Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar will star in the show
Sky has announced a new six-part TV series about local news, the Press Gazette revealed today.
Hold The Front Page will see Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe head out to bag a front-page exclusive for a local newspaper.
The six-part series comes on the back of a successful pilot last year in which the comedians wrote a series of articles for the West Sussex Gazette, which was founded in 1853 and lays claim to being England’s oldest newspaper.
They also filed a match report from the Carabao Cup tie between Crawley Town and Gillingham, which finished 9-10 after penalties.
Sky has announced a six-part TV series for the autumn called Hold The Front Page that will see Josh Widdicombe and Nish Kumar work for a different local newspaper across the UK each week "on a mission to find real local stories strong enough to make the front page".
— Press Gazette (@pressgazette) August 3, 2022
But they’ll be hard pressed to find better stories than the 20 JOE compiled in 2016.
Here’s the best of the competition:
1. “Why did you call me a pirate, Miss?” “Because you arrrrrr.”
Photo: @Adiwoodley
2. There’s something in the water in Hackney.
Photo: @DanOgus1
3. They probably deserved it.
Photo: @Viking_Beard_Co
4. Full investigation on pages 2 – 38
Photo: @MetalOllie
5. I thought they closed that place down.
Photo: @OliverJudson
6. So disrespectful.
Photo: @manstondrive
7. Who you gonna call? Seriously, who do you call in this scenario?
Photo: @CosRyan
8. Finally, some good news.
Photo: @theJeremyVine
9. So much blood.
Photo: @carolinemenzies
10. We’ve already got 100,000 signatures.
Photo: @fergup
11. Big question: who won?
Photo: @doolishofmann
12. To the tune of ‘Panic’ by The Smiths.
Photo: @NationRadio
13. A nation mourns.
14. Even heroes need saving sometimes.
Photo: @TigerTaggart
15. It’s always in the last place you look.
Photo: @PaulChantler
16. That’s just a list of words.
Photo: @BGillan82
17. The same pair?
Photo: @dids_1977
18. Harsh. Elton was just trying to get some stuff off his chest.
Photo: @BristolBestof
19. Well, shit. Well, shit. *bwark* Well, shit.
Photo: @Nottsvthetories
20. The prisoner assured the judge he was only shoplifting.
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