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BBC New Comedy Awards 2024 – Results
12 hours ago — The final of this year's BBC New Comedy Awards has been broadcast on BBC One. The compere/host was Lucy Beaumont and the judges were Josh Pugh, Shaparak Khorsandi and Babatunde Aleshe.Over a thousand applied, more than 100 went head-to-head at showcases across the country, 30 battled it out in the regional heats, leaving just six finalists.The winner will receive a paid commission to write and ...
First Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Show To Go On Sale?
1 day ago — By Bruce Dessau on 13/11/2024. Comedian Will Mars has put a show on sale for Edinburgh Fringe 2025 which he claims is the first show to go on sale for next year's Fringe. Joke Thieves is the show where comedians perform their own jokes and then perform one another’s. The cult hit comedy format returns to the Fringe for the first time since ...
Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2024
22 hours ago — The finalists have been announced for the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2024. The final takes place on Sunday 8 December at 7pm at Leicester Square Theatre. Buy tickets here. And the finalists are: Abbie Edwards. Eli Hart. Gabrielle MacPherson. Ibs Sesay. There will also be a headline set from Sallyann Fellowes.
Richard Osman's House of Games Guests This Week
3 days ago — By Bruce Dessau on 11/11/2024. Josh Jones, Molly Rainford, Mark Rhodes and Sonia are the guests competing to be crowned champion of Richard Osman's House of Games this week. Mancunian comedian Jones ia a rising star of stand-up comedy. He picked up an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination for his …
Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast Returns - beyondthejoke.co.uk
Nov 6, 2024 — Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast will be returning for a 10th series. The new series will once again see Frank dive into more of his favourite contemporary and classic works, reading extracts, analysing works, and dissecting the best verses of familiar and lesser-known poets in weekly segments. Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast was launched to critical acclaim in April 2020 and regularly ...
Dave Joke Of the Fringe 2023 Top Ten Revealed
Aug 22, 2023 — Dave, the BAFTA-winning UKTV entertainment channel, has announced the winner of its fourteenth Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award.. Comedian, Lorna Rose Treen, was voted the winner with her pun: “ I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah. The joke, taken from her show Skin Pigeon at Pleasance Courtyard, topped the list of funniest of the Fringe with 44% of ...
The Skewer Comes To BBC TV Screens with jon holmes
Oct 17, 2023 — Acclaimed BBC Radio 4 comedy The Skewer now has a screen version. After three years on air and winning Gold for Best Comedy at the Radio Academy ARIA Awards three years running, Jon Holmes’s satirical Radio 4 comedy is making its first ever screen appearance. As Series 10 arrives on Radio 4, The Skewer: Three Twisted Years is an experimental ...
BBC New Comedy Awards 2022 Finalists Announced - Beyond The …
Oct 31, 2022 — The BBC’s big comedy talent search The New Comedy Awards has reached its climax. Over a thousand applied; more than 80 went head-to-head at showcases across the country; 30 battled it out in the regional heats; now six finalists take to the stage in their bid to win over the judges and be crowned the BBC New Comedian of 2022.
Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2022 Results Revealed
Aug 21, 2022 — Dave, the BAFTA-winning UKTV entertainment channel, has announced the winner of its thirteenth Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award.. Comedian Masai Graham, who hails from the Midlands, was voted the winner with his witty food pun: “I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn’t get Pasta”.The joke, taken from his show Aaaaaaaaaargh!