
Heat one: Edinburgh
For our very first heat of our search for the next ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio New Comedy Award winner, we headed to the world famous Edinburgh Fringe festival.
Host Susan Calman whipped the audience up into a frenzy before our ten competitors took to the stage to perform for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra audience, under the watchful eyes of guest judge (and former winner) Dan Antoposki and heat judges Alison Vernon-Smith (Executive Producer, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Comedy) and Steve Bennett (Editor, Chortle).
You can find out who made to to the semi-finals by tuning into ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra on Friday 6th September at 22:30.
Host: Susan Calman
Guest judge: Dan Antopolski
Acts: Alexander Bennett, Chris Grady, Dan Fardell, Daryl Perry, Hari Sriskantha, James Loveridge, Keiron Nicholson, Patrick Morris, Simon D Heaven, Sofie Hagen
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