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The Stand Up And Deliver sets reviewed (spoilers)
Spoiler alert: This is a review of the final stand-up performances of the celebrities taking part in Channel 4's Stand Up And Deliver. While we won't reveal who won the audience vote on the night, it might spoil the surprise to learn how they performed. The episode showing sets is on All4 now and will air next Thursday, March 4, on Channel 4.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th February 2021Stand Up & Deliver review
Five comedians mentor five celebrities - from a Tory peer to the Happy Mondays singer - in the art of live comedy for charity. Even when the jokes don't land, it's a laugh.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 25th February 2021Stand Up & Deliver, review
Left-wing comedian Nick Helm coached Baroness Warsi for a Stand Up To Cancer special and they made a surprisingly delightful double act.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 25th February 2021Can a leftie comic teach a Tory baroness stand-up?
She used to chair the Conservatives. He used to perform in his underpants. Could Nick Helm turn Sayeeda Warsi into a comedian?
Michael Segalov, The Guardian, 24th February 2021Baroness Warsi compares Boris Johnson to GoT's Joffrey
Who needs enemies when you have friends like Baroness Sayeeda Warsi?
The former co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party is taking no prisoners as part of new Channel 4 comedy show Stand Up And Deliver.
Andy Halls, The Sun, 19th February 2021Stand Up And Deliver celebrity line-up revealed
Reverend Richard Coles, Shaun Ryder, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Curtis Pritchard and Katie McGlynn will take part in Stand Up And Deliver, a show for Stand Up To Cancer 2021 in which celebrities try stand-up comedy with the help of comedian mentors.
British Comedy Guide, 18th November 2020Ann Widdecombe investigates why Christianity has become a favourite for mockery by comedians. She thinks that the jokes are becoming nastier and aimed at belief itself rather than the institution. She wonders what this says about the place of Christianity in Britain today and asks whether any subject should be beyond critique. Comedians interviewed include Terry Jones and Marcus Brigstocke, plus there's input from baroness Sayeeda Warsi and former archbishop Lord George Carey.
Martin Skegg, The Guardian, 27th March 2013