4 Stands Up

4 Stands Up
Genre	Comedy stand-up comedy
Running time	30 min.
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Starring	Various Guests
Produced by	Tilusha Ghelani,
Recording studio	Up the Creek (Greenwich), Radio Theatre (Broadcasting House)
Original release	12 December 2007 – present
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	14
Website	The official BBC website

4 Stands Up is a BBC radio comedy show which has run since December 2007. The programme, which is broadcast on Thursdays at 6:30 pm on BBC Radio 4, contains stand up material from three comedy acts each show, with additional material from the show's host. The host remains consistent throughout the series, and the role has so far been filled by Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison.

The programme is currently in its third series, and falls within a family of comedy programmes produced for BBC Radio 4, including , and .

Episode guide[]

Series	Host	Episode	First broadcast	Guests
1	Michael McIntyre	1	12 Dec 2007	Micky Flanagan, Tom Basden and Mark Watson
		2	19 Dec 2007	Paul Sinha, Isy Suttie and Richard Herring
		3	26 Dec 2007	Shappi Khorsandi, Wil Hodgson and Rhod Gilbert
		4	2 Jan 2008	Josie Long, and Ed Byrne
2	Rhod Gilbert	1	30 Oct 2008	Russell Kane, and Stephen K. Amos
		2	6 Nov 2008	Stewart Francis, Jo Neary and Chris Addison
		3	13 Nov 2008	Miles Jupp, and Justin Moorhouse
		4	20 Nov 2008	Danielle Ward, Doc Brown and Robin Ince
3	Chris Addison	1	2 Apr 2009	Stephen Carlin, and Jon Richardson
		2	9 Apr 2009	Sarah Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green
		3	16 Apr 2009	Josh Howie, Simon Brodkin as Lee Nelson and Alun Cochrane
		4	23 Apr 2009	, Dan Antopolski and Zoe Lyons
		5	30 Apr 2009	John Gordillo, Francesca Martinez and Andrew Lawrence
		6	7 May 2009	Matt Kirshen, Pippa Evans as Loretta Maine and Tim Vine

References[]

External links[]

4 Stands Up at British Comedy Guide