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Screenshot: Latitude Festival 2023. Image shows left to right: Mark Kermode, Ellen E Jones. Credit: BBC
Screenshot: Latitude Festival 2023

Screenshot: Latitude Festival 2023

  • Radio documentary
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2023
  • 1 episode

The film and TV programme presented by Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode looks at stand-up on film. Also features Ania Magliano, Olga Koch, Romesh Ranganathan and Greg Proops.

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Screenshot: Latitude Festival 2023. Image shows left to right: Mark Kermode, Ellen E Jones. Credit: BBC

Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2023
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Features
Ellen E Jones, Mark Kermode, Ania Magliano, Olga Koch, Romesh Ranganathan and Greg Proops
Producers
Tom Whalley
Company

Latitude Festival boasts the biggest comedy line-up in the UK, so Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode take a visit to discuss the best and worst of stand-up comedy on screen.

Ellen and Mark and joined by three of the UK's biggest and brightest comedy stars from Latitude's 2023 comedy line-up - Ania Magliano, Olga Koch and Romesh Ranganathan.

Ania Magliano is an up and coming talent in the British comedy scene who, aside from selling out shows at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, writes for the viral YouTube hit Chicken Shop Date with Amelia Dimoldenberg, Frankie Boyle's New World Order and Newsjack on Radio 4. She shares with Ellen and Mark the fictional comic who makes her feel most seen.

Olga Koch is another rising star in the UK comedy scene who has appeared on Mock The Week, Pls Like, Pointless Celebrities and QI. She's written and starred in several award winning Radio 4 shows, including last year's Olga Koch: Fight and Olga Koch: OK Computer. She tells Ellen and Mark which stand-up comedy scenes make her cringe the most.

Romesh Ranganathan is a familiar face on British television, as host of shows like The Ranganation and The Weakest Link, and as a regular panellist on A League Of Their Own. He hosts For The Love Of Hip Hop on Radio 2 and co-hosts the hit podcast The Wolf And Owl with fellow comedian Tom Davis. Romesh explains to Ellen and Mark why stand-up on screen can go out of fashion fast.

Finally, comedian Greg Proops joins us for a viewing note, revealing his favourite stand-up scene.

Catch-up

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 18th August 2023 at 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
45 minutes

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