Stand Up Central | |
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Genre | Stand-up comedy |
Presented by | Russell Howard (2015–16) Chris Ramsey (2017) Rob Delaney (2018–) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 36 |
Production | |
Producers | Jason Dawson (series 1–2) Mark Iddon (series 3–4) |
Running time | 30 minutes (including adverts) |
Production company | Avalon Television |
Release | |
Original network | Comedy Central |
Original release | 29 April 2015 – present |
Rob Delaney's Stand Up Central (formerly known as Russell Howard's Stand Up Central and Chris Ramsey's Stand Up Central) is a British stand-up comedy television show. It started broadcasting on Comedy Central on 29 April 2015, and ran for ten episodes. [1]
The series features Delaney performing stand-up in front of a live audience at the Electric Ballroom in Camden and answering questions from social media. Each week also features two guests performing stand-up. The second series began broadcasting on 25 May 2016. [2]
In 2017, it was announced a third series was ordered, with Chris Ramsey replacing Howard, who could not return to present the series due to touring commitments. [1] In 2018, for the fourth series, the host was Rob Delaney. [3]
Episode | Air date | Howard's topics | Guests |
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1x01 | 29 April 2015 | Russell talks about running the Bath Half Marathon, discusses male massage and answers questions about time travel, feminism and Transformers. | Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar |
1x02 | 6 May 2015 | Russell talks about the ridiculousness of homophobia, answers a question on bullying and sniffs the audience. | Rob Delaney, Tiff Stevenson |
1x03 | 13 May 2015 | Russell talks about kids of yesteryear, happiness and answers a question on time-travelling masturbation. | Joe Wilkinson, Sofie Hagen |
1x04 | 27 May 2015 | Russell reads Fifty Shades of Grey and answers questions on university, ghosts and milking a cow. | Doc Brown, Paul McCaffrey |
1x05 | 3 June 2015 | Russell talks masturbation in the cinema, uniform dating and answers questions on cannabis and super powers. | Katherine Ryan, Daniel Simonsen |
1x06 | 10 June 2015 | Russell talks weird people, twerking and Geordie Shore , and answers questions on the Yorkshire accent and penis puppy. | Andrew Maxwell, Phil Wang |
1x07 | 17 June 2015 | Russell explains the many ways his mum embarrasses him, and answers a question on bad Christmas presents. | Roisin Conaty, Sean McLoughlin |
1x08 | 24 June 2015 | Russell talks about an amusing ringtone, and answers questions on cats, wizards, and what cheers him up. | Carl Donnelly, Iain Stirling |
1x09 | 1 July 2015 | Russell explains Nigel Farage's worst nightmare and answers questions on signing boobs and the Queen's last words. | John Robins, Jarlath Regan |
1x10 | 8 July 2015 | Russell talks Mothering Sunday and people who state the obvious, plus answers questions on fame and the worst thing about school. | Nick Helm, Chris Kent |
Episode | Air date | Howard's topics | Guests |
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2x1 | 25 May 2016 | Russell talks bread, wonky vegetables and cleavage. Plus answers questions on Lego and self-pleasure in space | Jimmy Carr, Darren Harriott |
2x2 | 1 June 2016 | Russell talks erotic buckaroo, landline phones and weird sex, plus answers questions on literature and older women. | Joe Lycett, Rhys James |
2x3 | 8 June 2016 | Russell talks adult colouring in books and gluten, plus answers questions on the Queen's seduction methods and STD penguins. | Chris Ramsey, Yuriko Kotani |
2x4 | 15 June 2016 | Russell talks Tom Jones, pant throwing and RnB music with a West Country edge. | James Acaster, Kiri Pritchard McLean |
2x5 | 22 June 2016 | Russell talks jellyfish stings and brotherly love. | Bridget Christie, Ivo Graham |
2x6 | 29 June 2016 | Russell talks racial tension and lady wrestling, plus answers questions on Youtubers and tickling chickens. | Seann Walsh, Jonny Pelham |
2x7 | 6 July 2016 | Russell talks about being an uncle and middle class muggers, plus answers questions on how to get out of work. | Isy Suttie, Steve Williams |
2x8 | 13 July 2016 | Russell talks about his love of women, from their distinctive laughs to his mum's brilliant brain. | Josie Long, Stuart Goldsmith |
2x9 | 20 July 2016 | Russell answers questions on Percy Pigs, Marmite and Muslims and also reveals his most awkward sexual moment. | Tommy Tiernan, Steve Bugeja |
2x10 | 27 July 2016 | Russell talks about depressed dogs and regretful flashers, plus answers questions on sex from a virgin. | Ed Gamble, Fern Brady |
Episode | Air date | Guests |
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3x1 | 27 September 2017 | Al Murray, Desiree Burch |
3x2 | 4 October 2017 | Tez Ilyas, Joel Dommett |
3x3 | 11 October 2017 | Marlon Davis, Lee Nelson |
3x4 | 18 October 2017 | Tom Lucy, Nish Kumar |
3x5 | 25 October 2017 | Rose Matafeo, Dane Baptiste |
3x6 | 1 November 2017 | James Acaster, Pierre Novellie |
3x7 | 8 November 2017 | Carl Hutchinson, Tom Allen |
3x8 | 15 November 2017 | Jason Cook, Ellie Taylor |
Episode | Air date | Guests |
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4x1 | 10 October 2018 | Jon Richardson, Nigel Ng |
4x2 | 17 October 2018 | Sara Pascoe, Tom Ward |
4x3 | 24 October 2018 | Glenn Moore, Mo Gilligan |
4x4 | 31 October 2018 | Ahir Shah, Luisa Omielan |
4x5 | 7 November 2018 | Emily Lloyd-Saini, Iain Stirling |
4x6 | 14 November 2018 | Rob Auton, Suzi Ruffell |
4x7 | 21 November 2018 | Flo & Joan, Paul Chowdhry |
4x8 | 28 November 2018 | Adam Hess, Joe Wilkinson |
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