Roast Battle

Roast Battle
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GenreComedy
Satire
Stand-up comedy
Created byBrian Moses
Jeff Ross
Written byAiden Spackman
Christine Rose
Dan Swimer
Dominic English
Geoff Norcott
James Farmer
Jesse Joyce
Directed byLiz Clare
Presented byJimmy Carr
StarringKatherine Ryan
Russell Brand (series 1)
Jonathan Ross (series 2–3)
Brian Moses
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageBritish
No. of series4
No. of episodes22
Production
Executive producersBrian Moses
Emma Clarke
Gabe Turner
Jeff Ross
Jill Offman
Jimmy Carr
Louise Holmes
Suzi Aplin
ProducerMia Cross
EditorsAndy Kinnear
Jason Boxall
Philip Lepherd
Original release
NetworkComedy Central
Release15 January 2018 (2018-01-15) –
17 February 2020 (2020-02-17)
Related
Comedy Central Roasts
Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle
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Roast Battle is a British roast comedy show that is broadcast on Comedy Central.[1] The show is hosted by Jimmy Carr and features comedians facing each other in roast battles.[1]

The show was created by American comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses and is based on their Comedy Central series Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on which Carr has appeared as a contestant.[2]

  1. ^ a b Logan, Brian (15 January 2018). "Roast battles and insult comedy? No thanks. We're British". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ Zinoman, Jason (29 July 2016). "Insult Comedy as Blood Sport: The Rise of the Roast Battle". The New York Times. New York City, New York, United States. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.