Stand-Up Hero
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Host
Ed Byrne (pilot)
Brendon Burns
Broadcast
Baby Cow Productions and Signal TV for ITV4, 1 February to 7 December 2010 (Pilot + 7 episodes in 1 series)
Sypnosis
Do you feel that your career is getting nowhere? Looking for that little bit of exposure on a mid-ranking digital television channel? Want to appear all altruistic and lovely when buying eight hours' of advertising? Then Stand-Up Hero could be right for you.
Comedians who hadn't enjoyed "significant" television exposure were encouraged to send three-minute clips, and a brief blurb about themselves, to the organisers. Some of the best were invited along to regional auditions, from where the cream went to the national final.
A leading men's magazine funded the programme, including a generous £10,000 prize to the eventual champion. A pilot programme in early 2010 led to a full series that autumn. A second series wasn't made, ITV concentrated on their own comic search show Show Me the Funny 2011.
Trivia
Advertiser funder by FHM.
Champions
2009 Marlon Davis
2010 Josh Widdicombe
Web links
Press release announcing the 2010 competition
