Live at the Apollo (TV series)

Live at the Apollo
Genre	Live comedy
Presented by	Jack Dee (2004–07, 2013) Guest hosts (2007—)
Narrated by	Patrick Allen Peter Dickson
Opening theme	BBC: "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	12
No. of episodes	69
Production
Executive producer(s)	Addison Cresswell, Andrew Beint and Joe Norris
Producer(s)	Alex Hardcastle, Anthony Caveney
Running time	30–45 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One (2004–15) BBC Two (2015—)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	6 September 2004 (2004-09-06) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
External links
Website

Live at the Apollo (formerly titled Jack Dee Live at the Apollo) is a British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.

Jack Dee hosted the first two series and the opening show of the third series, performing a short segment before introducing a guest comedian. Until 2015, all episodes were broadcast on BBC One. The show moved to BBC Two in November 2015. The programme was renamed for its third series which was filmed over three evenings in October 2007. The format was changed to suit with one of the night's performers assuming hosting duties.^[1]

A fourth series began transmission on 28 November 2008. It showcased a variety of the newer stand-up comedians and was rescheduled from Monday nights to Friday nights to replace Friday Night with Jonathan Ross after Ross's suspension in the wake of the Sachsgate row.^[2] After hosting the first episode, Michael McIntyre got his own show of a similar format; Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow was broadcast for a series of six episodes in 2009.^[3]

A fifth series aired in late 2009 and early 2010,^[4] the recordings of which took place in October 2009. This series was initially broadcast as edited 30 minute episodes, but the full length (45 minute) versions were then shown in May, June and July 2010.

A sixth series of Live at the Apollo began airing in late November 2010, with new episodes being recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo during September and October 2010. The episodes are 30 minutes in length but may be extended once they reach the repeat channels such as Dave and Comedy Central.

The first four series were often repeated on digital channel Dave, they are now shown on Comedy Central. The theme tune used on the BBC broadcasts (Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl") has been replaced with another instrumental piece for the digital repeats. The instrumental track is called 'Monster Funk' and is from the KPM Production Music Library. It had previously been used for the end titles of 'Live At The Apollo' but is used on the opening and closing titles for digital repeats and DVD issues.

Episode list

Series 1 (2004)

Series 2 (2005)

Series 3 (2007)

Series 4 (2008–09)

Series 5 (2009–10)

Series 6 (2010–11)

Series 7 (2011–12)

Series 8 (2012–13)

Series 9 (2013–14)

Series 10 (2014–15)

Series 11 (2015)

The eleventh series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two for the first time, beginning on 9 November 2015.^[5]

Series 12 (2016)

The twelfth series of Live at the Apollo will be broadcast on BBC Two from 8 November 2016.

Guest appearances

The following have appeared as a guest on the show multiple times up to and including the broadcast episodes of series 11:

DVD releases

Alan Carr's performance from Series 3 episode 2 appears as an extra on his stand-up DVD. Dara O'Briain's appearance on Live At The Apollo appears on his stand-up DVD as an extra.

References

External links

• Live at the Apollo at BBC Programmes
  
• Live at the Apollo at the Internet Movie Database
• Live at the Apollo at British Comedy Guide