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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2024, Episode 2 - Wales & West Heat: Pontypridd
Further details
We've travelled to the heart of the South Wales Valleys to Pontypridd and Y Muni, a multipurpose, fully accessible live music and comedy venue. Louie McLean, Ashish Suri, Sarah Roberts, Paul Hilleard and Josh Harvey (as Bernard Guff) will take to the stage in a bid to impress our judges and book their place in the final.
Welsh comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is our host for this heat. Joining her is our panel of judges, actor and comic Spencer Jones, and Hannah Moulder, producer of the award-winning Juice on BBC Three. Head judge Babatunde Aleshe completes the trio.
It's not going to be easy for them to pick a winner from the five new comics performing. With only five minutes of stage time, the sets are jam-packed with jokes and cutting-edge material, but only one can go through to the grand final in November at Birmingham's historic Alexandra Theatre.
Ashish Suri
Josh Harvey
Louie McLean
Paul Hilleard
Sarah Roberts
Notes
Paul Hilleard won.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th October 2024
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Monday 16th September 2024, 19:00 at Y Muni
Cast & crew
| Babatunde Aléshé | Self |
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean | Host / Presenter |
| Spencer Jones | Guest |
| Hannah Moulder | Guest |
| Louie McLean | Self |
| Ashish Suri | Self |
| Sarah Roberts | Self |
| Paul Hilleard | Self |
| Josh Harvey (as Bernard Guff) | Self |
| Geraldine Dowd | Director |
| Lindsay Jex | Series Producer |
| Lucy Ansbro | Executive Producer |