Joe Lycett’s live comedy entertainment series, Late Night Lycett, has received a BAFTA nomination in the category of ‘comedy entertainment’. The programme will go up against The Graham Norton Show, Rob & Romesh Vs, and Would I Lie to You? at the awards show which celebrates television broadcasting in 2023.
The comedian, Joe Lycett himself, has also be nominated in the ‘entertainment performance’ category for hosting Late Night Lycett. Nominated in the same category are; Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (better known as the duo Ant and Dec) for I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Big Zuu for Big Zuu’s Big Eats, Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show, Hannah Waddingham for the Eurovision Song Contest, and Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan for Rob & Romesh Vs.
Late Night Lycett – produced by Rumpus Media and My Options Were Limited – is a series hosted by Joe Lycett and filmed live in his home city of Birmingham at the creative hub, The Bond, Digbeth. The show features comedy segments, news-based satire, celebrity guests, and of course, local legends many of whom are well-known within Birmingham’s LBGTQ+ community.
The show will return to Channel 4 in 2024 for series two on Friday, April 12. The BAFTAs, hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, take place on Sunday, May 12.
Joe Lycett said: “The first series of Late Night Lycett was the most fun I’ve ever had making TV. From Paul Chuckle destroying my local corner shop to Katherine Ryan being trapped on a floating barge, the whole thing feels like a crazed fever dream. I can’t wait to go bigger and wilder in series two.”
