire. Flippin' great movie too.
BEST EPISODE OF FAMILY GUY OF 09: Brain damaged horse. Could cause internal damage through heavy laughter.
BEST ALBUM OF 2009: Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers. Untouchable and admirably left field.
BEST NEWS EVENT OF 09: Child tells press his non-flight in helium balloon was set up by parents for the telly. Good lad.
FUNNIEST POLITICAL EVENT OF 09: Dave Cameron calls South London radio jock 'man'. The twonk.
BEST SINGLE (?) OF 2009: Wild Horses - Susan Boyle. No really.
YOU TUBE STAR OF 09: Bizkit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BgjH_CtIA
BEST YOGHURT OF 09: Tesco Finest Butterscotch & Pear. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
MAN OF THE YEAR 09: Charlie Brooker. Never cheer up will you, Charlie?
WOMAN OF THE YEAR 09: Lois Griffin. Long suffering AND sexy.
BUFFOON OF THE YEAR 09: An Alistair Darling / Louis Walsh tie.
FIASCO OF THE YEAR 09: RATM campaign for Xmas top spot. As contrived as the X-Factor. If not more so.
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 09: Vera Lynn. Or V-Ly as we call her.
PAIN OF THE YEAR 09: Fearne Cotton. Worse than the bloody credit crunch.
