Live At The Electric is a new late-night comedy show on BBC Three from the producers of RussellHoward’s Good News, Not Going Out (BBC ONE) and Harry Hill’s TV Burp (ITV1). The series willbe hosted by the multi-award-winning stand-up RUSSELL KANE (currently co-hosting BBC Three’sBritain Unzipped), who was the first comedian to win both the Edinburgh Comedy Award and theBarry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the two most prestigious prizes in livecomedy.BBC Three has handpicked a collection of the hottest emerging talent currently getting the livecomedy scene in a spin. Live At The Electric will, for the first time, accurately reflect the unseenbreadth of the UK comedy world, uniquely blending stand-up, short films, quick-fire sketches andmusic... taking the traditional live comedy show and wiring it up to the mains.The series will showcase a super-charged ensemble of the best new artists, including: HUMPHREYKER (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Winner 2011), JOE WILKINSON (BBC Three’sHim and Her), NICK HELM (Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2011), sketch group JIGSAWfeaturing; DAN ANTOPOLSKI (Triple Perrier Award nominee), TOM CRAINE and NATLUURTSEMA, TOTALLY TOM (Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee 2011) andintroducing HARI KONDOBALU, LADY GARDEN, TWO EPISODES OF MASH featuring JOEWILKINSON and DIANE MORGAN and sketch group WITTANK featuring NAZ OSMANOGLU,KIERAN BOYD and MARK COOPER-JONES.Live At The Electric airs on 31st May on BBC Three
Totally Tom and Humphrey Ker to appear on Live At The Electric
17th May 2012