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Stand Up for the Week

British television comedy series

Field	Value
image	Stand Up for the Week.JPG
image_size	220
runtime	50 minutes
presenter	Patrick Kielty
Kevin Bridges
Jon Richardson
Paul Chowdhry
starring
network	Channel 4
country	United Kingdom
language	English
first_aired
last_aired
location	KOKO, Camden, London
Clapham Grand, Clapham, London
num_series	5
num_episodes	42
company	Open Mike Productions

Kevin Bridges Jon Richardson Paul Chowdhry Clapham Grand, Clapham, London 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, moving to Saturday nights for the second series which began in March 2011. 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. For the fourth series Andrew Lawrence replaced Rich Hall. For the fifth series, Chowdhry took over as host and new regulars Angela Barnes, Simon Evans and Romesh Ranganathan replaced Chowdhry, Lawrence and Pascoe. In October 2015 Channel 4 confirmed there are no plans to produce more episodes of the show.

Format

Each episode features an introduction and performance from the host, and routines from the regular performers with the first two series also including routines from a guest performer. Some of the regular performers have specific themes. In the first series Whitehall's routine focused on celebrity news, Osho's on the internet, and Bridges' on sport, with Richardson taking on this theme at the start of the second series.

The first series also featured a segment called "The Chair", in which a celebrity guest sat through a two-minute comedy routine about themselves from Kielty, after which they had 30 seconds to talk about or defend themselves.

Production

The first two series were recorded at KOKO in Camden, London, in front of a live audience.

Episodes

Series 1

Episode	Guest performer	"The Chair" guest
1	Brendon Burns	Lembit Öpik
2	Mark Watson	Peter Shilton
3	Micky Flanagan	John McCririck
4	Tom Stade	Bez
5	Stephen K. Amos	Chico
6	Steve Hughes	Chantelle Houghton
7	**
8	**

Series 2

Episode	Guest performer	Original airdate
1	Micky Flanagan
2	Seann Walsh
3	Mike Wilmot
4	Paul Chowdhry
5	Carl Donnelly
6	Josh Widdicombe
7	Tom Stade
8	Neil Delamere
9	Andrew Lawrence
10	Dave Fulton

Series 3

Episode	Original airdate
1
2
3
4
5
6

Series 4

Episode	Original airdate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Series 5

Episode	Original airdate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

References

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

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