Asian Network Comedy - Season 3 / Year 2016
Season 3 / Year 2016
Episodes
50 years of Asian programmes
BBC Asian Network presents stand up comedy from Guz Khan's alter-ego Mobeen, Tez Ilyas, Aditi Mittal and Shaista Aziz, to celebrate fifty years of Asian programmes on the BBC.
Tommy Sandhu presents from The Drum theatre in Birmingham and takes us backstage with our comedians.
Watford Palace Theatre
Tommy Sandhu presents some of the biggest UK stand-up comedians and the hottest new talent, including Hardeep Singh Kohli, In Cahoots, Sindhu Vee, Sheraz Yousaf and Ahir Shah.
Edinburgh Fringe 2016
BBC Asian Network returns to Edinburgh for a fourth year with an evening of the best Asian talent from across the festival.
Curve, Leicester 2016
Stand-up comedy from Hardeep Singh Kohli, Dane Baptiste, Paul Sinha and Eshaan Akbar. Hosted by Tommy Sandhu in Leicester for the BBC Asian Network.
Laugh Out Loud with Asian Network Comedy
28/12/2016
Tommy Sandhu hosts a night of cutting-edge comedy. Featuring award-winning Australian stand-up Nazeem Hussain, as well as Sindhu Vee, Bilal Zafar, Rahul Kohli and Mawaan Rizwan.
Comedy from the Curve
Tommy Sandhu hosts some of the biggest UK stand-up at the Curve Theatre, Leicester. The line up includes Hardeep Singh Kohli, Eshaan Akbar, Dane Baptiste and Paul Sinha.
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