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
- Catch-up on 2024, Episode 7
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2021, Episode 5 - Dundee
Five acts will take to the stage in front of a packed house of more than a hundred comedy loving audience. Scottish stand-up comedian Larry Dean is at the helm.
Further details
Tonight, we are in a beautifully restored Victorian Jute Mill in the heart of Dundee which now doubles as a museum and multi-purpose events space dedicated to preserving the history of the city's textile heritage. Five acts will take to the stage in front of a packed house of more than a hundred comedy loving audience. Scottish stand-up comedian Larry Dean is at the helm. Joining him are three judges - award winning comedian and writer, Fern Brady and fellow Scottish comic, Stephen Buchanan, who was crowned BBC New Comedian Award winner in 2018.
Liam Farrelly
Eddy MacKenzie
Jessie Nixon
Sergi Polo
Henry Whaley
Notes
Liam Farrelly was chosen by the judges.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 19th October 2021
- Time
- 6am
- Channel
- BBC Three (Online)
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Mawaan Rizwan | Self |
| Larry Dean | Host / Presenter |
| Stephen Buchanan | Guest |
| Fern Brady | Guest |
| Eddy MacKenzie | Self |
| Jessie Nixon | Self |
| Henry Whaley | Self |
| Liam Farrelly | Self |
| Sergi Polo | Self |
| Geraldine Dowd | Director |
| Lindsay Jex | Series Producer |
| Lucy Ansbro | Executive Producer |
| Simon Wilson | Executive Producer |
| Harriet Murdoch | Executive Producer |
| Fiona Frankland | Line Producer |
| Richard Dean | Edit Producer |
| Mark Olver | Consultant Producer |
| Richard Drew | Production Designer |
| Stuart Pring | Lighting Designer |