Stand Up Central

Stand Up Central
GenreStand-up comedy
Presented byRussell Howard (2015–16)
Chris Ramsey (2017)
Rob Delaney (2018–)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes36
Production
ProducersJason Dawson (series 1–2)
Mark Iddon (series 3–4)
Running time30 minutes
(including adverts)
Production companyAvalon Television
Original release
NetworkComedy Central
Release29 April 2015 (2015-04-29) –
present
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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]

  1. ^ a b "Chris Ramsey takes over from Russell Howard on Stand Up Central". British Comedy Guide. 9 May 2017.
  2. ^ "RUSSELL HOWARD RETURNS TO COMEDY CENTRAL UK WITH SECOND SERIES OF HIT STAND-UP SHOW". Avalon Management. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Who's on Rob Delaney's Stand-Up Central? : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.