The BEST episodes of Live at the Apollo
Every episode of Live at the Apollo ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Live at the Apollo!
At the forefront of its genre, the roll-call of stand-ups who have performed in front of the famous Live At The Apollo lights plays out like a who's who of comedic royalty. Each episode sees a national (and sometimes international) stand-up both compering and performing, before introducing two of the best established and up-coming stand-ups to the stage.
#2 - Jack Dee & Omid Djalili
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/2004
Jack Dee performs live at the Apollo in Hammersmith, joined by Omid Djalili and a celebrity-packed audience.
#3 - Rhod Gilbert, Kerry Godliman and Jon Richardson
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2012
Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert introduces stand-up from the world-famous Hammersmith Apollo. He is joined by Kerry Godliman, and Jon Richardson at his misanthropic best.
#4 - Jack Dee & Dara O'Briain
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/2005
Jack is joined by Irish comic Dara O'Briain, whose set includes advice on how to put know-all doctors in their place, reveals and includes an improvisation of a koala being a phone sex operator. Jack sets his sights on Ellen MacArthur, the Olympics and on audience members including Tracey Emin and Jayne Middlemiss.
#5 - Jack Dee & Keith Barret
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/2005
Jack's guest is Wales's most famous divorcee, Keith Barret. Keith's inept attempt to give a lecture about relationships has the audience in stitches, as he stumbles through a disastrous slide show. Jack's own set takes in rough council estates, service stations, the SAS and decking out his house with freebies from hotels.
#6 - Lee Mack, Rich Hall, Danny Bhoy
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/2/2010
Lee Mack, comedian and star of BBC One sitcom Not Going Out, presents sets from American comic Rich Hall and Scotland's very own Danny Bhoy.
#7 - Sean Lock, Ed Byrne, Lee Nelson
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2011
This episode from the world famous Hammersmith Apollo features Sean Lock as host. Special guests are the inimitable Ed Byrne and the well good Lee Nelson.
#8 - Rob Brydon, Sarah Millican and Jason Byrne
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/12/2009
Stand-up comedy from the world-famous Hammersmith Apollo. BAFTA-nominated actor and comedian from the Valleys Rob Brydon hosts. His special guests are funny lady Sarah Millican and Ireland's Jason Byrne.
#9 - Jo Brand & Michael McIntyre
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2007
Comedian Jo Brand hosts special guest Michael McIntyre. In the firing line are Simon Cowell, Labiaplasties, football referees and flaming terrorists.
#10 - Jack Dee
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/2005
Jack Dee's solo show of the series.
#11 - Jack Dee & Lee Mack
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2005
Joining Jack on stage tonight is one of the UK's hottest stand-ups, star of The Sketch Show, Lee Mack. Guest stars include the cast of Footballers Wives, Michael Buerk, Quentin Wilson and Spice Girl Melanie C, and members of the public get the chance to text Jack with jokes, comments and abuse.
#12 - Jack Dee
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/2004
Jack Dee performs a full set live at the Apollo in Hammersmith, to an audience packed with celebrities.
#13 - Jack Dee & Ardal O'Hanlon
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/2004
Jack Dee performs live at the Apollo in Hammersmith, joined by Ardal O'Hanlon and a celebrity-packed audience.
#14 - Sarah Millican, Steve Hughes, Russell Kane
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/2011
Host Sarah Millican is joined by Australian funnyman Steve Hughes and the award-winning Russell Kane.
#15 - Jack Whitehall, Josh Widdicombe, Shappi Khorsandi
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2012
Stand Up for the Week star Jack Whitehall presents comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo, with Josh Widdicombe and Shappi Khorsandi.
#16 - Dara O'Briain, Stewart Francis, Greg Davies
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/9/2010
Mock the Week's Dara O Briain takes to the stage of London's Hammersmith Apollo to wax comically lyrical and to introduce Canadian one-liner specialist Stewart Francis and towering stand-up Greg Davies.
#17 - Jason Manford, Tom Stade, Jimeoin
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/2012
Host Sarah Millican is joined by Australian funnyman Steve Hughes and the award-winning Russell Kane.
#18 - Andy Parsons, Andrew Lawrence, Milton Jones
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2011
Mock the Week star Andy Parsons hosts stand-up comedy from the Apollo, with special guests including the fantastic Andrew Lawrence, and one-liner king Milton Jones.
#19 - Kevin Bridges, Shappi Khorsandi, Jack Whitehall
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/2010
Stand-up comedy from the world-famous Hammersmith Apollo. Scottish comic Kevin Bridges introduces sets from Shappi Khorsandi and Jack Whitehall.
#20 - Rhod Gilbert and John Bishop
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/2009
Welsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert hosts, with a rapturous guest appearance from Liverpudlian John Bishop.
#21 - Al Murray, Chris Addison and Tim Vine
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/18/2009
The pub landlord Al Murray hosts, before introducing special guests Chris Addison and pun-meister Tim Vine.
#22 - Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/2008
Ireland's king of comedy Dara O Briain hosts another evening of comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo, introducing his Celtic comedy soul brother Frankie Boyle.
#23 - Sean Lock, Jason Manford
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2008
The cream of British stand-up comedy cut loose at London's world famous Hammersmith Apollo as Sean Lock introduces Jason Manford.
#24 - Michael McIntyre, Rich Hall, Rhod Gilbert
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/28/2008
The BAFTA-nominated Live at the Apollo presents the best of British stand-up comedy, as Michael McIntyre introduces Rich Hall and Rhod Gilbert at the Hammersmith Apollo, London.
#25 - Jack Dee & Joan Rivers
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2004
Jack Dee performs live at the Apollo in Hammersmith, joined by Joan Rivers and an audience packed with celebrities.