Merchant takes top comedy honour

Stephen Merchant beat Extras co-star Ricky Gervais to take the best actor prize at the British Comedy Awards.

But their show missed out in the best TV comedy award, losing to Peep Show starring double act David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Catherine Tate claimed the best actress award for her Christmas special.

But the biggest winner was Harry Hill who took the comedy personality award, while his TV Burp show won best comedy entertainment programme.

See the full results and read more over at the BBC