At last, here is your chance to see the Gilded Balloon’s flag ship show Late’n'Live on your telly box! Combining interviews with the stars who were there and exclusive, never seen before archive – filmed at the world’s most notorious late night comedy club, LATE’N’LIVE GUIDE TO COMEDY reveals what live stand up is really all about.
For the past 25 years Edinburgh Fringe audiences have watched comedians battle against hecklers at the Gilded Balloon’s flagship show LATE’N’LIVE. These people are renowned as the comedy world’s most unpredictable audience. LATE’N’LIVE is known to many as the comedians’ graveyard, with some performances there becoming the cautionary tales of comedy folklore, but that hasn’t deterred some of the best known names in comedy wanting to take on the LATE’N’LIVE crowd.
For a television audience raised by on-screen-fare like ‘Live at The Apollo’ and ‘The Michael MacIntyre Roadshow’, LATE N LIVE’S GUIDE TO COMEDY is a revelation. To fans of live stand up it will be riveting viewing – seeing and hearing for the first time how top stand-ups deal with the world’s most unpredictable audience.
Now for the first time, narrated by LATE’N’LIVE veteran performer Lynn Ferguson, together with face to face interviews with the comedians who also performed there and exclusive archive footage, LATE’N’LIVE Guide to Comedy can be revealed to those who never made it to the post-midnight show. Or indeed weren’t sober enough to remember it.
Episode 1 ‘The Audience’ aired on Monday 23rd January 2012 at 11.05pm on BBC1 Scotland.
But if you missed it, you can catch up on the iPlayer for the next 7 days – right HERE
Episode 2 ‘Virgins’ will air on Monday 30th January 2012, 11.05pm
Episode 3 ‘Antics’ will air on Monday 6th February 2012, 11.05pm
Episode 4 ‘Scottishness’will air on Monday 13th February 2012,11.05pm
Only on BBC1 Scotland or Sky 971, catch up on the iPlayer!
More information and episode guides can be foundHERE