The Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala 2025
Comedy of the Week
BBC
4 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Comedy fans can catch the nominees for The Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025 in this showcase for BBC Radio 4.
Guaranteed to be packed with laughs, this special will be hosted by last year’s Best Comedy Show winner, Amy Gledhill.
The prestigious awards is celebrating its 45th year and is recognising a Best Newcomer and a Best Show. In this gala, hosted by 2024 Best Show winner Amy Gledhill, we'll hear from all the nominees to give listeners around the UK the chance to hear the cream of this year’s Edinburgh crop. The gala was recorded at the Gilded Balloon, one of the Edinburgh Fringe’s iconic comedy venues.
Nominated for Best Show are: Ian Smith, Katie Norris, Ed Night, Sam Jay, John Tothill, Sam Nicoresti, Creepy Boys and Dan Tiernan
Nominated for Best Newcomer are: Molly McGuinness, Toussaint Douglass, Ada & Bron, Elouise Eftos, Ayoade Bamgboye, Kate Owens and Roger O'Sullivan.
Host: Amy Gledhill Producer: Georgia Keating Production Co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow Edited by Giles Aspen Recorded by Sean Kerwin
Recorded at The Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh. A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's that time of year again where for one month and one month only, the historic streets of Edinburgh are overtaken with brightly coloured flyers and ambitiously arranged a cappella groups. |
| 0:15.0 | And thousands of comedians call things like Joe or Joe. It really is a magical month for comedy lovers and we've gathered the best and brightest |
| 0:26.6 | for your delight. Please put your hands together for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala |
| 0:31.2 | 2025! I'm Amy Gledhill |
| 0:41.4 | and we are very excited to be recording this awards gala |
| 0:44.2 | for BBC Radio 4, The Home of Audio Comedy. |
| 0:48.1 | This is your front row seat to the best and hottest comedians of the year |
| 0:52.5 | as chosen by a panel of both industry experts |
| 0:55.3 | and comedy punters. And trust me, they know what they're talking about. They really do pick |
| 1:01.0 | some unmissable shows by incredible comedians like Steve Coogan, Rose Mattafeo, Tim Key, Sarah Milliken, |
| 1:08.6 | Aheir Shah, Bridget Christie, Frank Skinner, and me. |
| 1:12.7 | Yes, that's right, me. Amy Gledhill, winner of Best Show 2024 with Make Me Look Fit on the poster. |
| 1:20.2 | Hold for applause. |
| 1:23.9 | Thanks so much. |
| 1:25.8 | This year, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards are co-sponsored by Nika Burns, |
| 1:30.2 | Donald Taffner of DLT Entertainment and the Victoria Wood Foundation. |
| 1:35.2 | It's also the award's 45th birthday, 45 years old. |
| 1:39.6 | That's nearly half a century of helping to launch comedian's careers |
| 1:43.0 | and making it easier |
| 1:44.6 | for the producers of Taskmaster to pick their line-ups. |
| 1:49.3 | Cheeky, cheeky. |
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