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Best Newcomers 2019
Best Newcomers 2019 Nominees
Crybabies Danger Brigade
Helen Bauer Little Miss Baby Angel Face
Huge Davies The Carpark
Janine Harouni Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
Michael Odewale #BLACKBEARSMATTER
Nigel Ng Culture Shocked
Sophie Duker Venus
Best Newcomers 2018
Best Newcomers 2018 Nominees
Maisie Adam Vague
Olga Koch Fight
Sara Barron For Worse
Sarah Keyworth Dark Horse
Sindhu Vee Sandhog
Best Newcomers 2017
Best Newcomers 2017 Nominees
Chris Washington Dream Big (Within Reason)
Darren Harriott Defiant
Ed Night Anthem for Doomed Youth
Kwame Asante Open Arms
Lauren Pattison Lady Muck
Lucy Pearman Maid of Cabbage
Rob Kemp The Elvis Dead
Best Newcomers 2016
Best Newcomers 2016 Nominees
Bilal Zafar Cakes
Brennan Reece Everglow
Jayde Adams 31
Michelle Wolf So Brave
Nath Valvo Happy Idiot
Best Newcomers 2015
Best Newcomers 2015 Nominees
Daphne Do Edinburgh Daphne Do Edinburgh
Larry Dean Out Now!
The Story Beast The Story Beast
Tom Ballard Tom Ballard: Tom Ballard: Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred
Tom Parry Yellow T-shirt
Adam Hess Salmon
Best Newcomers 2014
Best Newcomers 2014 Nominees
Dane Baptiste Citizen Dane
Gein’s Family Giftshop Geins Family Giftshop: Volume 1
Lazy Susan Extreme Humans
Lucy Beaumont We Can Twerk It Out
Steen Raskopoulos I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business
Best Newcomers 2013
Best Newcomers 2012
Best Newcomers 2012 Nominees
David Trent Spontaneous Comedian
Joe Lycett Some Lycett Hot
Sam Fletcher Good on Paper
Best Newcomers 2011
Best Newcomers 2011 Nominees
Cariad Lloyd Lady Cariad's Characters
Hannibal Buress My Name is Hannibal: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience
Holly Walsh The Hollycopter
Best Newcomers 2010
Best Newcomers 2010 Nominees
Asher Treleaven Secret Door
Imran Yusuf An Audience with Imran Yusuf
Sam Wills The Boy with Tape on His Face
Gareth Richards Stand Up Between Songs
Best Newcomers 2009
Best Newcomers 2009 Nominees
Carl Donnelly Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly!
Jack Whitehall Nearly Rebellious
Kevin Bridges An Hour to Sing for Your Soul
Pete Johansson Naked Pictures of My Life
Best Newcomers 2008
Best Newcomers 2007
Best Newcomers 2007 Nominees
Micky Flanagan What Chance Change?
Zoe Lyons Fight or Flight
Jon Richardson Spatula Pad
Best Newcomers 2006
Best Newcomers 2006 Nominees
Fat Tongue Sophie Black, Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri Burns
God's Pottery Concert for Lavert - Krister Johnson and Wilson Hall
Russell Kane Russell Kane's Theory of Pretension
Andrew Lawrence How to Butcher your Loved Ones
Best Newcomers 2005
Best Newcomers 2005 Nominees
Rhod Gilbert Rhod Gilbert's 1984
Charlie Pickering Betterman
Toulson and Harvey Stephen Harvey and Luke Toulson
Mark Watson 50 years before I die
Best Newcomers 2004
Best Newcomers 2004 Nominees
Alun Cochrane My Favourite Words in My Favourite Stories
Joanna Neary Joanna Neary is not feeling herself
Sabotage In Fine Form - Shenoah Allen, Mark Shavez
Best Newcomers 2003
Best Newcomers 2003 Nominees
Romesh Ranganathan Rom Com
Alex Horne Making Fish Laugh with Tim Key
Miles Jupp Gentlemen Prefer Brogues
Best Newcomers 2002
Best Newcomers 2002 Winner(s)
The Consultants Finger in the Wind - Justin Edwards, Neil Edmond and James Rawlings
Best Newcomers 2001
Best Newcomers 2001 Nominees
Josh Widdicombe If This Show Saves One Life
Thom Tuck Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD
Andy Zaltzman Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom
Cambridge Footlights Far too Happy - Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Day Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman
Best Newcomers 2000
Best Newcomers 2000 Nominees
Dan Antopolski Second Coming
Andrew Clover A Man of Substance in a World of Filth
David O'Doherty David O'Doherty's The Boy Who Saved Comedy
Best Newcomers 1999
Best Newcomers 1999 Winner(s)
Ben 'n' Arn's Big Top Arnold Widdowson, Ben Willbond with Bernard Hughes
Best Newcomers 1999 Nominees
The Arthur Dung Show Dave Lamb and Jim North
Infinite Number of Monkeys Sketch Comedy of Hypotheticals - Tim Fitzhigham and James Cary
Wil Anderson Wilennium
