Live at the Apollo (TV series)
No Host Comedian ( s ) First broadcast Viewers ( millions )
4x01 Michael McIntyre Rich Hall and Rhod Gilbert 28 November 2008 N/A
4x02 Al Murray ( in character as The Pub Landlord ) Shappi Khorsandi and Russell Kane 5 December 2008 N/A
4x03 Sean Lock Jason Manford 12 December 2008 N/A
4x04 Dara Ó Briain Frankie Boyle 19 December 2008 N/A
4x05 Lenny Henry Andy Parsons and Ed Byrne 9 January 2009 N/A
4x06 Russell Howard Jo Brand 17 January 2009 N/A
Episode list -- Series 4 ( 2008–09 )
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. 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. 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. A fifth series aired in late 2009 and early 2010, 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.