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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 Nottingham in the heart of the country for the Midlands’ regional heat. The Albert Hall Conference Centre is our venue for the night – this unique former temperance hall has been at the centre of the city’s live music, concerts and productions since the 1870s. The Albert Hall is packed with over 300 comedy loving fans here to enjoy the stars of tomorrow.\n\nBattling it out will be Tal Davies, character comedian Lorna Rose Treen, Philipp Kostelecky, Jin Hao Li and ventriloquist Lachlan Werner. Hosting the show is Hollywood actor, comedian, writer and star of Man Like Mobeen, ‘the Coventry legend’ that is Guz Khan. Joining him are three judges – actor, writer and local Nottingham comic Colin Hoult, award-winning comedian, actor and BAFTA Award-winning writer Thanyia Moore, plus our head judge, Midlands born-and-raised comedian Josh Pugh. \n\nThe judges will watch all five acts before picking the comic they think has the best chance of lifting the trophy at the Grand Final. This is just one of six heats taking place across the UK – Bethnal Green, Bangor, Ballymena, Leith and Sunderland all play host to these comedy showdowns.
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