Episodes 1 & 1 of the heats for the BBC New Comedy Awards will air on 31st October at 22:30pm on BBC Three and will also be on BBC iPlayer.
Below are interviews with this year's head judge Amy Gledhill and judges Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Dan Tiernan.
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Monday 2nd November’s grand final sees the culmination of the year-long search for new comedy talent at the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club in Manchester. Previously known as the World Series, it’s now simply the Beat the Frog - Grand Final but the remit is the same.
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Gary Joel is the West End New (old) Act of the Year for 2026.
He was joined on the podium by joint runners up Craig Donaghy and Fiona Meddings plus Maggie Sobie.
Other acts who made it to the final were:
Fiona Niven ...
Michael and Hilary Whitehall return to the stage with a nod to their hit podcast, The Wittering Whitehalls, back on tour with a brand new show Recollections May Vary. The tour will start in Guildford...
Tim Vine is heading back out on tour in 2027 with his brand-new stand-up show Sillypun Valley.
Tim invites you to leave the real world behind and take a trip to Sillypun Valley. The joke conveyor...
Nish Kumar speaks with a speed and an urgency of someone who desperately needs to get three shows’ worth of material and substance into a single evening’s performance. Maybe even four show’s worth....
From comedy and drama to psychological horror, the short taster films showcase some of Wales’ established and emerging creatives, including Rhys Ifans, Morfydd Clark, Rakie Ayola, and Owain Arthur....
Filming has commenced in Ramsgate on the third series of Things You Should Have Done. The new series sees self-confessed ‘stay at home daughter’ Chi (Lucia Keskin) return as she continues working her...
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