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Dave announces Edinburgh Comedy Awards broadcasts
Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards has announced details of new programming to support this year's awards, their 40th anniversary year.
A brand new four-episode podcast will be released to celebrate this year's winners as well as look back on the Awards' extraordinary alumni, featuring Rose Matafeo, Harry Hill, Al Murray, Jenny Eclair, Catherine Cohen and Roisin Conaty.
The podcast, introduced by long-standing Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Director Nica Burns (pictured), will combine winners who represent the changing face of comedy over four decades from both Best Comedy Show and Best Newcomer Awards. The last episode will feature this year's winners, who will be recorded in conversation the morning after the 2022 announcement, on Sunday 28th August. All four half hour episodes will be available on Acast.
Awards organisers have also confirmed that previous winner and four-time nominee Russell Kane will host the prestigious Nominees Gala on Thursday 25th August, held at The Pleasance in Edinburgh. It will also be recorded for broadcast at 11pm that evening on BBC Radio 4.
Clips of the performances and interviews from the Gala will also be released across the Dave social channels, with clips of the Best Comedy Show winner and Best Newcomer winner released on the afternoon of the winners' announcement on Saturday 27th August. The other nominees' clips will be released during September, across the channel's TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts.
For the first time ever, the awards is also partnering with TikTok to bring live behind-the-scenes content of this year's Gala directly to audiences and fans at home. The exclusive Backstage At The Gala live stream will be hosted by Best Newcomer 2019 nominee Janine Harouni, streaming via the awards' account.