LIVE AT THE APOLLO: COMEDIANS TAKING TO THE STAGE FOR 20th SERIES ON BBC TWO REVEALED

Live At The Apollo is back welcoming an array of established and up-and-coming stand-ups to the world-famous Apollo stage.

At the forefront of its genre, the roll call of stand-ups who have performed on the iconic Live at the Apollo set plays out like a who’s who of comedic royalty and this series is no different.

This first festive episode of the new series of the award-winning Live at the Apollo is hosted by the brilliant Josh Widdicome who introduces comedians Andrew Mensah and Harriet Kemsley.

Also appearing in the 20th series will be Mo Gilligan, Laura Smyth, Josh Pugh, Dara O Briain, Felicity Ward, Jack Skipper, Desiree Burch, Finlay Christie, Suzi Ruffell, Ivo Graham, Catherine Bohart, Nabil Abdulrashid, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Eshaan Akbar, Angela Barnes, Tom Davis, Kae Kurd and Louise Young.

Live at the Apollo has been instrumental in building the careers of some of Britain’s biggest comedy stars from Michael McIntyre to John Bishop, Mo Gilligan to Katherine Ryan.

Since launching in 2004 as Jack Dee Live at the Apollo, as the show was originally called, it has featured such household names as Joan Rivers, Romesh Ranganathan, Kevin Bridges, Lee Mack, Alan Carr, Nish Kumar, Sir Lenny Henry, Jack Whitehall, Eddie Izzard, Tom Allen, Sarah Millican and Nina Conti.

Live At The Apollo returns this Christmas on BBC Two.