BBC New Comedy Awards
- TV stand-up
- BBC One / BBC Three
- 2021 - 2024
- 28 episodes (4 series)
The BBC competition to find the best new stand-up comedians. Stars Mawaan Rizwan, Fern Brady, Josh Pugh and Babatunde Aléshé.
- Due to return for 2025
Key details
- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2021 - 2024
- Channels
- BBC One, BBC Three
- Episodes
- 28 (4 series)
- Stars
- Mawaan Rizwan, Fern Brady, Josh Pugh and Babatunde Aléshé
- Director
- Geraldine Dowd
- Producers
- Lindsay Jex, Lucy Ansbro, Simon Wilson, Harriet Murdoch, Fiona Frankland, Richard Dean and Mark Olver
- Company
The nationwide hunt to find the best new stand-up comics.
Since the prestigious awards first aired in 1995, they have helped launch the careers of many of the UK's best-loved comedians.
The 2021 heats are in Croydon, Wolverhampton, Halifax, Swansea, Dundee and Portrush, with the final taking place in Newcastle.
The winner receives £1,000 plus a paid commission to write and perform in a 30-minute audio pilot, mentored by a BBC comedy commissioner.
Catch-up
This is our guide to the 2021 televised incarnation of the awards. For details on the 2011 to 2019 radio-based awards see our radio pages.
Additional details
- Production
- Event
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 19th October 2021 at 6am on BBC Three (Online)
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 13th November 2024 at 11:10pm on BBC1 Wales - 2024, Episode 7
- Sunday 10th November 2024 at 12:10am on BBC3 - 2024, Episode 6
- Saturday 9th November 2024 at 1:20am on BBC3 - 2024, Episode 6
Recording details
- The Albany - 2022 heat
- Corn Exchange (Exeter) - 2022 heat
- The Guildhall (Derry/Londonderry) - 2022 heat
- Middlesbrough Town Hall - 2022 heat
- Coventry Fargo - 2022 heat
- St David's Hall (Cardiff) - 2022 final
- York Hall Theatre (Bethnal Green) - 2023 heat
- Sunderland Fire Station - 2023 heat
- Leith Theatre - 2023 heat
- Braid Theatre (Ballymena) - 2023 heat
- Nottingham Albert Hall - 2023 heat
- Theatr Bryn Terfel (Bangor) - 2023 heat
- Y Muni - 2024 heat
- The Y Theatre (Leicester) - 2024 heat
- The Rivoli Ballroom - 2024 heat
- MAC (Belfast) - 2024 heat
- Paisley Town Hall - 2024 heat
- Lancaster Town Hall - 2024 heat