Sky to air Paul Chowdhry stand-up special

Family Friendly Comedian to be recorded next month

Paul Chowdhry’s latest stand-up show Family Friendly Comedian is to air on Sky TV.

The comedian is to record a version of the show at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre on Sunday October 20 for later broadcast.

He previously performed the show on the road from 2021 to 2023, culminating in a run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

His previous tour, Live Innit, was recorded as an Amazon Prime Video special in 2019, but is no longer available on the platform in the UK. As part of that tour he played to 10,000 people at the Wembley Arena, becoming the first British-Asian comedian to do so.

This year Sky has aired specials from David Baddiel, Lucy Beaumont, John Kearns and Chris Ramsey – all under a deal with their agent Avalon – as well as Stewart Lee. As previously announced, another Avalon act Rose Matafeo – who is taking the title role Channel 4’s upcoming Junior Taskmaster – is also set to record her latest stand-up show On And On And On in London on October 26. Tickets are on sale now here.

Tickets for Chowdhry’s London recordings will go on sale at 10am this Thursday from Ticketmaster. There will be an early and late show, which will be edited to gather for the TV special.

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Published: 17 Sep 2024