Stand Up & Deliver
- TV factual
- Channel 4
- 2021
- 2 episodes (1 series)
Five celebrities try stand-up comedy for the first time. Features Richard Coles, Shaun Ryder, Sayeeda Warsi, Curtis Pritchard, Katie McGlynn and more.
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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 2021Jason Manford teaches Shaun Ryder to be stand-up comic
The pair teamed up for Channel 4's Stand Up And Deliver, a two-part series starting tonight where comics teach famous faces how to be funny. "Shaun's got severe ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)," Jason explains. "So remembering things, collecting information and taking on new thoughts, it's been a real challenge."
Katie Begley, The Mirror, 24th February 2021Shaun Ryder swore 121 times during 10 minute set
The Happy Mondays frontman dropped a staggering 110 f***s, six sh*ts, two c***s, two a***s and a b*****ks in his ten minute set on Stand Up And Deliver.
Andy Halls, The Sun, 21st 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 2020Celebs think they can be comics? What a joke
Steve N Allen writes: "As a professional stand-up, who has been working on the circuit for years, I find the idea of celebrities learning the art of comedy in a two-part reality series pretty insensitive".
Steve N Allen, The Independent, 5th October 2020C4 new job-swap show insult to corona-cancelled comics
The only thing worse than reality TV stars is watching bad stand-up. NME's resident comedian Alexandra Haddow asks: why combine the two?
Alexandra Haddow, NME, 2nd October 2020