Stand Up for Live Comedy - Season 1

Kicking off the series in Bristol, local comedian Jayde Adams introduces Mo Omar, who shares the pros and cons of being a Somalian refugee in Wales. Newcastle comic Lauren Pattison extols the joys of being a Geordie and 24-year-old rising star Tom Lucy picks apart the complications of youth. Jayde gives us an insight into growing up in Bristol and why the dulcet West Country accent is the best in the world.

Host Paddy Raff welcomes Manchester's own Rachel Fairburn, who unpicks the joys of sisterhood, newcomer Mary O'Connell explains why she's a bad feminist and direct from Holywood, Belfast, Shane Todd breaks down sectarianism over a coffee. Paddy rounds off the comedy with an insight into what makes a Belfast audience unique.

Tonight Stand Up For Live Comedy rolls into Birmingham for another batch of the freshest new comics from the Midlands. Host, Darren Harriott, recalls the colourful characters he met whilst working the door at Digbeth's hottest night spots, before welcoming on stage, Bella Hull who makes her TV debut with some excellent time saving tips, Texas- born comedian Kemah Bob discusses the differences between Americans and Brits, while Chris Washington fills the audience in on lockdown fitness pursuits and his quest to bring back bullsh*t.

Glasgow plays host to the fourth instalment of Stand Up For Live Comedy with host Fern Brady at the helm. Joining her in front of a raucous Glaswegian audience is Edinburgh lass, Kimi Loughton, who discusses the joys of being a godmother, Andy Field who casts his unique and quirky eye over every day mundane things and charmingly awkward London comic Toussaint Douglass, who enlightens the locals with joyfully absurd tales of growing up in Lewisham, and life with his girlfriend.

This week it's Margate's turn to play host to Stand Up For Live Comedy. Filmed at Dreamland's iconic Roller Room in front of a socially distanced audience, this episode features the hottest new comics on the stand up scene, all of which are attempting to kick-start their careers in the wake of Covid-19. Welsh comic, Kiri Pritchard-McLean is at the helm welcoming Vlad Ilich, who shares his unique take on being a millennial Eastern European living in the UK. Plus new-comer, Priya Hall, who jokes about cat-fights with her mum, how her nan became a legend and what it's like to grow up as a mixed race kid in the Valleys of Wales. Jonny Pelham completes the line up with his self-deprecating set about manning up, finding love and being weird.

The final episode of the series rolls into London with some of the very best new comics from the capital and beyond. Jamali Maddix kicks things off with his experiences of ‘original' Covid and what's going on in London at the moment. Next on stage is Michael Odewale, who enlightens the audience about reverse revenge and black-on-black crime. Irish comic Eleanor Tiernan admits to overthinking everything and having a weird personality, and Helen Bauer rounds off the evening with tales of getting her tit out and eating her own body weight in cheese.