The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The awards began in 1990, and are shown live on ITV, in December. Michael Parkinson presented the inaugural ceremony at the London Palladium. The show is now staged at London Studios. All subsequent shows have been presented by Jonathan Ross.

With a potent mix of comedians and alcohol, the ceremony is often a riotous affair.

On many years, the night has been given a dress and set theme (Wild West, classical Greek, various fancy dress, etc.), although in more recent years this has generally been dropped.