BBC New Comedy Awards 2023

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The final six heat winners compete for the prestigious New Comedy Award 2023.

Hosted by Rosie Jones, this year's final of the BBC New Comedy Awards comes from the Kings Theatre in Glasgow. The heat winners battle it out for the prestigious New Comedy Crown.

Host Rosie Jones is joined by judges Zoe Lyons, Darren Harriott and Head Judge Josh Pugh as six of the UK's most exciting new comedy acts compete for the coveted title at the Kings Theatre in Glasgow.

This year's finalists are Chantel Nash, Dean T. Beirne, Frankie Monroe, Hester Ectomy, Jin Hao Li, and Paddy Young. Our 2023 finalists all came through as heat winners at our shows at Leith, Bethnal Green, Bangor, Ballymena, Nottingham, and Sunderland.

Past winners and finalists of the BBC New Comedy Award include Alan Carr, Peter Kay, Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Joe Lycett, Josie Long, and Lost Voice Guy.

Producers: Lindsay Jex and Gus Beattie
Assistant producer: Nicola Clyde
A Phil McIntyre Television production for BBC Radio 4

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