Two superstar comedians from two different generations are on Sunday Brunch this week.
Russell Howard is on because he is promoting his new live stand-up special on Netflix which is released on December 14. Howard returns to Netflix with a two-part instalment featuring his second stand-up comedy special striving to make sense of a world that is spinning out of control, Lubricant and documentary mapping his attempts to keep performing throughout the Covid 19 pandemic, Until The Wheels Come Off.
In 2019 Russell Howard was about to prepare for the biggest world tour of his career. He had just got married, was turning 40 and was celebrating his 20th year in comedy. For the first time in his career, he was allowing cameras to follow his life and witness one of the world’s biggest comedians performing at the peak of his powers, whilst also navigating huge changes in his personal life. Then bats got involved ..
As Russell's wife resumed duties on the NHS front line, he was sent to his parents to lockdown in his childhood bedroom. What followed was 18 months of the strangest gigs of his career - the starting, the stopping, the tents, the stadiums, and even travelling across the world to New Zealand, culminating with taping his latest stand-up special, Lubricant in London.
Until the Wheels Come Off is the story of a comedy obsession persevering through the grip of a global pandemic.
Ben Elton, meanwhile returns to the live stand-up scene with a London run for his latest show. 15 years in the making and two years late (thanks to Covid), the multi-award winning comedy writer and undisputed Godfather of modern stand-up Ben Elton, finally brings his critically acclaimed show to the West End. This long awaited London season is the climax of a massive sold out UK and international tour and also marks Ben’s 40th year in showbusiness.
Where better to celebrate a lifetime of laughter than in his home town and within heckling distance of where it all began at the legendary Comic Strip in February 1981. Ben will play a two week residency at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 20 – 30 December. Tickets are available here.
Sunday Brunch, Sunday, Decmber 11, C4, 9.00am
