Posh and Becks up for comedy award

It is an award they might not want to actually win – David and Victoria Beckham have been nominated for the title of Funniest Double Act in the UK.

The pair are up for the gong thanks to their bid to conquer the US.

Posh and Becks will find themselves up against comedians such as Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins from The Friday Night Project, and David Mitchell and Robert Webb from Peep Show.

TV star Russell Brand is nominated for three of the annual Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards, voted for by readers of Loaded magazine.

He is pitted against Ricky Gervais for Best Stand Up and Homer Simpson for Funniest Man.

Catherine “Am I Bovvered?” Tate and Extras star Ashley Jensen are among the nominees for Funniest Woman.

Peter Andre is up for Funniest Reality TV Person for the ITV show on life with wife Jordan.

He will be competing against Big Brother winner Brian Belo, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Star David Gest, and Tre Azam from The Apprentice.

Loaded editor Martin Daubney said: “Perhaps it’s Victoria’s growing comedy chest or her attempts to integrate into American culture by pitching at baseball matches that have had the British public laughing.

“It’s been a vintage year for comedy and the nominations in this year’s Laftas are a testament to that.

“The Laftas are voted for by the Great British public which makes them the only comedy awards worth their salt. What we have here are the funniest fellas and fillies in the land – and a few surprises, too.

“We all know Peter Andre’s a clown, but who’d have thought he’d appear on the same list as such comic genius as Ricky Gervais?”

The event, now in its fifth year, will be held in London in October.

The nominations:

:: Best Stand Up

Russell Brand

Ricky Gervais

Jimmy Carr

Lee Mack

Alan Carr

:: Funniest TV Programme

Peep Show

The Mighty Boosh

My Name Is Earl

The Friday Night Project

Star Stories

:: Funniest Double Act

Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins (The Friday Night Project)

Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh)

David Mitchell and Robert Webb (Peep Show)

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz)

Posh and Becks

:: Funniest Man

Russell Brand

Will Ferrell

Justin Lee Collins

Alan Carr

Homer Simpson

:: Funniest Woman

Ashley Jensen

Catherine Tate

Michelle Gomez

Olivia Colman

Karen Taylor

:: Funniest TV Personality

Eamonn Holmes

Harry Hill

Paul Kaye

Fern Britton

Jonathan Ross

:: Funniest Reality TV Person

Brian Belo (Big Brother)

David Gest (I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!)

Tre Azam (The Apprentice)

Peter Andre (Katie And Peter: The Next Chapter)

Janet Street-Porter (Deadline)

:: Funniest Radio Show

Stephen Merchant (BBC 6 Music)

Chris Moyles (BBC Radio 1)

Scott Mills (BBC Radio 1)

Iain Lee (LBC 97.3)

Alan Brazil (TalkSPORT)

:: Funniest Newspaper Columnist

Ally Ross (The Sun)

Ian Hyland (News of the World)

Bez (Daily Sport)

Russell Brand (The Guardian)

The Two Dannys (The Times)