Stand Up for the Week

Stand Up for the Week
Presented byPatrick Kielty
Kevin Bridges
Jon Richardson
Paul Chowdhry
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes42
Production
Production locationsKOKO, Camden, London
Clapham Grand, Clapham, London
Running time50 minutes
Production companyOpen Mike Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release25 June 2010 (2010-06-25) –
20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)
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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]

  1. ^ Sweney, Mark (14 June 2010). "Channel 4 lines up topical standup show hosted by Patrick Kielty". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Current Comedy Series". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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  4. ^ "New line-up for Stand Up For The Week". British Comedy Guide. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Andrew Lawrence joins fourth Stand Up For The Week series". British Comedy Guide. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Stand Up For The Week announces new line-up". British Comedy Guide. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  7. ^ "C4 drops Stand Up for the Week". Chortle. 9 October 2015.