Stand-Up Specials Episodes Episode guide
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ New Comedy Awards 2023
The final six heat winners compete for the prestigious New Comedy Award 2023.
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Geoff Norcott: Geofferendum
Geoff Norcott examines the limits to our belief in democracy.
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Jon Harvey: Sudden Death
Comedian, producer and writer Jon Harvey presents a stand-up show about sports and grief.
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Tom Ballard: Solastalgia
Award-winning comedian Tom Ballard tackles the climate crisis.
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Josie Long: What Next?
Multi-award-winning Josie Long examines our new reality in a stand-up motherhood memoir.
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Geoff Norcott: Well Classy
Geoff Norcott examines his class identity – and ask if he’s changed.
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Janey Godley: Still Got It
Comedian Janey Godley has lurched from controversy to cancer, and she’s still got it.
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Jen Brister: Waves
Critically-acclaimed comic and swimmer Jen Brister explores life in and out of the water.
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The Rest of Us
Mary Flanigan, Eleanor Morton and Esyllt Sears look into Great British science and tech.
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Don Biswas: Neurotopical
Don Biswas on how mental-health conditions have shaped his outlook on life and politics.
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Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff)
A comedy-science-music-show about the neuroscience of love and loneliness.
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Mike Bubbins: Retrosexual
Mike Bubbins, wearing Cuban heels and driving a Ford Cortina, whisks us back to the 70s.
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Stephen Bailey: One of Many
Stand-up special from the Mancunian comedian with a common name.
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Athena Kugblenu: Magnifying Class
Athena Kugblenu examines what it means to be upwardly mobile.
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George Fouracres: Black Country Gentlemon
A stand-up special from Wolverhampton's own, George Fouracres.
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Powerhouse
Jessica Fostekew's award-nominated stand-up show about big strong strength.
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Scrambled EGG
A comedy special. Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini explore being mixed race.
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Tessa Coates: Resting Witch Face
Tessa Coates explores the rise in modern witchcraft in young women.
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Syd
Arthur Smith tells the story of his father Syd, an ordinary man in extraordinary times.
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Alun Cochrane: Centrist Dad?
A stand-up special about centrism from Alun Cochrane.
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Lucy Porter: Back in the Family Way
In a new show Lucy Porter examines family life and how it's been affected by the pandemic.
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Jacob Hawley: Class Act
Sunday evening stand-up comedy from Jacob Hawley.
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Borderline: A postcard from the edge of the Union
Comedian Patrick Kielty sends a love letter to the UK from his hometown of Dundrum.
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Stephen Buchanan: Talking Shop
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ New Comedy Award winner Stephen Buchanan's debut stand up show for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis
To have or not to have. That's the question. About kids that is. Especially in your 40s
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Eleanor Tiernan: Success Without a Sex Tape
Comedian Eleanor Tiernan takes a stand against putting our most intimate moments online.
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Rachel Parris: Austensibly Feminist
Jane Austen's feminist credentials are weighed-up by fan and comedian Rachel Parris.
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Gemma Arrowsmith: Emergency Broadcast
Gemma Arrowsmith presents a lockdown sketch show, trapped inside Broadcasting House.
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Elvis McGonagall: Full Tartan Jacket
The stand-up poet and satirist Elvis McGonagall in excoriating form.
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Jayde Adams: From ASDA to Diva
Join Jayde Adams for her comedy special, where she brings the diva out in all of us.