Comedy Central

Over thirty years ago, a new wave of stand-ups spearheaded the Alternative Comedy movement, marking themselves out as different from the safe television turns, the Oxbridge satirists, and the racist and sexist Working Men’s Club comics of the time. The Alternative Comedy Experience captures that same schism happening again. An advance raiding party of modern day Alternative Comedians offering material too clever, thoughtful, radical, satirical, strange, or downright stupid to make it onto the stand-up outlets of contemporary television. Filmed in front of a real comedy club audience, with its fast-moving distinctive visual style and unique cast The Alternative Comedy Experience is original, unpredictable, and unlike any other live stand-up show on our screens.

Russell Howard takes his “twinkly eyed smasher of a mum” Ninette Howard on an eye-opening trip around the USA, meeting an array of weird and wonderful characters and experiencing their unusual hobbies and obsessions.

Jimmy Carr, Jamali Maddix and GK Barry dive into a series of jaw-dropping admissions, shocking family fallouts, and moments of pure social chaos, as they ask the all important question: Is this person really an A**hole?

Chris's guests will chat and compete against each other in a series of physical feats and Ramsey Challenges before trying to outdo each other in Gamewreckers, where they'll play classic computer games while Chris does his best to distract them with wrestlers, electrocution bracelets and a paddle-whipping dominatrix.

In his first new show since 2009, Russell performs at the legendary Electric Ballroom alongside some of the best comics in the country. It's Russell's first ever TV stand up show and every week he's joined on the bill by two hand-picked comedians. He'll be performing brand new material while also answering questions from twitter and delving into the live audience.

A mockumentary series that follows a rag-tag trio of clueless security officers and their boisterous supervisor as they struggle to keep their jobs.

Babatunde Aléshé presents funny videos from the internet.

They say that good things come to those who wait. They're wrong. This series of comedy shorts show exactly what can happen when you're patiently waiting for your big moment to happen. The show follows two characters who are stuck waiting in various different scenarios.

Comedy Central UK stand-up comedy specials.