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BBC New Comedy Awards. Babatunde Aléshé
BBC New Comedy Awards

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.

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2024, Episode 2 - Wales & West Heat: Pontypridd

BBC New Comedy Awards. Image shows left to right: Spencer Jones, Hannah Moulder, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Babatunde Aléshé, Ashish Suri, Paul Hilleard, Sarah Roberts, Josh Harvey, Louie McLean
The second heat comes from Pontypridd in the heart of the South Wales Valleys, where Louie McLean, Ashish Suri, Sarah Roberts, Paul Hilleard and Josh Harvey (as Bernard Guff) take to the stage.

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

BBC New Comedy Awards. Ashish Suri

Josh Harvey

BBC New Comedy Awards. Josh Harvey

Louie McLean

BBC New Comedy Awards. Louie McLean

Paul Hilleard

BBC New Comedy Awards. Paul Hilleard

Sarah Roberts

BBC New Comedy Awards. Sarah Roberts

Notes

Paul Hilleard won.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 9th October 2024
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
  • Monday 16th September 2024, 19:00 at Y Muni

Cast & crew

Cast
Babatunde Aléshé Self
Guest cast
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
Production team
Geraldine Dowd (as Geri Dowd) Director
Lindsay Jex Series Producer
Lucy Ansbro Executive Producer

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