How many seasons does Hold the Front Page have?

Hold the Front Page has 2 seasons with 12 episodes.

What network is Hold the Front Page on?

Hold the Front Page airs on Sky One.

When did Hold the Front Page premiere?

Hold the Front Page premiered on June 7, 2022.

Hold the Front Page

Name: Hold the Front Page
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Nish Kumar, Josh Widdicombe

Sky One Ended Comedy

2 Seasons · 12 Episodes · Premiered June 7, 2022 · Ended May 29, 2024

Hold the Front Page follows the highs and lows of Nish and Josh as they travel across the UK working for a different local newspaper each week, on a mission to find real local stories strong enough to make the front page. Their investigative journey around Britain sees them delve into local mysteries, take part in unusual events, cover the burning issues of the day and even involve themselves in the news or enlist a celebrity or two to help them out along the way.But with almost no journalistic experience the pair have to rely on their quick wits and natural curiosity as they attempt to get to the heart of makes each town or village tick - digging up some extraordinary scoops. This is an eye-opening look at some of Britain's amazing local communities through the lens of their local newspaper. What could possibly go wrong?

Where to Watch: Sky One

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

6 episodes

E01

Blackpool

Wed, Jan 4 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe travel around the UK working for a different local newspaper each week, beginning by heading to Blackpool. Their first assignement is to hit the seafront and get the views of locals, before meeting a strongman who is trying to set a world record for lifting a beer keg with his eye sockets.

E02

West Sussex

Wed, Jan 11 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe head to West Sussex to work for a local newspaper, on a mission to find stories strong enough for the front page.

E03

Yorkshire Post

Wed, Jan 18 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe work at the Yorkshire Post, reviewing restaurants, reporting on potholes and celebrating Emmerdale's 50th birthday.

E04

Farming Life

Wed, Jan 25 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe head to Northern Ireland to work for Farming Life, reporting on an agricultural show and trying to get an interview with Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar.

E05

Northamptonshire Telegraph

Wed, Feb 1 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe work for the Northamptonshire Telegraph, covering downhill skiing, extreme fishing and Brexit's impact on fireworks.

E06

The Scotsman

Wed, Feb 8 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe work for the Scotsman, reviewing acts at the Edinburgh Fringe, while a trip to a Highlands rocket test promises a world exclusive.

Season 2

6 episodes

E01

Isle of Wight County Press

Wed, Apr 24 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Josh and Nish head to the Isle of Wight, working for the County Press on the busiest weekend of the year – Cowes Week. Lucy Morgan and Lori Little have been co-editors for just 5 weeks and they are enlisting Josh and Nish to fill the hole in their social media coverage. There is fierce competition to get the story online first, so the pressure is really on. The boys develop a bitter rivalry with a fellow Isle of Wight journalist, meet Princess Anne, Anneka Rice and some controversial nudists, make a splash at a poo museum and get lost at sea in one of the biggest sailing races in the world.

E02

Cumbria - The Westmoorland Gazette

Wed, May 1 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Beautiful Cumbria has more than meets the eye. Unusual traditions, local legends and a mythical "beast" are all huge hits in the local press. Can Josh and Nish uncover the truth behind some seriously unexpected stories? Josh and Nish launch an investigation into the mysterious Beast of Cumbria, get screwed up at the World Gurning Competition, strangely excited by the most boring man in Britain, terrified at a pub exorcism, and star struck by boyband East 17.

E03

Costa Blanca - Euro Weekly News

Wed, May 8 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

For the first time ever, Josh and Nish are reporting overseas. In Benidorm. their demanding editors want ten stories a day. The Euro Weekly News' is the leading weekly free British newspaper published in Spain and their key vision is to "support English-speaking individuals with their integration into Spain" and it must be GOOD NEWS – Benidorm gets enough bad news from the Daily Mail. They want their readers to be proud. On a desperate hunt for news, the boys find a psychic date night, a belly-buster breakfast and are marooned in the mountains.

E04

Devon - The Moorlander

Wed, May 15 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Devon. Josh's home county. Where his dreams of being a journalist started, and where his Dad made the front page of the local paper for contesting a parking ticket…and now…finally after all these years, this is Josh's big chance to beat his Dad and get his own front page. Working for The Moorlander, a cottage industry newspaper where the only full time journalist working for the paper, Laura, is the editor, sub editor and reporter, producing a paper which over 100,000 people across the moors rely on for their news. The stakes have never been higher as the boys battle against the clock to help Laura fill the paper by resurrecting a local hero from Josh's childhood, get down and dirty with a gang of hillbillies, track down an escaped "prisoner" on Dartmoor and boldly go where no journalist has gone before at a sci-fi convention.

E05

Bradford - Telegraph & Argus

Wed, May 22 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

The West Yorkshire city of Bradford is famous for curry, culture and crime. This week the boys are tasked with finding "good news" stories to improve the city's reputation. Josh and Nish are praying for mercy as they wrestle at the Church of Wrestling, writing spicy stories about burning hot curries, viral TikTok taxi drivers, Yorkshire operas, ice hockey bullies and a campaign to clean up the city

E06

South Wales - The South Wales Argus

Wed, May 29 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

GwyliwchAllan!* The boys are off to mine for front page gold in South Wales. Reporting for a daily paper, The South Wales Argus, Nish and Josh's journalistic skills will be tested to the max with harsh deadlines and fresh challenges ...and trying out their Welsh without offending the whole nation. Nish and Josh hunt down a front page scoop in Newport; teaming up with Charlotte Church for a guerrilla gig, rapping in Welsh, seeking justice for a pebble-based crime, auditioning for Cinderella and making a bread-based portrait of Ryan Reynolds.