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 2020Review: Stand Up For Live Comedy
It's a shame that Stand Up For Live Comedy is so short.
Beyond The Joke, 27th September 2020Review: 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 2020Acts 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 2020BBC 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