Three-hour programme commissioned

Channel 5 is to air a run-down of the 50 greatest stand-up comedians.

The broadcaster has commissioned Objective Productions, the makers of Peep Show and Fresh Meat, to deliver the programme as part of a batch of four clip shows.

Others will run down the greatest, children’s TV shows, Christmas movies and ‘most shocking’ celebrity moments of 2013, a follow-up to last year’s show,

Channel 4 has previously aired two of its own 100 Greatest Stand-Ups evenings, in 2007 and 2010. Both were topped by Billy Connolly; and in the latest chart the top five was completed by Richard Pryor, Ricky Gervais, Bill Hicks and Eddie Izzard.

Channel 5‘s comedians’ rundown will run for three hours.

Published: 18 Oct 2013