Live At The Apollo is back with seven all new episodes 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 Judi Love who introduces comedians Dan Tiernan and John Kearns to the stage.

Other acts to appear throughout the series include: Babátúndé Aléshé, Chloe Petts, Lindsey Santoro, Paul Chowdhry, Ania Magliano, Ian Smith, Tim Renkow, Janine Harouni, Stuart Goldsmith, Sara Pascoe, Amy Gledhill, Eddie Kadi, Iain Stirling, Harriet Dyer, Maria Shehata, Joel Dommett, Fatiha El-Ghorrie, Jamie MacDonald.

Live At The Apollo is an Open Mike Productions production for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The Executive Producer for Open Mike is Andrew Beint, Series Producer is Anthony Caveney.

Transmission dates to be confirmed at a later date.