Gold's Christmas gag competition returns

TV comedy channel Gold has announced the return of its annual Christmas cracker joke competition, for a tenth year.

The broadcaster is again challenging the British public to write their best festive gags inspired by the events of the last 12 months.

Last year’s winner, crowned by public vote, was: "Why are people cutting back on Brussels sprouts this Christmas? The cost of gas is too high".

And 2020’s winner mocked Dominic Cummings drive to Barnard Castle during Covid restrictions: ‘What is Dominic Cummings’ favourite Christmas song? Driving Home for Christmas.’

This year, writers could get inspiration from sporting moments such as England’s Lionesses winning the Euros, or pop culture events such as Will ​Smith’s Oscar slap as well as the political world turmoil surrounding Boris Johnson’s resignation and Liz Truss’s ascent.

The best jokes will be shortlisted by a panel led by comedy critic Bruce Dessau, who said: ‘This competition is a wonderful opportunity for the British public to share their best comedic offerings. As a nation, we’ve got a great collective sense of humour, so it’s a pleasure to be able to read all the fantastic entries each year. As the age old saying goes, "if you don’t laugh…"

Gerald Casey, Gold channel director, said: ‘Each year it puts a smile on my face to know that the British public are able to reflect with an unwavering sense of humour and I’m so pleased Gold’s Christmas Cracker competition is still going strong ten years on.’

The competition is open from today until 11.59pm on Monday October 17.The winner will receive £1,500 experience vouchers, and a festive food and drink hamper plus a set of Gold Christmas crackers featuring their joke and five closest runners-up.

Nine runners-up will also receive a Christmas hamper and box of bespoke crackers.

HOW TO ENTER

Open to all UK residents aged 18 and over. To enter:

• Follow @GoldChannel and tweet a Christmas-themed joke from your personal Twitter account including #GoldCrackers
• Gold is looking for the most original festive jokes that put a comedy twist on the news agenda or pop culture across the past year
• Jokes must be original content and suitable for a family audience (eg no swear words or offensive content)
• The joke entry must be included within one tweet (ie. not be more than 280 characters including #GoldCrackers)
• Multiple entries are allowed
• All entrants must follow @GoldChannel (so we can notify the winners) - but the @GoldChannel twitter handle does not need to be included in the joke entry
• Competition ends at 23:59 on October 17, 2022

Further information on the terms and conditions are here.

Published: 3 Oct 2022