Am I starting too many threads?
Just thought I'd mention this one though as I went to the recording last night and it's on Monday night BBC Three as the lovely British Comedy Guide people have mentioned.
I was very impressed (I currently live in Hackney and work next door to the Hackney Empire plus it was free! so despite my reservations about Chris Moyles I went along).
Firstly he was actually OK and has lost a lot of weight which is irrelavant but a little bit of personal interest/ gossip for you.
And secondly if you like stand up give it a watch. It may not come across so well on TV but me and the 8 people I went with all enjoyed it, as did the crowd although we were knackered by the time Jason Byrne came on and couldn't be bothered to answer his questions. He still got the laughs though.
I think there were about 10-12 comics on including quite a few from Hackney, the more well known ones were:
Jason Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Doc Brown, Mark Watson, Ava Vidal, Josie Long and the guy who's won a few newcomer act awards lately whose name I've forgotten.
Also they may not show them but they had three youngsters from Hackney coached by the others performing for the first time who did really well and Greg James off Radio 1 doing something with cakes 
Shame you don't see the warm up guy because he was great too.
Not everything hit the mark but overall there were lots of laughs so I'd be interested to see how it goes down on TV.
JP
I love Doc Brown
It was just a reference to a bit of his set which was one of my favourites on the night.