1. BEST ALBUM:
Postcards From A Young Man - Manic Street Preachers
Life affirming return to form, complete with fat riffs, hefty hooks and a Bunnyman.
2. BEST SONG:
Time Of The Season - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
The new Lee and Nancy make the best Christmas single ever with effortless cool.
3. BEST LIVE ACT:
Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium Tour
An unforgettable experience. Pop as ballet, opera and musical theatre.
4. BEST TV DRAMA:
Mo - Channel 4
A career best performance from Juile Walters and every moment believable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raoXCB93nlg&list=SL&has_verified=1
5. BEST TV COMEDY:
Peep Show - Channel 4
The current season could well be the best yet. Bain & Armstrong writing out of their skins.
http://www.youtube.com/show/peepshow?pl=0E4453C0DDBF06E6&ob=showav_e
6. BEST TV NEWS SOURCE:
Channel 4 News
The Snow / Guru Murthy dream team still in a different league.
http://www.channel4.com/news/
7. BEST RADIO STATION:
BBC Radio 5Live
Derbyshire, Bacon, Baker, Nolan and the marvellous Rod Sharp. What's not to like?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/
8. BEST RADIO SHOW:
Richard Bacon 5Live
It's the depth of research that makes all the difference.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pstlg
9. BEST MOTION PICTURE:
Kick Ass
You can keep the confusing Inception, this was original, fun, funny and brilliant.
10. BEST WEBSITE:
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com
Because we couldn't nominate The Rocking Vicar.
11. NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR:
The Guardian
Particularly the Saturday edition. They have Brooker, after all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
12. BEST THEATRE PRODUCTION
Ghost Stories
How scary can a play be? Really, really scary as it happens.
http://www.ghoststoriestheshow.co.uk
13. MOST MEMORABLE MEDIA MOMENT
Australia's Next Top Model
Unbelievable - even after 20 viewings
14. BOOK OF THE YEAR
How Entertainers Took Over The World and Why We Need an Exit Strategy
Marina Hyde
The power of sleb has never been diced and sliced in such an efficient way before. Read and gasp in horror.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celebrity-Entertainers-Took-World-Strategy/dp/1846552591
15. FOOL OF THE YEAR
Louis Walsh
Commented that black performer Paige Richardson was like a 'little Lenny Henry'. We rest our case. (Although Nick Clegg had a lucky escape).
Also enjoyed:
- Getting On telly comedy.
- The Inbetweeners more telly comedy.
- Fyfe Dangerfield's 'She Needs Me'.
- The Cornbury Music Festival
- The Splendour Festival.
- Downton Abbey on the telly.
- The Apprentice on the telly.
Magnus Shaw, December 2010
