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Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee is a British comedian recognized for his uniquely challenging stand-up performances. He frequently dismantle...

Standup British Political Alternative

8.8 Great

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Sean Lock

Sean Lock was a prominent British stand-up comedian recognized for his distinctive observational humor and intricate, of...

Standup Dark British Observational

8.7 Great

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Ricky Gervais

British comedian who co-created the original UK version of The Office in 2001, a mockumentary that won two BAFTAs and sp...

Standup Dark British Edgy

8.5 Great

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Eddie Izzard

British stand-up comedian known for surrealist, history-based humor and for performing entire stand-up shows in French a...

Standup Historical British Surreal

8.5 Great

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Bill Bailey

British comedian and multi-instrumentalist known for blending music with surreal comedy, and for playing Manny Bianco in...

Standup British Surreal Musical

8.5 Great

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Dylan Moran

Dylan Moran is an Irish stand-up comedian and actor, who won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1996 and co-created the sitcom...

Standup Dark Literary Irish

8.3 Great

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Rik Mayall

British comedian and actor who co-created The Young Ones (1982) with Ben Elton and Adrian Edmondson, a defining work of...

Classic TV British Alternative

8.3 Great

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Noel Fielding

British comedian and artist who co-created the surreal BBC series The Mighty Boosh (2003–2007) and became co-host of The...

TV Standup Goth British

8.0 Great

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Ben Elton

British comedian, writer, and playwright who was a central figure of the 1980s UK alternative comedy scene and co-wrote...

British Political Alternative Stand Up

7.9 Good

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Peter Kay

British comedian from Bolton who created the sitcom Phoenix Nights (2001) and became one of the UK's highest-selling sta...

Northern Standup British Nostalgic

7.8 Good

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Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain is an Irish comedian and television presenter, host of the BBC panel show Mock the Week from 2005 to 2022.

Science Standup Arena Irish

7.8 Good

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Greg Davies

British comedian and actor who created the BBC sitcom Cuckoo (2012) and has hosted the comedy panel show Taskmaster sinc...

Storytelling TV Standup British

7.8 Good

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Jack Dee

British comedian known for his deadpan, misanthropic stage persona, who won the first series of Celebrity Big Brother in...

TV Standup British Deadpan

7.8 Good

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Adrian Edmondson

British comedian and actor best known for co-starring with Rik Mayall in The Young Ones and Bottom, key works of the Bri...

Classic TV British Alternative

7.7 Good

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Alexei Sayle

British comedian of Libyan-Jewish descent who was a founding figure of the UK alternative comedy movement in the early 1...

Classic British Political Alternative

7.6 Good

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Jimmy Carr

British-Irish comedian known for dark, deadpan one-liners and a long run as host and panelist on the UK panel show 8 Out...

Standup Dark British Edgy

7.2 Good

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Mark Thomas

British political comedian and activist known for blending stand-up with investigative journalism, notably on Channel 4'...

Activist Standup British Political

7.2 Good

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Richard Herring

British stand-up comedian and writer known for his prolific Edinburgh Fringe output and the long-running interview podca...

Podcast Dark British Alternative

7.2 Good

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Sean Hughes

Sean Hughes was an Irish comedian and actor who became the youngest winner of the Perrier Comedy Award in 1990, and late...

Standup 90S Literary Alternative

7.0 Good

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Jeremy Hardy

British left-wing comedian and radio panelist (1961–2019) best known for regular appearances on BBC Radio 4's The News Q...

Radio Standup British Political

7.0 Good