So we’re half way through the main awards! Harry Hill has been justly rewarded and we’ve witnessed the abuse of an impossibly massive snake. An actual snake. Follow me over the cut for more reactions… ooh, and vote for Mitchell and Webb in the People’s Choice Award!

(In chronological order top-to-bottom)

Best New TV Comedy: Star Stories – Whaaaaaaaattttt??? I thought Mitchell and Webb were a shoe-in for this, but apparently not. Star Stories has completely passed me by. Hmm, I’m upset now. Oooh look Madonna! It’s a good job I’ve got a short attention span…

Sacha Baron Cohen, like Russell Brand has been everywhere this year, and so it’s only right that he’s been honoured here. Isn’t it weird to hear his normal speaking voice?

Best TV Comedy: Peep Show – YYYYYYEEEESSSSSSSSS! IN YOUR FACE EXTRAS! I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me. I’m so happy! This series of Peep Show was the best yet, as they allowed a little warmth every now and then, and that’s no bad thing. Plus, of course its innovative direction and fantastic performances make it a real modern sit-com classic. Peep Show, we salute you.

People’s Choice Award: Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – Well did we expect anything else? But you can’t not like Ant and Dec, can you? They’re pure pint-sized entertainment and Saturday nights wouldn’t be the same without them. And I always love the sponsor’s representative trying to be funny… and she didn’t do too badly, did she? Bless her.

Best Stage Comedy: Little Britain – Poor Mighty Boosh. Poor beautiful, funny, talented Mighty Boosh. Poor beautiful, funny, talented, should-have-won Mighty Boosh. Actually, Matt Lucas and David Walliams have had a bit of an undeserved backlash recently – while the third series of Little Britain was not exactly brilliant, they’re still very talented. See, I can be gracious when I want! (Poor Mighty Boosh….)

Right, see you over on ITV2!

Best Live Stand-up Tour: Jimmy Carr – I have a confession. I quite like Jimmy Carr. I know that’s not cool to admit, but he makes me giggle against my will. If I were trying to keep my reputation though, I’d say that Ross Noble should have won.

Best International Comedy Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm – Again I’m going to be uncool and say that the American Office should have won. It’s nothing like our Office – which was brilliant, it’s only the latest series of Extras that I dislike – but that doesn’t mean that it’s not great. But then so’s Curb Your Enthusiasm… I can live with this.

Best Comedy Film: Wallace and Gromit – Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Well, Nick Park may not be all that great in a ‘speech’ situation, but he’s brought Wallace and Gromit into our lives, and for that he is a genius and a national treasure. Let’s go backstage!

So here we are backstage. Isn’t this cosy? You guys can listen to Tenacious D, I’m off to find the Boosh… only joking. Ooh it’s Lucas and Walliams, who, you’ll remember, I was surprisingly nice about given my all-too-evident Boosh obsession. They really are massive, aren’t they, and you simply can’t take that away from them. I’m not ashamed to say that I am looking forward to the Little Britain Christmas Specials. Yes, ladies and sirs, the Little Britain rehabilitation starts here.

This show is an absolute shambles! Not even an enjoyable shambles really… just Liza Tarbuck looking bewildered, Russell Howard looking embarrassed, and a load of drunk people talking over each other. Not exactly classic viewing, is it?! Why are we listening to Mylene Klass? There’s seriously talented people in that room and we’re listening to Mylene?! Get it togther, Tarbuck!

Courtney Love and Noel Fielding! That’s the greatest combination ever. EVER. Other than Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, of course. Oh the Boosh should have won their category… they’re so innovative, and creative, and endearing, and laugh-out-loud funny. Next year, my friends, next year.

So, we’ve come to the end of a long evening, and what have we learnt? That That Mitchell and Webb Look has been criminally overlooked, that Harry Hill has been justly rewarded, that Peep Show is better than Extras (though we already knew that, of course) and that 24-foot pythons and drunk comedians just don’t mix. You win some, you lose some. Night all, and thanks for sticking with me.