Jack Gleadow named Hilarity Bites New Act Of The Year 2014

Jack Gleadow is the 2014 Hilarity Bites New Act Of The Year.

Hull comedian Gleadow pipped runner-up Jack Campbell, Gaye Jones, Marc Jennings, Jack Evans and Frazer Letham to the title and scooped the £200 prize at Sloans Bar in Darlington, as part of the town’s comedy festival.

Neil Jollie, of Hilarity Bites, said: “Congratulations to Jack on winning a very strong competition, and adding the Hilarity Bites award to his Hull Comedian of the Year title.

“Runner-up Jack Campbell recently beat many established names to the English Comedian of the Year title, which just shows the standard of the final, and I’m sure we’ll see much more from all six finalists.”

Previous Hilarity Bites winners include Andrew Ryan, Matt Winning, Andy Fury and Freddy Quinne.