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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Award 2012: London heat

Watch highlights from the final heat of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Award.

On October 2 we took over London's legendary 100 Club with the help of our final ten shortlisted comedians. This time, they competed in front of guest judge (and 1998 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Award finalist) Dan Antopolski, who joined regular judges Steve Bennett of Chortle, Executive Producer Alison Vernon-Smith and Producer Lianne Coop. With a packed out audience and loads of talent to get through, we couldn't have found a better man for the job than our host for the night, Josh Widdecombe.

At the end of the heats, two runners-up will be selected by the judges to go straight through one of our two semi-finals. Eight more runners-up will be chosen to compete online in a wildcard vote, where you'll be able to watch more footage of each performer and vote for who you think deserves a place in the semi-final. Voting will open on October 8 on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Comedy Award homepage.

This week music comes from some of the capital's finest; Mercury Award nominated artist Jessie Ware, and hotly tipped electropop act Bastille.

Acts: Nick Dent, Andy Field, Claire Parker, Dean Sekhon, Rob Carter, Harriet Kemsley, Joe Davies, Kwame Asante, Jack Bary, Gerry Howell
Host: Josh Widdecombe
Guest judge: Dan Antopolski

Music:
Bastille
Jessie Ware

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Duration:

7 minutes