The week's comedy on demand

This week's comedy on demand.

Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison

You may have been blinded by all the new half-hour stand-up specials released on Netflix this week under the Comedians Of The World banner, but also dropping on to the streaming service were some all-time classic performances from a couple of stand-up icons.

The Bill Hicks specials are 1989's Sane Man; 1991's One Night Stand; 1992's breakthrough show Relentless and 1993's Revelations.

There's also a 2015 documentary Reflections, based on an interview with Bill's brother Steve.

For Kinison, there's 1987's Breaking The Rules; 1991's Family Entertainment Hour and Live In Vegas from the same year. A couple of these have been on Netflix previously, but just returned this week after being taken down for a while.

There's also a documentary from HIS brother, Bill, called The Scream Continues.

30 Rock

As we reported earlier in the week, Channel 4 has brought the rights to Tina Fey’s acclaimed sitcom, with the first two seasons available to watch now – here – with the rest coming soon.

A Year In The Life Of A Year

Rhys Thomas's spoof end-of-the-year show moved to BBC Two from its former slot on BBC Four this year, but may easiliy have been missed amid all the festive programming. In the show, the Brian Pern co-creator and Fast Show actor re-edits film and TV footage from 2018 to create a unique take on the year's news. Special guests include Sir Derek Jacobi, Simon Day, Lucy Montgomery and Tony Way.

Watch here

Idiots of Ants

The sketch group comprising Elliott Tiney, Benjamin Wilson, James Wrighton and Andrew Spiers won a 2010 Chortle award but have been quiet for several years.

Now, however, they have released full versions of their 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show This Is War and the 2011 show Model Citizens on YouTube. The picture quality doesn't hold up too well, but the comedy does:

Sally4Ever: Series 1

Julia Davis's latest series - which one critic described as 'a singular mix of humiliation, emotional agony and bodily fluids' will be available on Sky Box Office and Now TV from tomorrow. And it's not for the faint of stomach.

Published: 5 Jan 2019