David O’Doherty : 2008 if.comedy award winner
August 23, 2008 – 11:14 pm | by Peekay
The winner of the if.Comedy 2008 Award has been announced tonight. The winner is:
David O’Doherty: Let’s Comedy
And the award for the best Newcomer has gone to:
Sarah Millican’s Not Nice
The winners were announced by Clive James at just past midnight, and also included a special award for the person who best represented the spirit of the Fringe - this year it, strangely, went to all the performers, with the £4,000 prize money being put behind various venue bars!
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