Show Me the Funny
Host
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
All of the participants continued to perform for at least a decade after broadcast. Probably the most successful was semi-finalist Ellie Taylor, though Tiff Stevenson and Ignacio Lopez went on to make themselves familiar faces on panel shows and Alfie Moore had his own Radio 4 series It's a Fair Cop. Aside from Monahan, the other contestants were Prince Abdi, Stuart Goldsmith, Rudi Lickwood, Dan Mitchell, and actor Cole Parker.
Guest judges on the show were:
- Jimmy Tarbuck
- Bob Mortimer
- Ross Noble
- Jo Brand
- Johnny Vegas
- Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball
Web links
The show publicised the hashtag #smtf.