Nicola Coughlan wins best comedy performance TV choice award for Big Mood

February 11, 2025
Nicola Coughlan wins best comedy performance TV choice award for Big Mood

Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan won best comedy performance for her role as Maggie in Channel 4's Big Mood.

Big Mood centres on Maggie, played by Coughlan, a 30-year-old writer with bipolar disorder. Her best friend is Eddie, played by It's a Sin star Lydia West they have been best friends for a decade and navigate increased work, life and mental health pressures

Big Mood has got the green light for a second season with Coughlan commenting on social media that "Big Mood had been one of the greatest joys of my life. Deeply grateful to everyone who loves our mad, funny, sad show."

Elsewhere, Brenda Blethyn, 78, was presented with an outstanding contribution award, in recognition of her 14 series as no-nonsense Northumberland detective Vera Stanhope, in Vera.

There were two wins for drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office. It took best new drama and Toby Jones, who played Alan Bates, won best drama performance.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! won its 19th TV Choice award at the ceremony for best reality show, while BBC medical drama Call The Midwife scooped another award for best family drama, and the cast of Channel 4’s Gogglebox took home best entertainment show.

Emmerdale won best soap for the second time in a row, and the ITV show’s Beth Cordingly won best soap newcomer for her role as Ruby Fox-Miligan.

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel won its first TV Choice award for best game show. The BBC programme beat the likes of The Chase, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and The 1% Club.

BBC’s Escape To The Country was named best daytime show, ITV’s Long Lost Family scooped best lifestyle show, and the BBC’s Ghosts took best comedy show.

Best talent show went to the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, while Channel 5’s All Creatures Great And Small won best drama series, and the channel’s Springtime, Harvest and Winter On The Farm won best factual show.

Channel 5 was also named favourite channel/streaming site.

Peter Ash, who plays Paul Foreman in Coronation Street, won best soap performance.

The awards were presented in a ceremony on Monday, after the winners were voted for by the TV magazine’s readers.