Alastair Clayton

Offbeat comic James Acaster covers the strange, the mundane and everything in between in this collection of four wide-ranging stand-up specials.

A recorded version of Rhys' 2023 comedy tour show called Spilt Milk.

On December 17th 2019, I, James Acaster, filmed my 2019 tour show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 at EartH in Hackney. It was a show about the best year of my life (1999) and the worst year of my life (2017), I wore a very nifty jacket for it and I looked extremely cool.

A documentary following five comedians: Amy Gledhill, Sikisa, Josh Jones, Lily Phillips and Anthony DeVito at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022. A funny, intimate showcase of what it's like for comedians to bring their debut show to the festival.

A young man spends his days desperate to garner the attention of his emotionally absent mother who is only interested in caring for a visiting starling.

James Acaster explores his love/hate relationship with standup by relinquishing control of his set and accepting a healthy dose of audience interference – AKA heckling. With his wiry observational eye and incomparable wit, Acaster shares hilarious on-the-fly meta-analysis of his own material, along with stories from his childhood that spurred him to pursue a career in comedy.

Everywhere he looks, Martin sees beauty, the beauty of an elderly couple in love, of a new life, of the woman across the cafe... Martin sees beauty everywhere, except in the mirror. Consumed by self-pity, he decides to take drastic measures to be part of the world from which he feels so excluded.

Huge Davies presents his first comedy special "The Carpark". Combining his confident on stage presence, dark humour, surreal material and his one-of-a-kind customised keyboard, Huge has quickly risen to become one of the the most unique and hilarious acts in comedy. Join him as he prepares to present his musical about a carpark; well, if he ever gets round to it. With musings on Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes, Daft Punk & Gregorian chanting, be prepared for a musical adventure that teeters on the edge of the void. "The Carpark" was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and the No.1 comedy show in Timeout. Following a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, it was given three extended runs at the Soho Theatre due to excessive demand.

Suzi Ruffell likes things snappy: her stand up, her decisions and her suits. ‘Recorded at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre to a sold-out audience, Suzi’s brand new show Snappy is all about settling down (but not settling), becoming a mother (without becoming mumsy) and still worrying about everything – of course she is – have you seen the news? Expect high-energy laughs as she shares stories about her air-fryer-obsessed toddler, crime capers with her dad, and an unexpected encounter with the pop icon who sparked her gay awakening – Mel C.

A mother and daughter find an old bag and a big surprise

A forty minute stand-up special consisting of material that was cut from James Acaster's 2019 show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999.

Kate, Melissa and Jo are actors, passionate, driven and utterly utterly bored.

He's hungry. He's horny. He's scared. He's in the gutter but he's looking down on all of you. Join Northern powerhouse Paddy Young, one of comedy's fastest rising stars, for his unmissable debut stand-up hour. 'One of the most exciting new comics I've seen for a long time' (Joe Lycett). 'Spontaneously witty with a distinctive line in absurdity' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Hilarious. One of the funniest men online' (Seann Walsh). As seen on Channel 4, ITV2, Sky and Stewart Lee's recommendation list. Over 10 million views online.

Lockdown is over, the boy is back in town: after two years of global/domestic chaos, Ivo blasts through his most urgent concerns of the early 2020s, plus a few from the late 1990s, in a critically acclaimed show ("mastering his craft with motormouthed finesse...if self-deprecation were a sport, Graham would have a gold medal round his neck": The Times), beautifully filmed in London at the end of his "My Future, My Clutter" UK tour, with a freshly ironed shirt, a handful of schoolboy stories and a really quite outlandish amount of lamps on the stage.

Josh Pugh made quite an impression at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, where he was deservedly nominated for best show in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards with Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans. Josh performs his award nominated stand up show in front of a sold out Birmingham Town Hall on the final night of his first nationwide tour. A show about the last two years of his life, trying for a baby and losing Captain Tom's Birthday Cards

The ancient tradition of Mimicry is a dying art. When Maggie, the last remaining Mimic in England has her world turned upside-down by a patient, she begins to find the cracks in her reality start to widen. What would you do if you could have one last conversation with someone you've lost?

The Time Show is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show that received critical acclaim at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe and went on to tour the UK to sell-out crowds. Following on from his much applauded shows about talking, hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and the colour yellow, Rob turned his attention to time.

Multi award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and co-host of the Northern News podcast) presents a new show about stress, love and driving a tank with your hairdresser. Amused Moose Comedy Award and ThreeWeeks Editors' Award Winner 2017. British Comedy Guide Recommended 2018 and 2019.

Stuart Laws ('You'll struggle to find a comedian with a better jokes per minute rate... like a one-man episode of Arrested Development' Fest) acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe and tour show Stuart Laws is All In. The show sees Stuart reflect on the day his life changed forever: when he risked everything in a Las Vegas poker tournament. Is he a winner or a loser? Can he burn the candle at both ends? And has he been infected by the Willennium Bug? A show about making difficult decisions, choosing different paths and gettin' jiggy wit' it from the leftfield observationalist and intricate gag-weaver. “A deliriously fun and nonsensical hour full of tiny little treats, Stuart Laws Is All In defiantly stands proud as a show not to be taken seriously in any way, shape or form.” ★★★★ The List

Milo Edwards hasn’t received a voicemail in some time. He’d like to talk about that, and quite a lot else. Nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, as well as having critically-acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Voicemail is a stand-up show which examines life, death, politics and the answering machine.