Revealed: When Netflix will drop 47 stand-up specials in one day

New Year binge ahoy!

Netflix is to dump 47 new stand-up specials on to its platform on New Year’s Day.

The streaming giant announced in the summer that all the half-hour shows from comedians around the world on a single day.

Now it has been confirmed that the show will be called Comedians Of The World and debut on January 1.

Nish Kumar, Joel Dommett, Ellie Taylor and London-based Canadian Mae Martin will be representing the UK.

Netflix say: ‘The groundbreaking series will feature a range of stand-up specials from comedians diverse in style, gender and ethnicity, taped in eight languages from around the world.’

Lisa Nishimura, the Netflix vice-president responsible for comedy, said: ‘Few things are better than discovering a new comedian you love. With this event, we’re creating a true comedy festival experience for our members where they can scour the globe from home to find some of the freshest voices in comedy.’

Many of the sets were recorded at Just for Laughs in Montreal thsi summer.

The full list of comics is:

USA
Neal Brennan
Chris D’Elia
Nicole Byer
Nick Swardson

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Joel Creasey
Urzila Carlson
Nazeem Hussain
Cal Wilson

CANADA
Ivan Decker
DeAnne Smit
K. Trevor Wilson
Dave Merheje
Louis-José Houde
François Bellefeuille
Katherine Levac
Adib Alkhalidey

SOUTH AFRICA
Loyiso Gola
Loyiso Madinga
Tumi Morake
Riaad Moosa

UK
Nish Kumar
Joel Dommett
Mae Martin
Ellie Taylor

FRANCE
Shirley Souagnon
Jason Brokerss
Tania Dutel
Donel Jack’sman

MIDDLE EAST
Moayad Alnefaie
Adi Khalefa
Rawsan Hallak
Ibraheem Alkhairallah

MEXICO
Franco Escamilla
Hugo El Cojo Feliz
Gaby Llanas

BRAZIL
Afonso Padilha
Thiago Ventura
Mhel Marrer

NETHERLANDS
Soundos El Ahmadi
Martijn Koning
Rayen Panday