Kingswinford's king of comedy

Eli Hart's observations have seen him crowned BBC New Comedy Awards winner 2025. The black country comic says he loves bringing his deadpan style back home to the West Midlands, with 'softer' London crowds saying 'he shouldn't be so hard on himself'!

Eli tells Nina Das Gupta how his comedy career began by watching DVDs of Billy Connolly far too early, before picking up the bug for stand-up at his first ever gig, and never looking back.

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