Stand Up for the Week

Released: 2010-06-25

Runtime: 50 minutes

Episode Overview

Patrick Kielty and a regular team of stand ups: Rich Hall, Jack Whitehall, Andi Osho and Kevin Bridges give their uniquely incisive take on the week's politics, sport and celebrity news. Including how long England will stay in the World Cup, killer urban foxes and the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Filmed at the Koko club in Camden, London the show is recorded in front of a live audience with celebrities and politicians packing the bar. There is a regular guest spot - a topical public figure or celebrity guest who has to endure The Chair, and first up to make it through two minutes of lambasting by Patrick Kielty is the former MP, Lembit Opik. Plus, controversial Australian comic, Brendon Burns shares his rehab and other intimate thoughts and experiences. This new show promises to be intelligent, spiky and above all, outrageously alternative.

Series Overview

Stand Up for the Week is a British television comedy series shown on Channel 4, featuring stand-up comedy performances reflecting topical events. The show began in June 2010 with a six-episode series aired on Friday nights, moving to Saturday nights for the second series which began in March 2011. The first series was hosted by Patrick Kielty, with regular performers Jack Whitehall, Kevin Bridges, Andi Osho and Rich Hall. Bridges replaced Kielty as host for the second series, with Jon Richardson joining as a regular performer. Richardson took over as host of the show for the third series which aired in late 2011, and aside from Rich Hall returning, an otherwise entirely new group of regular performers joined the show: Seann Walsh, Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe and Paul Chowdhry. For the fourth series Andrew Lawrence replaced Rich Hall. For the fifth series, Chowdhry will take over as host but it is unknown who will replace him or if any other regulars have been replaced.