Six finalists take to the stage in their bid to win over the judges and be crowned the BBC New Comedian of 2021. Filmed in front of a full house at Newcastle’s historic Tyne Theatre and Opera House, this grand finale features two brand spanking new awards, the New Digital Comedy award, and Young Comedian 2021.
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2023: Episode 4
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2023: Episode 2
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2023: Episode 1
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2022: 7. The Final
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2022: 6. Coventry
The venue for the sixth heat of the competition is The Box at FarGo Village, Coventry, an ultra-cool repurposed industrial space, smack in the city centre, which has, for one ni ...
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2022: 5. Middlesbrough
The New Comedy Awards heads to Middlesbrough, where five hopefuls - Elaine Robertson, Matty Oxley, Vidura Rajapaksa, Chelsea Birkby and Dan Tiernan - battle it out for a place i ...
25-10-2022
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2022: 6. Coventry
The venue for the sixth heat of the competition is The Box at FarGo Village, Coventry, an ultra-cool repurposed industrial space, smack in the city centre, which has, for one ni ...
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BBC 1
2023: Episode 5
Five hopefuls will battle it out for a place in the BBC One Grand Final at Kings Theatre, Glasgow, where one will be crowned the BBC New Comedian of 2023.\n\nWe head to Nottingh ...
05-11-2023
BBC 1
2022: 5. Middlesbrough
The New Comedy Awards heads to Middlesbrough, where five hopefuls - Elaine Robertson, Matty Oxley, Vidura Rajapaksa, Chelsea Birkby and Dan Tiernan - battle it out for a place i ...
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2022: 7. The Final
Filmed in front of a full house at the National Concert Hall of Wales in Cardiff and hosted by award-winning actress and comedian Kerry Godliman, the final of the 2022 BBC New C ...
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2022: Episode 2
From over 1,000 entries, 30 fresh new comedians have been selected from across the UK to battle it out over a series of six heats to secure their place in the grand final of the ...
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2023: Episode 3
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2021: 2. Wolverhampton
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