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BBC New Comedy Award

Competition for new comedians

Field	Value
name	BBC New Comedy Award
awarded_for	Best in new stand-up comedy talent
country	United Kingdom
holder	Eli Harte (2025)
year	1995
2011 (revival)
network
website

2011 (revival) The BBC New Comedy Award first took place in 1995, and it is considered to be one of the top UK comedy newcomer awards.

It was axed in 2006, being replaced by a nationwide talent hunt that places its emphasis on sketch writing and filmed performance. However, in March 2011 the BBC Radio New Comedy Award was relaunched in conjunction with BBC Radio 2, and ran as a joint project between Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 Extra. The arrangement was for Radio 4 Extra to broadcast the heats and semi-finals of the contest, whilst Radio 2 (later Radio 4) broadcasts the live final. The 2021 series moved online to BBC Three, with a repeat broadcast on BBC One. By the 2022 contest, BBC Three had returned to terrestrial TV, so the heats were aired on that channel and the final aired on BBC One.

Winners & finalists

The finals of this event have boasted many well known names that have continued to work in comedy to great acclaim - amongst the winners of the award are: Julian Barratt (1995), Marcus Brigstocke (1996), Paul Foot (1997), Josie Long (1999), Alan Carr (2001), Nina Conti (2002), Rhod Gilbert (2003), Angela Barnes (2011) and Lost Voice Guy (2014). Other notable finalists include Peter Kay, Bennett Arron, Lee Mack, Russell Howard, Daniel Kitson, Justin Lee Collins, David O'Doherty, Shappi Khorsandi, Joe Lycett and Sarah Millican.

Year	Winner	Finalists
1995	title=BBC Three – BBC New Comedy Awards – About the New Comedy Awards	url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2c2lV37xlYqjHrmXCKhXfy/about-the-new-comedy-awards	publisher=BBC}}	Daniel Kitson
Silky
Lee Mack
Ambrose Martose
Viv Gee
Jeff Mirza
1996	title=BBC New Comedy Award – UKGameshows	url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/BBC_New_Comedy_Award	access-date=9 November 2021	website=UKGameshows.com}}	Chris Addison
Alan Doyle
Addy Van Der Borgh
Neil Bromley
Marian Kilpatrick
Bob May
1997	Paul Foot	Bennett Arron
Justin Lee Collins
Craig Crookston
Neil Anthony
Gareth Hughes
Peter Kay
Deirdre O'Kane
1998	Dan Antopolski	Mary Bourke
Tony Coffey
Rhodri Crooks
Danny Oakes
Dan Tetsell
Helen Pilcher
Caroline Quinlan
1999	Josie Long	David O'Doherty
Marc Small
Matthew Walters
Scott Pragnell
Colin Ward
Steve Harris
2000	Jason John Whitehead	Anthony J Brown
Angie McEvoy
Shappi Khorsandi
Paddy Bramwells
Billy Dufus
Alan Hulcoop
Des McLean
2001	Alan Carr	Marcus Birdman
Keith Carter (as "Nige")
Jarred Christmas
Michael Downey
Des Clarke
Rob Deering
Russell Howard
Justin Moorhouse
2002	Nina Conti	Dylan
Bob Kobe
Paul Kerensa
Gary Delaney
Stefano Paolini
Ninia Benjamin
Karl Spain
2003	Rhod Gilbert	Michael Anderson
Greg Cook (runner-up)
Steve Hall (runner-up)
Ava Vidal
"Lloydy the illegal street trader"
2004	Andrew Lawrence	Liam Mullone
David Nicholls
Jarlath Regan
James Sherwood (runner-up)
Danielle Ward (runner-up)
2005	Tom Allen	Edward Aczel (runner-up)
James Branch
Aaron Counter
Sarah Millican (runner-up)
John-Luke Roberts
2011	Angela Barnes	Pat Cahill
Tez Ilyas
Joe Lycett
Mark Restuccia
Chris Turner
2012	Lucy Beaumont	Pete Otway
Sunil Patel
Matt Rees
Tommy Rowson
Matthew Winning
2013	Steve Bugeja	Jonny Pelham
Ean Luckhurst
Mark Silcox
Peter Brush
Rob Carter
2014	Lost Voice Guy	Hari Sriskantha
Thomas Ward
Tom Little
Amir Khoshokhan
Brennan Reece
2015	Yuriko Kotani	Russ Peers
Athena Kugblenu
Michael Stranney
Ken Cheng
Andy Storey
2016	Jethro Bradley	Catherine Bohart
George Lewis
Michael Odewale
Lauren Pattison
Sindhu Vee
2017	Heidi Regan	Andy Field
Morgan Rees
Jacob Hawley
Aaron Simmonds
Sikisa
2018	Stephen Buchanan	Helen Bauer
Isa Bonachera
Mamoun Elagab
Sarah Mann
William Stone
2019	Janine Harouni
Mo Omar
Josh Jones
Donald Alexander
Hannah Platt
2021	Anna Thomas	Lily Phillips]]
Celya AB
Liam Farrelly
Molly McGuinness
William Thompson
2022	Dan Tiernan
Dee Allum
Omar Badaway
Robbie McShane
Marjolein Robertson
Joshua Bethania
2023	Joe Kent-Walters (as Frankie Monroe)
Hester Ectomy
Jin Hao Li
Chantel Nash
Dean T Beirne
Paddy Young
2024	Paul Hilleard
Marty Gleeson
Jake Donaldson
Dane Buckley
Maia Tassalini
Jonathan Oldfield
2025	last=Guide	first=British Comedy	date=November 20, 2025	title=Eli Hart wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2025	url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/news/8564/eli-hart-wins-bbc-new-comedy-award-2025/	access-date=2025-11-25	website=British Comedy Guide	language=en}}
Ayo Adenekan
Jess Carrivick
Shugufta Choudhry
Evaldas Karosas
Pravanya Pillay.

Notes

References

"BBC - Radio 2 - New Comedy Award 2011".
(20 June 2011). "BBC – Press Office – Radio 2 announces winner of New Comedy Award 2011". [[BBC]].
"About the BBC New Comedy Award".
"BBC Three – BBC New Comedy Awards – About the New Comedy Awards". BBC.
"BBC New Comedy Award – UKGameshows".
(11 August 2017). "BBC New Comedy finalist pulls out: News 2017".
(15 August 2019). "BBC New Comedy Awards – 2019 – 2019 Final Results – BBC Sounds". BBC.
(15 August 2019). "BBC New Comedy Awards – 2019 – 2019 Final – BBC Sounds". BBC.
Bennett, Steve. "Anna Thomas wins the BBC New Comedy Award : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".
(9 November 2022). "Dan Tiernan wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2022".
(2022-11-09). "BBC New Comedy Awards 2022, Episode 7 - Cardiff - Grand Final".
(15 November 2023). "Joe Kent-Walters wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 as Frankie Monroe".
"BBC New Comedy Awards Final 2023 - Meet host Rosie Jones, the Guest Judges and Finalists".
(14 November 2024). "Paul Hilleard wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2024".
(13 November 2024). "BBC New Comedy Awards 2024 – Results".
Guide, British Comedy. (November 20, 2025). "Eli Hart wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2025".

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