The BEST episodes of Live at the Apollo season 2
Every episode of Live at the Apollo season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Live at the Apollo season 2!
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.
#1 - Jack Dee & Julian Clary
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/2005
Joining Jack on stage is Julian Clary, who whips the audience into a frenzy with a set where no one is safe from his wit. Jack delivers a set lambasting cold calling for gas, phone and electricity, and he also lays into chemists, mobile phones and even vacuum cleaners.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Jack Dee
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/2005
Jack Dee's solo show of the series.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Jack Dee, Marcus Brigstocke & Rich Hall
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/2005
Marcus Brigstocke performs a stand-up set that includes his observations on everything from Pacman to Britain's 'special relationship' with America, while laconic American Rich Hall explains how Bill Gates defies gravity and exposes the secret formula behind the plots to Tom Cruise films. In Jack's own set, he teases audience guests including Neil and Christine Hamilton.