Live at the Apollo
GenreLive comedy
Presented byJack Dee
Guest hosts
Narrated byPatrick Allen
Peter Dickson
Opening theme"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series18
No. of episodes122
Production
Executive producersAddison Cresswell
Andrew Beint
Joe Norris
ProducersAlex Hardcastle
Anthony Caveney
Production locationHammersmith Apollo
Running time30–45 minutes
Production companyOpen Mike Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One (2004–15)
BBC Two (2015–)
Release6 September 2004 (2004-09-06) 
present
Related
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow

Live at the Apollo (formerly titled Jack Dee Live at the Apollo) is a British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo. The programmes are recorded, not broadcast live, but the acts perform in front of a live audience.

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.

Episode list

Viewing figures from BARB and British Comedy Guide.[5][6]

Series Episodes Originally aired
Series premiere Series finale
1 6 6 September 2004 11 October 2004
2 6 12 September 2005 17 October 2005
3 6 12 November 2007 17 December 2007
4 6 28 November 2008 16 January 2009
5 6 4 December 2009 1 January 2010
6 6 25 November 2010 1 January 2011
7 8 4 November 2011 21 January 2012
8 6 17 November 2012 4 January 2013
9 6 22 November 2013 15 January 2014
10 6 19 November 2014 2 January 2015
11 7 9 November 2015 20 December 2015
12 7 8 November 2016 20 December 2016
13 7 30 November 2017 4 January 2018
14 7 15 November 2018 22 December 2018
15 7 5 November 2019 17 December 2019
16 7 10 November 2021 15 December 2021
17 7 19 December 2022 10 February 2023
18 7 7 November 2023 18 December 2023
Specials 4 2 June 2018 28 December 2020

Series 1 (2004)

No. Host Comedian First broadcast Viewers (millions)
1x01 Jack Dee Joan Rivers 6 September 2004
1x02 Ardal O'Hanlon 13 September 2004
1x03 Jo Brand 20 September 2004
1x04 Ross Noble 27 September 2004
1x05 Omid Djalili 4 October 2004
1x06 No guest 11 October 2004

Series 2 (2005)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
2x01 Jack Dee Lee Mack 12 September 2005
2x02 Dara Ó Briain 19 September 2005
2x03 No guest 26 September 2005
2x04 Rob Brydon (in character as Keith Barret) 3 October 2005
2x05 Marcus Brigstocke and Rich Hall 10 October 2005
2x06 Julian Clary 17 October 2005

Series 3 (2007)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
3x01 Jack Dee Jason Manford and Russell Howard 12 November 2007
3x02 Jimmy Carr Alan Carr 19 November 2007
3x03 Jo Brand Michael McIntyre 26 November 2007
3x04 Lee Mack Sean Lock 3 December 2007
3x05 Joan Rivers Patrick Kielty 10 December 2007
3x06 Dara Ó Briain Stephen K. Amos and Frankie Boyle 17 December 2007

Series 4 (2008–2009)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
4x01 Michael McIntyre Rich Hall and Rhod Gilbert 28 November 2008
4x02 Al Murray (in character as The Pub Landlord) Shappi Khorsandi and Russell Kane 5 December 2008
4x03 Sean Lock Jason Manford 12 December 2008
4x04 Dara Ó Briain Frankie Boyle 19 December 2008
4x05 Lenny Henry Andy Parsons and Ed Byrne 9 January 2009
4x06 Russell Howard Jo Brand 17 January 2009

Series 5 (2009–2010)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
5x01 Jason Manford Michael McIntyre 4 December 2009 4.20
5x02 Rob Brydon Sarah Millican and Jason Byrne 11 December 2009 4.82
5x03 Al Murray (in character as The Pub Landlord) Chris Addison and Tim Vine 18 December 2009 4.66
5x04 Rhod Gilbert John Bishop 19 December 2009 6.29
5x05 Ed Byrne Adam Hills and Gina Yashere 24 December 2009 4.07[7]
5x06 Alistair McGowan Kevin Bridges and Reginald D. Hunter 1 January 2010 3.77[8]

Series 6 (2010–2011)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
6x01 Sean Lock John Bishop 25 November 2010 3.81[9]
6x02 Lee Mack Rich Hall and Danny Bhoy 2 December 2010 3.86[10]
6x03 Dara Ó Briain Greg Davies and Stewart Francis 9 December 2010 4.67
6x04 Kevin Bridges Shappi Khorsandi and Jack Whitehall 17 December 2010 4.89
6x05 Stephen K. Amos Jon Richardson and Micky Flanagan 28 December 2010
6x06 Lenny Henry Mike Wilmot and Tommy Tiernan 1 January 2011 4.26[11]

Series 7 (2011–2012)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
7x01 Micky Flanagan Seann Walsh and Jason Byrne 4 November 2011 3.02[12]
7x02 Sean Lock Ed Byrne and Lee Nelson 11 November 2011 3.21[13]
7x03 Alan Carr Andi Osho and Patrick Kielty 25 November 2011 2.68[14]
7x04 Andy Parsons Andrew Lawrence and Milton Jones 2 December 2011 3.22[15]
7x05 Rich Hall Mark Watson and Andrew Maxwell 9 December 2011 3.38[16]
7x06 Sarah Millican Steve Hughes and Russell Kane 16 December 2011 3.63[17]
7x07 Jason Manford Jimeoin and Tom Stade 14 January 2012 3.64[18]
7x08 Jack Whitehall Josh Widdicombe and Shappi Khorsandi 21 January 2012 3.02[19]

Series 8 (2012–2013)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
8x01 Dara Ó Briain Nina Conti and Danny Bhoy 17 November 2012 2.42[20]
8x02 Rhod Gilbert Kerry Godliman and Jon Richardson 24 November 2012 2.60[21]
8x03 Kevin Bridges Phill Jupitus and Sara Pascoe 1 December 2012 2.43[22]
8x04 Lee Nelson Stewart Francis and Paul Chowdhry 14 December 2012 2.56[23]
8x05 Omid Djalili Julian Clary and Reginald D. Hunter 21 December 2012 3.61[24]
8x06 Greg Davies Hal Cruttenden and Simon Evans 4 January 2013 2.76[25]

Series 9 (2013–2014)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
9x01 Eddie Izzard Josh Widdicombe and Trevor Noah 22 November 2013 2.74[26]
9x02 Jack Dee Seann Walsh and Milton Jones 29 November 2013 2.58[27]
9x03 Sean Lock Romesh Ranganathan and Marcus Brigstocke 13 December 2013 3.16[28]
9x04 Adam Hills Andi Osho and Terry Alderton 20 December 2013 2.45[29]
9x05 Jack Whitehall Katherine Ryan and Rich Hall 8 January 2014 2.23[30]
9x06 Nina Conti Jimeoin and Rob Beckett 15 January 2014 2.15[31]

Series 10 (2014–2015)

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
10x01 Sarah Millican Joe Lycett and Russell Kane 19 November 2014
10x02 Jason Manford Chris Ramsey and Doc Brown 26 November 2014
10x03 Frankie Boyle Simon Evans and Aisling Bea 10 December 2014
10x04 Jon Richardson Sara Pascoe and Nathan Caton 17 December 2014
10x05 Hal Cruttenden Justin Moorhouse and Tom Stade 27 December 2014 2.48[32]
10x06 Danny Bhoy Miles Jupp and Lee Nelson 2 January 2015 1.71

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.[33]

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
11x01 Alan Carr Francesca Martinez and Nish Kumar 9 November 2015 1.07[34]
11x02 Dara Ó Briain Zoe Lyons and Paul Chowdhry 16 November 2015
11x03 Noel Fielding Dane Baptiste and Al Porter 23 November 2015
11x04 Romesh Ranganathan Jason Byrne and Stewart Francis 30 November 2015 1.08
11x05 Katherine Ryan Henning Wehn and James Acaster 7 December 2015
11x06 Russell Kane Roisin Conaty and Nick Helm 14 December 2015 1.17[35]
11x07 Nina Conti Tanyalee Davis, Hal Cruttenden and Josh Widdicombe 20 December 2015 0.99[36]

Series 12 (2016)

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

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
12x01 Sarah Millican Tom Allen and Arj Barker 8 November 2016 1.13[37]
12x02 Josh Widdicombe Celia Pacquola and Nathan Caton 15 November 2016
12x03 Gina Yashere Ellie Taylor and Sam Simmons 22 November 2016
12x04 Adam Hills Michelle Wolf and Jamali Maddix 29 November 2016 0.75[38]
12x05 Frankie Boyle Holly Walsh and Jack Carroll 6 December 2016 1.07[39]
12x06 Joe Lycett Ivo Graham and Phil Wang 13 December 2016
12x07 Romesh Ranganathan Seann Walsh, Kerry Godliman and Spencer Jones 20 December 2016 1.78

Series 13 (2017–2018)

The thirteenth series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two from 30 November 2017.

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
13x01 Sara Pascoe Gary Delaney and Larry Dean 30 November 2017
13x02 Nish Kumar David O'Doherty and Luisa Omielan 7 December 2017
13x03 Rob Beckett Jen Brister and Darren Harriott 14 December 2017
13x04 Katherine Ryan Marlon Davis, John Robins and Joel Dommett 29 December 2017
13x05 Henning Wehn Lucy Porter and Guz Khan 31 December 2017
13x06 Dane Baptiste Desiree Burch and Chris McCausland 4 January 2018
13x07 Ed Byrne Angela Barnes and Geoff Norcott 11 January 2018

Series 14 (2018)

The fourteenth series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two from 15 November 2018.

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
14x01 Ellie Taylor Tez Ilyas and Fin Taylor 15 November 2018
14x02 Dara Ó Briain Felicity Ward and Mo Gilligan 22 November 2018
14x03 Gina Yashere Lost Voice Guy and Ed Gamble 29 November 2018
14x04 Phil Wang Brennan Reece and Rachel Parris 6 December 2018
14x05 Kerry Godliman Suzi Ruffell and Loyiso Gola 13 December 2018
14x06 Jamali Maddix Sindhu Vee and Fern Brady 20 December 2018
14x07 Sarah Millican Ahir Shah, Laura Lexx and Gary Delaney 31 December 2018

Series 15 (2019)

The fifteenth series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two from 5 November 2019.

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
15x01 Tom Allen Rosie Jones and Kae Kurd 5 November 2019
15x02 Sindhu Vee Alex Edelman and Lou Sanders 12 November 2019
15x03 Guz Khan Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rhys James 19 November 2019
15x04 Darren Harriott Jessica Fostekew and Stephen Bailey 26 November 2019
15x05 Ardal O'Hanlon Mawaan Rizwan and Sara Barron 3 December 2019
15x06 Desiree Burch Paul McCaffrey and Jonny Pelham 10 December 2019
15x07 Sara Pascoe Chris McCausland and Flo and Joan 17 December 2019

Series 16 (2021)

The sixteenth series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two from 10 November 2021. This show wasn't filmed the previous year (2020) due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
16x01 Chris McCausland Sophie Duker and Emmanuel Sonubi 10 November 2021
16x02 Loyiso Gola Scott Bennett and Helen Bauer 18 November 2021
16x03 Zoe Lyons Ria Lina and Tom Ward 24 November 2021
16x04 Larry Dean Harriet Kemsley and Slim 1 December 2021
16x05 Angela Barnes Sarah Keyworth and Tim Renkow 8 December 2021
16x06 Jen Brister Adam Rowe and Esther Manito 15 December 2021
16x07 Jason Manford Maisie Adam and Nabil Abdulrashid 22 December 2021

Series 17 (2022–23)

The seventeenth series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two from 19 December 2022.

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
17x01 Rosie Jones Eshaan Akbar and Cally Beaton 19 December 2022
17x02 Ed Gamble Tom Davis and Judi Love 6 January 2023
17x03 Kae Kurd Laura Smyth and Liam Farrelly 13 January 2023
17x04 Kiri Pritchard-McLean Catherine Bohart and Babatunde Aléshé 20 January 2023
17x05 Geoff Norcott Michelle de Swarte and Sean McLoughlin 27 January 2023
17x06 Suzi Ruffell Alfie Brown and Sikisa 3 February 2023
17x07 Tez Ilyas Spring Day and Ignacio Lopez 10 February 2023

Series 18 (2023)

The eighteenth series of Live at the Apollo was broadcast on BBC Two from 7 November 2023.

No. Host Comedian(s) First broadcast Viewers (millions)
18x01 Nabil Abdulrashid Jake Lambert and Rachel Fairburn 7 November 2023
18x02 Ria Lina Lucy Beaumont and Josh Pugh 14 November 2023
18x03 Lou Sanders Celya AB and Neil Delamere 21 November 2023
18x04 Maisie Adam Michael Odewale and Susie McCabe 28 November 2023
18x05 Emmanuel Sonubi Troy Hawke and Olga Koch 5 December 2023
18x06 Stephen Bailey Lara Ricote and Glenn Moore 12 December 2023
18x07 Tom Allen Thanyia Moore and Lloyd Griffith 18 December 2023

Specials

Assorted special episodes have been broadcast by the BBC.

No. Title First broadcast Viewers (millions)
Sx01 All Girls (part 1) 2 June 2018
Sx02 All Girls (part 2) 16 June 2018
Sx03 Pride (part 1) 25 June 2019
Sx04 Pride (part 2) 26 August 2019
Sx05 The One About… Relationships 20 August 2020
Sx06 The One About… Sex 27 August 2020
Sx07 The One About… Kids 3 September 2020
Sx08 The One About… Transport 10 September 2020
Sx09 The One About… Shopping 17 September 2020
Sx10 The One About… Celebrity 24 September 2020
Sx11 Access All Areas 18 November 2020
Sx12 Secrets of the Apollo 28 December 2020

Guest appearances

The following have appeared as a guest on the show multiple times up to and including the broadcast episodes of series 15:

Most appearances in total

14 appearances

7 appearances

6 appearances

5 appearances

4 appearances

3 appearances

2 appearances

Hosts

14 appearances as host

  • Jack Dee (includes 12 appearances as regular host, plus 2 appearances as guest host)

6 appearances as host

4 appearances as host

3 appearances as host

2 appearances as host

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