triple triumph for little britain top tv cult hit little britain has triumphed over the office at the 15th annual british comedy awards.  the bbc show beat the office christmas special in the best tv comedy category and took the people s choice award. matt lucas and david walliams also jointly won best tv comedy actor over the office creator ricky gervais  who won a special award for writing. it was also a good night for ant and dec who clinched two awards  including best comedy entertainment personality. the geordie duo also secured best comedy entertainment programme for saturday night takeaway  beating i m a celebrity... get me out of here!  which they also host  and the bbc s have i got news for you.  the ceremony was presented by jonathan ross from itv s london studios headquarters on the capital s south bank. little britain began life as a radio series on radio 4  with walliams and lucas playing a range of misfit characters from an alternative britain. it was later commissioned for bbc three  where it proved a huge success  with the second series also shown on bbc one. after receiving his award for best tv comedy actor with walliams  lucas said:  it s a great honour to be nominated alongside ricky gervais and martin clunes.   the show also won the people s choice award  which is the only gong on the night voted for by viewers. speaking after receiving the award for best comedy  walliams said:  it was a real shock but i don t think we deserved to beat the office which is a great show and more than just a comedy. it s a beautiful piece of work.  gervais and the office co-writer stephen merchant received a special award for writing  presented by noel gallagher and tom stoppard. gervais said:  the show has won an awful lot of awards in the last couple of years  too much. it s got embarrassing to be honest.  other winners at the awards included caroline quentin  who took home best tv comedy actress for life begins and von trapped.  catherine tate  from the catherine tate show  was also nominated for the same award  but she did walk away with best comedy newcomer  over james mcavoy from shameless (channel 4) and julian barratt and noel fielding from the mighty boosh (bbc three). nighty night was named britain s best new tv comedy over itv1 shows doc martin and life begins. but doc martin won best tv comedy drama  over jonathan creek (bbc one) and shameless. winner in the best international comedy category was the simpsons  beating sex and the city and curb your enthusiasm. the prize was accepted by matt groening  creator of the simpsons  who also received an outstanding contribution award from scientist stephen hawking  who has been featured in the series. school of rock was voted best comedy film beating shaun of the dead and shrek 2.  matt lucas & david walliams (little britain  bbc three)  caroline quentin (life begins/ von trapped  itv1)  ant & dec (ant & dec s saturday night takeaway/ i m a celebrity  get me out of here!  itv1)  catherine tate (the catherine tate show  bbc two)  nighty night (baby cow productions  bbc three)  little britain (bbc three)  doc martin (buffalo productions  itv1)  ant & dec s saturday night takeaway (granada  itv1)  the simpsons (twentieth century fox  bbc two/sky one/channel 4)  school of rock