Comedy World Cup

Comedy World Cup
GenreComedy panel game
Written by
Directed byChris Howe
John McCormack
Presented byDavid Tennant
ComposerDamian Coldwell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersAndrew Beint
Addison Cresswell
ProducerDavid Ricketts
Production locationTeddington Studios
EditorsSteve Andrews
Del Shoebridge
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyOpen Mike Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release15 September (2012-09-15) –
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)
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Comedy World Cup is a British television comedy panel game produced by Open Mike Productions for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 15 September 2012 and last broadcast on 27 October 2012. The show is presented by David Tennant and features two teams of celebrities, consisting of a captain and two guests. In each episode the teams compete in seven rounds about British and American comedy. The show is a knock-out tournament with the winners of the first four episodes progressing into the semi-finals, and the winners of each of them compete in the final for the eponymous Comedy World Cup.