Russell Kane

Greg Rusedski and Russell Tovey? Gregg Wallace and Russell Grant? Greggs the Bakers and Russell & Bromley? Of all the Greg(g)s and Russells in the world, it's Radio 1 DJ Greg James and comedian Russell Kane who team up to present this new spin on the irreverent chat show theme. The bromantic banter is sprinkled with a selection of celeb guests - tonight the featured talent includes Brit hip-hoppers Rizzle Kicks and the Haitian-American chart-topper, dirty talkin' Jason Derulo.

The inexplicable cult of Russell Kane continues to find a refuge on BBC Three, as the stand-up and his R1 DJ chum Greg James follow Unzipped and How to Win Eurovision with their first chat show.

Staying In is apparently filmed in a mock-up of the 'man den' they would live in if their tiresomely overemphasised bromance was ever consummated.

So celebrity guests including Tinie Tempah, Nicole Scherzinger and Chris 'Thor' Hemsworth can expect to be interviewed in anywhere from the kitchen to the broom cupboard. Sounds unmissable, eh? Poor old BBC Three. While its documentaries, dramas and even comedies have improved stratospherically over time, its entertainment shows are stuck in creative quicksand (Russell Howard's Good News is as wretched as it is popular), trying harder and harder while sinking faster and faster.

For those who couldn't make it to Edinburgh for the feast of comedy served at the recent Fringe festival, here's the next best thing. Kevin Bridges, no mean comic himself, playing host to the first of two stand-up selections. Russell Kane, Seann Walsh and Jason Byrne are the biggest names but don't miss the chance to catch the deliciously downbeat Andrew Lawrence, an underrated talent who's been known to squeeze laughs out of euthanasia. You'll die laughing.

TV commissioners must breathe a sigh of relief when the Edinburgh Festival comes around, offering as it does an opportunity for cheap programming with mass appeal. This week offers two such easy wins. On Friday at 10pm, the ubiquitous Seann Walsh introduces the slightly edgier end of popular stand-up at in BBC Three's Late Night Comedy Spectacular, which showcases Tom Rosenthal and The Rubberbandits.

But two-parter Comedy Festival Live 2013 is a more mainstream affair, packed to the gills with familar faces from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo et al: Jason Byrne, Russell Kane, Andrew Lawrence, Seann Walsh (again)... And all hosted by Kevin Bridges. At some point this televised stand-up bubble will burst. But not for a good while yet, it seems.

Explain yourself: Russell Kane

Russell Kane's comedy combines hyperactivity and pop culture with emotional depth.

Russell Kane: I want to see the whites of their eyes

The comedian has played some monster venues in his time, but this year he'll perform to 55 people in a shipping container. So won't they notice his nerves, his mistakes - and his hangovers?

Incoming: Russell Kane rather likes Laura Lexx

The first of The Lunchtime Special crowd let us know what to expect...

Latitude review: Russell Kane

Each broad reference of Jemima buying The Guardian at Waitrose, or whatever, is followed with an argument with the critic in his head, accusing him of being simplistic. That fictitious reviewer has a point... but it means Kane gets have his cake and eat it.

British Summer Time Festival review

It was Russell Kane's dancing synapses that made this final comedy gig of the British Summer Time Festival truly memorable.