As a thank you for war effort

Eddie Izzard is planning a stand-up show in a fourth language, Russian.

The comic last night perfumed three back-to-back gigs in English, French and German as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings.

Now he has told Sky News he wants to return in 2019 – and mark the Russian contribution to the Allied victory, too.

He said: 'On the 75th anniversary in five years' time I'm going to come back and do a Russian show as well, because Russians need to be included in that because they fought so hard.'

Izzard is currently also learning Spanish – and plans to learn Arabic for his sixth language. All this while gearing up to fight for mayor of London in 2020 on a Labour ticket.

After his final cut-down version of his Force Majeure show last night, which was in French, Izzard tweeted: 'Just finished my 3rd show in French. Thanks to all who fought for democracy and freedom and made these three shows possible.'

Published: 7 Jun 2014