Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow is a British stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

 television series hosted by comedian Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre

Michael Hazen James McIntyre is an English stand-up comedian. He is well known for appearing at many British stand-up comedy events and for several roles on television stand-up programmes such as Live at the Apollo and his own show, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow...

 from different venues around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The first series was broadcast with six episodes in 2009. Each episode features a routine from McIntyre, followed by three other comedians before the headline act. A second six episode series in the same format followed in 2010.

The BBC have confirmed that a special one hour Christmas episode will transmit on 25 December 2011.

Production

The series was commissioned in February 2009 following the success of Live at the Apollo. Hosted by stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre

Michael Hazen James McIntyre is an English stand-up comedian. He is well known for appearing at many British stand-up comedy events and for several roles on television stand-up programmes such as Live at the Apollo and his own show, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow...

, the series aimed to bring acts "new to a BBC One

BBC One

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 Saturday night audience". The Series is often repeated on Comedy Central (UK and Ireland) and is broadcast in high-definition

High-definition television

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 on BBC HD

BBC HD

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 and Comedy Central HD.

Series 1 (2009)

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| Edinburgh Playhouse

Edinburgh Playhouse

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| Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert

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| Kevin Bridges

Kevin Bridges

Kevin Bridges is a Scottish stand-up comedian.-Stand-up:Bridges began performing on the small stage when he left school shortly after his 17th birthday, doing stand-up comedy gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and then throughout the UK. At 18 he reached the final of Channel 5's So you think...

Stewart Francis

Stewart Francis

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Mark Watson

Mark Watson (comedian)

Mark Andrew Watson is an English stand-up comedian and novelist.-Early life:Watson was born in Bristol to Welsh parents and attended Henleaze Junior school and then Bristol Grammar School, where he won the prize of 'Gabbler of the year', before going to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied...

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| Manchester Apollo

Manchester Apollo

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| Jason Manford

Jason Manford

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| John Bishop

John Bishop (comedian)

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Mick Ferry
Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican is an English stand-up comedian. Millican won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.-Career:...

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| Birmingham Hippodrome

Birmingham Hippodrome

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| Shappi Khorsandi
| Steve Hughes

Steve Hughes

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Tom Stade

Tom Stade

Tom Stade is a Canadian comedian, who moved to Edinburgh, UK, with his wife Trudy and their two children in 2003. He is known for his appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as appearing on British TV shows such as The Comedy Store, The Live Floor Show, Stand Up For The Week and The World...

Paul Tonkinson

Paul Tonkinson

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| Swansea Grand Theatre

Swansea Grand Theatre

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| Sean Lock

Sean Lock

Sean Lock is an English comedian and actor. He began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian. He won the British Comedy Award in 2000 in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. He is also well known for his appearances on television and radio...

| Alun Cochrane

Alun Cochrane

Alun "The Cockerel" Cochrane is a Scottish stand-up comedian. He was born in Glasgow and raised in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.-Stand-up comedy:...

Ava Vidal

Ava Vidal

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Steve Williams
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| Belfast

Belfast

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 Waterfront Hall

Waterfront Hall

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| Patrick Kielty

Patrick Kielty

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| Neil Delamere
Kerry Godliman

Kerry Godliman

-Television:She has appeared in Law of the Playground, Spoons, Rush Hour, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Home Time.She appears in the 2011 Birds Eye polar bear commercial for their new frozen king prawns.-External links:* at Chortle*...

Jeff Green

Jeff Green (comedian)

Jeff Green is an English comedian and writer. He lives in Victoria, Australia with his wife and two children.- Stand-up :...

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| Brighton Dome

Brighton Dome

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| Al Murray

Al Murray

Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray , is a British comedian best known for his stand-up persona, The Pub Landlord, a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy...

(as The Pub Landlord)
| Jo Caulfield

Jo Caulfield

Josephine Caulfield is a British actress, writer and comedian.-Biography:Born in Wales to Irish parents, she was brought up in Derbyshire and Leicestershire England....

Micky Flanagan

Micky Flanagan

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Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson (entertainer)

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Series 2 (2010)

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| Glasgow Theatre Royal
| Kevin Bridges

Kevin Bridges

Kevin Bridges is a Scottish stand-up comedian.-Stand-up:Bridges began performing on the small stage when he left school shortly after his 17th birthday, doing stand-up comedy gigs at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow and then throughout the UK. At 18 he reached the final of Channel 5's So you think...

| Craig Campbell
Milton Jones

Milton Jones

Milton Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and is a recurring guest panellist on Mock the Week...

Daniel Sloss

Daniel Sloss

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| 18 September 2010
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| Sunderland Empire

Sunderland Empire

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| Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican

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| Simon Evans

Simon Evans

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Imran Yusuf

Imran Yusuf

Imran Yusuf is a British stand-up comedian. Yusuf came to notice following rave reviews and a Best Newcomer nomination for the at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010 and appearing on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, both in the summer of 2010.-Early life and career:Yusuf is a kokni Muslim born...

Jimeoin

Jimeoin

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| 25 September 2010
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| Blackpool Grand Theatre

Blackpool Grand Theatre

Blackpool Grand Theatre is a theatre in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Since 2006, it has also been known as the National Theatre of Variety. It is a Grade II* Listed Building.-History:...

| John Bishop

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| Terry Alderton

Terry Alderton

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Miles Jupp

Miles Jupp

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Justin Moorhouse
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| Olympia Theatre Dublin

Olympia Theatre, Dublin

The Olympia Theatre is a concert hall/theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street.-History:Built in 1879, it was originally called the "Star of Erin Music Hall". Two years later in 1881, it was renamed "Dan Lowrey's Music Hall" and was renamed again in 1889 to "Dan Lowrey's Palace of...

| Tommy Tiernan

Tommy Tiernan

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| Keith Farnan
Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

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Zoe Lyons

Zoe Lyons

-Stand-up Career:Lyons graduated from the University of York in 1992 with a degree in psychology; in 2004 she was crowned winner of the Funny Women Awards. Since then, she has toured the UK stand up circuit, as well as playing regular gigs in London and Brighton...

| 9 October 2010
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| Bristol Hippodrome

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| Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding

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| Hal Cruttenden
Mike Gunn
Seann Walsh

Seann Walsh

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| 16 October 2010
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| Leeds Grand
| Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon

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| Sean Collins

Sean Collins

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Andi Osho

Andi Osho

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Jack Whitehall

Jack Whitehall

Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall is an English comedian, television presenter and actor, best known for hosting the E4 show Big Brother's Big Mouth in 2008, Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth in January 2009, and the Channel 4 topical entertainment show the TNT Show.-Early life:Whitehall was born in...

| 23 October 2010
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Christmas Special (2011)

The BBC have confirmed that Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow will return for an hour long Christmas special on 25 December 2011.
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| HMV Hammersmith Apollo
| To Be Announced
| To Be Announced, To Be Announced, To Be Announced
| 25 December 2011
| TBA
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Series 3

It is yet to be confirmed by the BBC whether the show will return for a third series. In a recent interview, Michael McIntyre stated that a third series may not be made until late 2012 due to his Arena tour taking place in the first half of 2012.

International broadcast

In Australia

Australia

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, season one and two aired back-to-back on ABC1

ABC1

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 each Saturday at 9:20pm (moved to 9:35pm for season two) from 18 September 2010. Episodes also made available from the ABC iView

ABC iView

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 catch-up service.

Reception

The series peaked with 5.5 million viewers for the first episode, which also gained 1.17 million views on BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer

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, the third highest for the year to 13 December 2009 behind Top Gear. In The Times

The Times

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, David Chater said that "If this roadshow is anything to go by, the quality of stand-up in Britain is at an all-time high." The series was nominated in the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme category for the 2009 British Comedy Awards

British Comedy Awards

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