This is a list of stand-up comedians I enjoy, including gigs I’ve attended in person, DVDs & downloads I’ve purchased, and other shows I’ve watched on TV and online. Along the way I’ve included links to my detailed reviews and other mentions.
There is also a section on Variety Shows at the end of this post, with live gigs, DVDs and TV shows featuring a mixture of comedians that I’ve enjoyed.
If you want to jump to my live reviews, so far I’ve attended comedy gigs by:
- Chris McCausland
- Dara Ó Briain
- Festival Of The Spoken Nerd
- Jason Manford
- Jimmy Carr
- Maisie Adam
- Sarah Millican
See also my Theatre & Concerts page for other performers & shows I’ve seen live.
Comedians
- Adam Hills:
- Characterful & Joymonger (Youtube)
- Inflatable (DVD)
- Stands Up Live (TV) – I recorded this on to DVD.
- Happyism (DVD)
- Clown Heart (DVD)
- Best Foot Forward (Audio Autobiography)
- See mention.
- Al Murray:
- My Gaff, My Rules (DVD)
- Glass Of White Wine For The Lady (DVD)
- Giving It Both Barrels (DVD)
- Live At The Palladium (DVD)
- Barrel Of Fun (DVD)
- Beautiful British Tour (DVD)
- The Only Way Is Epic (DVD)
- One Man, One Guvnor (DVD)
- Alan Davies:
- Live At The Lyric (Youtube)
- Urban Trauma (DVD)
- Life Is Pain (DVD)
- Little Victories (DVD)
- Bec Hill:
- Bec In 1 Hour (NextUp Comedy)
- I’ll Be Bec (NextUp Comedy)
- See mention from Backyard Comedy Club in March 2018.
- Brian Conley:
- The Brian Conley Show (TV Series)
- Alive & Extra Dangerous (DVD) – See mention.
- Chris Addison:
- Live (DVD)
- Chris McCausland:
- Chris Ramsey:
- All Growed Up (DVD)
- Is That Chris Ramsey? (Youtube)
- Approval Needed (Amazon)
- Dara Ó Briain:
- Live At The Theatre Royal (DVD)
- Talks Funny (DVD)
- This Is The Show (DVD)
- Craic Dealer (DVD)
- Crowd Tickler (DVD)
- Voice Of Reason (Amazon)
- So… Where Were We? (Live)
- Dave Gorman:
- Are You Dave Gorman? (TV Series)
- Important Astrology Experiment (TV Series)
- Googlewhack Adventure (Youtube)
- Stand-Up Live (Youtube)
- Modern Life Is Goodish (TV Series) – See mentions of Series 5 & Youtube uploads.
- Terms & Conditions Apply (TV Series) – See mention.
- Dawn French:
- 30 Million Minutes (TV)
- Ed Byrne:
- Pedantic & Whimsical (DVD)
- Different Class (DVD)
- Crowd Pleaser (DVD)
- Roaring Forties (Amazon) – See mention.
- Outside, Looking In (Amazon) – See mention.
- Spoiler Alert (TV) – See mention.
- Ed Gamble:
- Blood Sugar (Amazon) – See mention.
- Festival Of The Spoken Nerd:
- Full Frontal Nerdity (DVD)
- Just For Graphs (DVD)
- You Can’t Polish A Nerd (DVD) – See mention.
- An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail (Live) – See reviews from Backyard Comedy Club & Bloomsbury Theatre in March 2018, July 2019 & January 2020.
- Greg Davies:
- Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog (DVD)
- The Back Of My Mum’s Head (DVD)
- You Magnificent Beast (Netflix) – See mention.
- Harry Hill:
- Live (Youtube)
- Man Alive (Youtube)
- First Class Scamp (DVD)
- Birdstrike! (Youtube)
- Hooves (DVD)
- Sausage Time (DVD)
- Jack Dee:
- Live At The Duke Of York’s Theatre (DVD)
- Live At The London Palladium (DVD)
- Live And Uncut (DVD)
- Live At The Apollo (DVD)
- Live Again (DVD)
- So What? (DVD)
- Jack Whitehall:
- Live (DVD)
- Gets Around (DVD)
- At Large (Netflix)
- I’m Only Joking (Netflix) – See mention.
- What A Flanker Interview (Youtube) – See mention.
- James Acaster:
- Repertoire (Netflix) – See mention.
- Jason Manford:
- Live At The Manchester Apollo (DVD)
- Live (DVD)
- First World Problems (DVD)
- Muddle Class (TV)
- See review.
- Like Me (Live) & Recent Nostalgia (TV)
- A Different Stage (Album)
- See review.
- Assembly Bangers (Album)
- See review.
- Jimmy Carr:
- Live (DVD)
- Stand Up (DVD)
- Comedian (DVD)
- In Concert (DVD)
- Telling Jokes (DVD)
- Making People Laugh (DVD)
- Being Funny (DVD)
- Laughing & Joking (DVD)
- Funny Business (Netflix)
- The Best Of Ultimate Gold: Greatest Hits (Netflix)
- His Dark Material (Netflix)
- Gagging Order (Live)
- Terribly Funny 2.0 (Live)
- Youtube Mentions:
- Joe Lycett:
- I’m About To Lose Control (Amazon) – See mention.
- John Bishop:
- Elvis Has Left The Building (DVD)
- Sunshine (DVD)
- Rollercoaster (DVD)
- Supersonic (DVD)
- Winging It (DVD) – See mention.
- Jon Richardson:
- Funny Magnet (DVD)
- Nidiot (DVD)
- Old Man (DVD) – See mention.
- Josh Widdicombe:
- And Another Thing… (DVD)
- What Do I Do Now… (DVD)
- Bit Much (TV)
- Watching Neighbours Twice a Day… (Audio Autobiography)
- See review.
- Katherine Ryan:
- In Trouble (Netflix) – See mention.
- Glitter Room (Netflix)
- Backstage (Amazon) – See review.
- Missus (TV) – See review.
- Lee Evans:
- Live At Her Majesty’s Theatre (DVD)
- Live From The West End (DVD)
- Different Planet (DVD)
- Live In Scotland (DVD)
- Wired & Wonderful (DVD)
- XL (DVD)
- Roadrunner (DVD)
- Big (DVD)
- Monsters (DVD)
- Lee Mack:
- Live (DVD)
- Going Out (DVD)
- Hit The Road Mack (DVD)
- Maisie Adam:
- Vague (NextUp Comedy)
- See review.
- Frank’s Fund (Live)
- Buzzed (Live)
- Vague (NextUp Comedy)
- Mark Watson:
- Michael McIntyre:
- Live & Laughing (DVD)
- Hello Wembley (DVD)
- Showtime (DVD)
- Happy & Glorious (DVD) – With personalised sleeve
- Showman (Netflix) – See mention.
- Comedy Roadshow (TV Series)
- Big Show (TV Series) – See mentions of Series 3, Series 4 Christmas show, Series 5 Christmas show & Series 6.
- Life & Laughing (Audio Autobiography) – See mention.
- A Funny Life (Audio Autobiography)
- Micky Flanagan:
- Out Out (DVD)
- Back In The Game (DVD)
- An’ Another Fing (DVD)
- Nina Conti:
- Talk To The Hand (DVD)
- Dolly Mixtures (DVD)
- In Your Face (Amazon) – See mention.
- Her Master’s Voice (Amazon) – See mention.
- Paul Zerdin:
- No Strings (Youtube) – See mention.
- All Mouth (Youtube) – See mention.
- Hands Free (Youtube) – See mention.
- Peter Kay:
- Live At The Top Of The Tower (DVD) – See mention.
- Live At The Bolton Albert Halls (DVD)
- The Tour That Didn’t Tour (DVD)
- Rhod Gilbert:
- The Book Of John (DVD) – See mention.
- I’ll probably get his older DVDs at some point too.
- Ricky Gervais:
- Rob Beckett:
- Rob Brydon:
- Live (DVD)
- Ronnie Corbett:
- Live (DVD)
- Ross Noble:
- Unrealtime (DVD) – See mention.
- Sonic Waffle (DVD)
- Randomist (DVD)
- Fizzy Logic (DVD)
- Australian Trip (DVD) – Documentary series from Fizzy Logic tour.
- Nobleism (DVD)
- Things (DVD)
- Headspace Cowboy (DVD) – Plus DVDs I made of scenes he posted on Youtube.
- Nonsensory Overload (DVD)
- Mindblender (DVD)
- Brain Dump (Download) – See mention. I bought and downloaded these from Vimeo and made my own DVDs. The shows are no longer online.
- Rowan Atkinson:
- Live (DVD)
- Russell Howard:
- Live (DVD)
- Dingledodies (DVD)
- Right Here, Right Now (DVD)
- Wonderbox (DVD)
- Recalibrate (Netflix)
- Stands Up To The World (TV Series) – See mention.
- Lubricant (Netflix) – See mention.
- Sarah Millican:
- Chatterbox (DVD)
- Thoroughly Modern Millican (DVD)
- Home Bird (DVD)
- Outsider (DVD)
- Control Enthusiast (DVD)
- Bobby Dazzler (Live & Download)
- Sean Lock:
- Live (DVD)
- Lockipedia (DVD)
- Purple Van Man (DVD)
- Keep It Light (DVD)
- Stephen Fry:
- More Fool Me (Amazon)
- Stephen Merchant:
- Hello Ladies (DVD) – See review.
- Tim Vine:
- Live (DVD)
- So I Said To This Bloke (DVD)
- Punslinger (DVD)
- Joke-Amotive (DVD)
- Tim Timinee, Tim Timinee, Tim Tim To You (DVD)
- Sunset Milk Idiot (DVD) – See mention.
- Other Mentions:
Variety Shows
A selection of shows I’ve seen live, bought on DVD or watched on TV.
- Live Shows:
- DVDs:
- TV & Online Shows:
- Comedy Store Live
- See mention of online compilation.
- Funny Festival Live
- See mention.
- Jonathan Ross’s Comedy Club
- See mention.
- Live At The Apollo
- See mentions of Christmas shows in 2017, 2019, 2021 & 2022.
- See mentions of Access All Areas & Secrets Of The Apollo.
- Lost Voice Guy’s Christmas Comedy Club 2021 & 2022
- Stand Up & Deliver
- See mention.
- The 13 Million Club
- See mention.
- Comedy Store Live
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