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David Baddiel's stand-up specials to air on Sky Arts in November

Tuesday 22nd October 2024, 6:07pm

David Baddiel: My Family, Not The Sitcom. David Baddiel

David Baddiel's three stand-up specials will be aired on Saturday nights on Sky Arts in November.

As first reported by BCG last year, they are newly filmed versions of the hit shows he toured between 2013 and 2021.

Recorded at London's Royal Court Theatre earlier this year, the three performances - referred to as The Not The Trilogy - are as follows:

My Family: Not The Sitcom, which will air on 9th November at 10pm, is labelled "a massively disrespectful celebration of the lives of David's late mother, Sarah, and dementia-ridden father, Colin".

Fame: Not The Musical - in which the comic examines his strange relationship with "the New Lad / Token Jew / comedy rock'n'roller / football singer-songwriter persona he's co-existed with for 30 years" - will air on 16th November at 10pm.

Trolls: Not The Dolls - in which the stand-up tells stories "of the dark, terrible and hysterically absurd cyber-paths that interacting with internet trolls has led him down" - will air on 23rd November at 10pm.

Baddiel says: "I was very happy to discover that, at my advanced age, I remembered these three shows well enough to perform them again on stage. I think that in itself was considered enough of a miracle for Sky Arts to film them."

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