Show Me the Funny

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== Host ==
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== Co-hosts ==
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Judges:<br>
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Judges: [[Alan Davies]] and [[Kate Copstick]]
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Guest Judges:<br>
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[[Jimmy Tarbuck]],<br>
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[[Bob Mortimer]]
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== Broadcast ==
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Big Talk Productions for ITV1, 18 July 2011 to present
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Big Talk Productions for ITV1, 18 July to 25 August 2011 (7 episodes in 1 series)
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== Synopsis ==
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Ten undiscovered comedians compete at gigs around the country in a bid to be crowned The Next Big Stand-up.
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Ten undiscovered comedians compete at gigs around the country in a bid to win £100,000, a multi-date UK tour and their very own DVD release.
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== Champion ==
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Pat Monahan, who was a warm-up man for ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' replacing [[Andy Collins]].
== Trivia ==
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The show did OK for the first half of the first episode with 3.6m viewers but 1.4m switched off before the second half of the first episode, which ended up with 2.2m viewers.
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A decade on, all of the participants are still performing. Probably the most successful is semi-finalist [[Ellie Taylor]], while finalist Tiff Stevenson is a familiar face on panel shows, and Alfie Moore has his own Radio 4 series ''It's a Fair Cop''. Prince Abdi, Stuart Goldsmith, Rudi Lickwood, Ignacio Lopez, Dan Mitchell and the champion Patrick Monahan all continue to play the comedy circuit, and Cole Parker is an actor.
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Guest judges on the show were:
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*[[Jimmy Tarbuck]]
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*[[Bob Mortimer]]
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*Ross Noble
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*[[Jo Brand]]
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*[[Johnny Vegas]]
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*Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball
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== Web links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Me_The_Funny Wikipedia entry]
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[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/show_me_the_funny/ British Comedy Guide entry]
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{{hashtag|smtf}}
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== See also ==
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[[Weaver's Week 2011-08-07#Show Me the Funny|Weaver's Week review]]
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Current revision as of 21:57, 28 August 2024

Contents

Host

Jason Manford

Co-hosts

Judges: Alan Davies and Kate Copstick

Broadcast

Big Talk Productions for ITV1, 18 July to 25 August 2011 (7 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

Ten undiscovered comedians compete at gigs around the country in a bid to win £100,000, a multi-date UK tour and their very own DVD release.

Champion

Pat Monahan, who was a warm-up man for The Paul O'Grady Show replacing Andy Collins.

Trivia

A decade on, all of the participants are still performing. Probably the most successful is semi-finalist Ellie Taylor, while finalist Tiff Stevenson is a familiar face on panel shows, and Alfie Moore has his own Radio 4 series It's a Fair Cop. Prince Abdi, Stuart Goldsmith, Rudi Lickwood, Ignacio Lopez, Dan Mitchell and the champion Patrick Monahan all continue to play the comedy circuit, and Cole Parker is an actor.

Guest judges on the show were:

Web links

Wikipedia entry

British Comedy Guide entry

The show publicised the hashtag #smtf.

See also

Weaver's Week review

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