This is a list of stand-up comedians I enjoy, including shows I’ve attended in person, own on DVD or have watched elsewhere, plus variety shows they’ve hosted and audiobooks I’ve downloaded. I’ve also included links to my detailed reviews and other mentions.
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
- Variety Shows
See also my Theatre & Concerts page for other performers & shows I’ve seen live.
Comedians
- Adam Hills:
- Best Foot Forward (Audio Autobiography)
- See mention
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 mention
- 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)
- 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)
- Live At The Apollo (TV Variety Series) – Originally hosted by Jack then guest hosts.
- Jack Whitehall:
- Live (DVD)
- Gets Around (DVD)
- At Large (Netflix) – See mention
- I’m Only Joking (Netflix) – See mention
- James Acaster:
- Repertoire (Netflix) – See mention
- Jason Manford:
- Live At The Manchester Apollo (DVD)
- Live (DVD)
- First World Problems (DVD)
- Muddle Class (Youtube)
- Like Me (Live)
- 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)
- See mention
- Before & Laughter: Book Tour Interview (Youtube)
- See review
- Gagging Order (Live)
- Terribly Funny 2.0 (Live)
- 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:
- Watching Neighbours Twice a Day… (Audio Autobiography)
- See review
- And Another Thing… (DVD)
- What Do I Do Now… (DVD)
- Bit Much (TV)
- Watching Neighbours Twice a Day… (Audio Autobiography)
- Katherine Ryan:
- In Trouble (Netflix) – See mention
- Glitter Room (Netflix)
- Backstage (Amazon Variety Series) – 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:
- Life & Laughing (Audio Autobiography) – See mention
- A Funny Life (Audio Autobiography)
- Live & Laughing (DVD)
- Hello Wembley (DVD)
- Showtime (DVD)
- Happy & Glorious (DVD) – With personalised sleeve
- Showman (Netflix) – See mention
- Comedy Roadshow (TV Variety Series)
- Big Show (TV Variety Series) – See mentions of Series 4 & Series 5 Christmas Show.
- 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)
- All Mouth (Youtube)
- 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)
- Ricky Gervais:
- Rob Brydon:
- Live (DVD)
- Ronnie Corbett:
- Live (DVD)
- Ross Noble:
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- 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 (Vimeo) – I downloaded the shows and made my own DVDs.
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- Rowan Atkinson:
- Live (DVD)
- Russell Howard:
- Live (DVD)
- Dingledodies (DVD)
- Right Here, Right Now (DVD)
- Wonderbox (DVD)
- Recalibrate (Netflix) – See mention
- 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)
- 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
Variety Shows
- DVDs:
- Live Shows:
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