Stand Up for the Week

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Stand Up for the Week
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Presented by Patrick Kielty
Kevin Bridges
Jon Richardson
Paul Chowdhry
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes42
Production
Production locations KOKO, Camden, London
Clapham Grand, Clapham, London
Running time50 minutes
Production companyOpen Mike Productions
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release25 June 2010 (2010-06-25) 
20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)

Stand Up for the Week is a British television comedy series that was 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, [1] moving to Saturday nights for the second series which began in March 2011. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] For the fourth series Andrew Lawrence replaced Rich Hall. [5] For the fifth series, Chowdhry took over as host and new regulars Angela Barnes, Simon Evans and Romesh Ranganathan replaced Chowdhry, Lawrence and Pascoe. [6] In October 2015 Channel 4 confirmed there are no plans to produce more episodes of the show. [7]

Contents

Format

Each episode features an introduction and performance from the host, and routines from the regular performers with the first two series also including routines from a guest performer. Some of the regular performers have specific themes. In the first series Whitehall's routine focused on celebrity news, Osho's on the internet, and Bridges' on sport, [3] with Richardson taking on this theme at the start of the second series. [8]

The first series also featured a segment called "The Chair", in which a celebrity guest sat through a two-minute comedy routine about themselves from Kielty, after which they had 30 seconds to talk about or defend themselves. [9]

Production

The first two series were recorded at KOKO in Camden, London, in front of a live audience. [3] The third series switched to the Clapham Grand in South London. [4] An unaired "try out" episode was made before filming of the first series began. [10]

Episodes

Series 1

EpisodeGuest performer"The Chair" guestOriginal airdate
1 Brendon Burns Lembit Öpik 25 June 2010
2 Mark Watson Peter Shilton 2 July 2010
3 Micky Flanagan John McCririck 9 July 2010
4 Tom Stade Bez 16 July 2010
5 Stephen K. Amos Chico 23 July 2010
6 Steve Hughes Chantelle Houghton 30 July 2010
7
Compilation episode
20 August 2010
8
Compilation episode
27 August 2010

Series 2

EpisodeGuest performerOriginal airdate
1 Micky Flanagan 12 March 2011
2 Seann Walsh 19 March 2011
3 Mike Wilmot 26 March 2011
4 Paul Chowdhry 2 April 2011
5 Carl Donnelly 9 April 2011
6 Josh Widdicombe 16 April 2011
7 Tom Stade 23 April 2011
8 Neil Delamere 30 April 2011
9 Andrew Lawrence 7 May 2011
10 Dave Fulton 14 May 2011

Series 3

EpisodeOriginal airdate
14 November 2011
211 November 2011
319 November 2011
425 November 2011
52 December 2011
69 December 2011

Series 4

EpisodeOriginal airdate
127 April 2012
24 May 2012
311 May 2012
418 May 2012
525 May 2012
61 June 2012
78 June 2012
815 June 2012
922 June 2012
1029 June 2012

Series 5

EpisodeOriginal airdate [11]
11 November 2013
28 November 2013
315 November 2013
422 November 2013
529 November 2013
66 December 2013
713 December 2013
820 December 2013

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