BBC New Comedy Awards: South - Alexandra Palace
01:50 am - 02:20 am, Friday, June 5 on BBC Three (23)
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South - Alexandra Palace
Season 2025, Episode 3
Alexandra Palace in north London, venue of the BBC's first ever television broadcast, stages the south of England heat, as comics Blank Peng, Fab Goualin, Sharifa Butterfly, Sydney May and Evaldas Karosas battle it out to book their place in this year's grand final showdown. Host Sara Pascoe is joined by stand-up comics Catherine Bohart and Michael Odewale, who appear alongside Fatiha El-Ghorri on the panel of judges
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Sara Pascoe
(Host)
Fatiha El-Ghorri
(Judge)
Catherine Bohart
(Judge)
Michael Odewale
(Judge)
Lindsay Jex
(Series producer)
Lucy Ansbro
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Sara Pascoe
(Host)
Born:
May 22, 1981
in
Dagenham
Best Known For:
Being a comedian.
Early-life:
Sara was born in Dagenham on May 22, 1981, the daughter of Derek Pascoe, vocalist and saxophonist in 1970s pop group Flintlock. Sara went on to study English at the University of Sussex. She began performing stand-up in 2007.
Career:
Pascoe first appeared in her own show at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010. Since then, she has toured around the UK and appeared on a number of TV panel shows, including Mock the Week, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and QI. She has also acted in The Thick of It, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Campus, Twenty Twelve and W1A. In 2016, she published Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body.
Quote:
'I don't think there are any subjects you can't joke about because human beings are forgiving of subject matter when we find things funny.'
Trivia:
Pascoe is a vegan. In 2014, she was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show.
Fatiha El-Ghorri
(Judge)
Catherine Bohart
(Judge)
Michael Odewale
(Judge)
Lindsay Jex
(Series producer)
Lucy Ansbro
(Executive producer)
