BBC New Comedy Awards - Season 5 / Year 2025

Season 5 / Year 2025
Episodes

West - Bristol
The BBC's biggest comedy talent search is celebrating its 30th birthday, and we're heading to Bristol, where five comics will compete in the first of six knock-out heats.

Midlands - Birmingham
The BBC's biggest comedy talent search heads to Birmingham, where five comics will compete in the second of six knock-out heats to bag their place in the grand final.

South: Alexandra Palace
The BBC's biggest comedy talent search is celebrating its 30th birthday, and we're heading to London, where five comics will compete in the third of six knock-out heats.

North: Newcastle
The BBC's biggest comedy talent search heads to Newcastle as five comics compete in the fourth of six knock-out heats to bag their place in the grand final.

Scotland - Glasgow
The BBC's biggest comedy talent search heads to Glasgow, where five comics will compete in another heat to bag their place in the grand final.

Northern Ireland - Belfast
The BBC's biggest comedy talent search heads to Belfast, where five comics will compete in the last of six knockout heats to bag their place in the grand final.

Final
Almost 1,000 applied. Thirty battled it out at regional heats. And now, six finalists take to the stage in their bid to win over the judges and be crowned BBC New Comedian 2025.
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