Stand Up For Live Comedy
Stand Up For Live Comedy

Stand Up For Live Comedy

  • TV stand-up
  • BBC Three
  • 2020
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Stand-up series aiming to support grassroots comedy following coronavirus lockdown. Stars Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady, Paddy Raff, Jayde Adams, Darren Harriott and Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Press clippings

Fern Brady opens up on lifeline BBC show

Fern, from Bathgate, said that the show is a lifeline for comics, many of whom have had all of their work cancelled since lockdown began in March.

Heather Carrick, Glasgow Evening Times, 15th October 2020

Review: Stand Up For Live Comedy

It's a shame that Stand Up For Live Comedy is so short.

Beyond The Joke, 27th September 2020

Review: Stand Up For Live Comedy

A review of the London recording, with Jamali Maddix, Helen Bauer, Michael Odewale and Eleanor Tiernan, with warm-up from Mark Olver.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th September 2020

Acts announced for BBC stand up shows

Some of the acts have been revealed for the forthcoming six-part series, BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy. Shows will come from venues around the UK including London, Belfast, Glasgow and Bristol. The show will be released on BBC Three, with a repeat on BBC One the following week.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th September 2020

BBC orders new stand-up series to support grassroots comedy

BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy will be filmed this summer, to support grassroots comedy talent in light of the significant impact Covid-19 has had on the stand-up comedy industry.

British Comedy Guide, 21st July 2020

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