The final of the Bath Comedy Festival New Act Competition 2025 took place at The Old Theatre Royal, Bath. All heats were held at Nowhere.
The competition attracted over 200 applications, 120 of which were long-listed in twelve heats, the winners of which took part in the Grand Final performing 7-8 minutes each, judged by a panel of comedy industry heavyweights. Here are the results:
A panel of people working in the UK live comedy sector have signed up to support the Live Comedy Association (LCA) membership organisation. The LCA Advisory Panel, announced today, includes producers, comedians, journalists, agents and academics who will meet regularly with the LCA team to help support the 1800 members from across the UK. The full membership of the panel can be found by visiting www.livecomedyassociation.co.uk
David Tennant will guest host episode 6 of the 69th series of HIGNFY, his ninth time hosting the programme.
Miles Jupp will appear as a guest panellist, his 18th time on the programme.
The other guest panellist is currently to be confirmed.
Pilgrimage is back with a brand-new series on iPlayer and BBC Two, as seven well known personalities, of differing faiths and beliefs, tackle a challenging 300km pilgrimage through the majestic and awe-inspiring Austrian and Swiss Alps.
Steve Coogan has hinted that the next Alan Partridge outing might be ‘funny and moving’ – and may even get viewers ‘choked up’.
He was talking about Partridge in an interview to promote his new film The Peguin Lessons on Radio X on the Chris Moyles Show.
Coogan also suggested that it won't be long before Partridge returns. Here's an excerpt from the interview.
Steve Coogan – SC
Chris Moyles – CM
From creative mastermind Rian Johnson and Starring Emmy® Nominee Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face Season 2 premieres exclusively on Sky and streaming service NOW on May 8 in the UK. The mystery-of-the-week series will land with 3-episodes, followed by a weekly episodic release.
A series of intimate gigs across Scotland will be raising money for suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), in the lead up to Mental Health Awareness Week (12th -18th May 2025), with performances from Tom Walker, Nina Nesbitt, Declan McKenna, Bradley Simpson, Nathan Evans & Saint PHNX and Caity Baser.
The Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025 (CWIP), the UK and Ireland’s first prize to shine a light on witty women writers, today announces a stellar line-up of judges as submissions open for the award’s fifth cycle (entries open Monday 14th April). Created by actress, author, and stand-up comedian Helen Lederer, CWIP was launched in 2019 in response to the lack of support and exposure for female comedy writing and as a way of discovering new talent.
Filming has officially begun on the new series of RTS Award-Winning BBC Comedy, Things You Should Have Done. Written by and starring BAFTA nominated Lucia Keskin, the series is a Roughcut Television production for BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
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