Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 1 Network Channel 4 Number of episodes 1 Cast Dermot O'Leary | Original language(s) English First episode date 10 June 2011 Presented by Dermot O'Leary Genre Comedian | |
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Starring Alan Carr
Andi Osho
Chris Moyles
Dara Ó Briain
Jack Dee
Jack Whitehall
Jo Brand
John Bishop
Jon Richardson
Jonathan Ross
Kevin Bridges
Lee Evans
Mark Watson
Michael McIntyre
Micky Flanagan
Paul Kaye
Rhod Gilbert
Rich Hall
Sarah Millican
Sean Lock
Shappi Khorsandi Executive producer(s) Addison Creswell
Andrew Beint
Joe Norris
Tom Poole (director) Producer(s) Michael Livingstone
Anthony Caveney Similar Michael McIntyre's Comedy, Live at the Apollo, A Comedy Roast, Stand Up for the Week, Fonejacker | ||
Channel 4's Comedy Gala of 2011 is a British comedy benefit show organised by Channel 4. It is the second Channel 4 Comedy Gala, an annual charity event held O2 Arena in London in aid of the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. It was filmed live on 24 May 2011, then broadcast on Channel 4 on 10 June 2011. The first Comedy Gala was held 30 March 2010 and broadcast on 5 April 2010. Billed by Channel 4 as "the biggest live stand up show in UK history", it featured seventeen comedians performing stand-up, as well as a number of others performing live and pre-recorded sketches. The first gala raised money for a new anaesthetic room, while the second aims to raise money for a new operating theatre.
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Beneficiary
As with the 2010 gala, the 2011 performance was in aid of the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. The 2011 proceeds were to go towards funding a new 24-hour operating theatre, costing £5 million. The new theatre would reduce waiting times at the hospital for the children treated from across the UK with life-saving heart, brain and spinal surgery. As with the 2010 show, the performers were to give their time for free for the gala.
History
On 10 March 2011, Michael McIntyre and John Bishop visited a cardiac ward of the hospital with the Daily Mirror, who announced a second comedy gala at the O2 in aid of the hospital was to be held on 24 May 2011. To be filmed and broadcast on Channel 4 at a later date, tickets were due to go on sale the next day, at 9am. Channel 4 confirmed this with an announcement on its Comedy Gala website the next day. While tickets went on general sale that day at 9am, a pre-sale begun at 9am the day before.
As with the 2010 gala, the 2011 show was commissioned by the Channel 4 commissioning editor Syeda Irtizaali, the promoter was Off the Kerb Productions and it was to be filmed by Open Mike Productions.
The gig at the O2 was to open at 6.30pm.
Participants
When the second gala was announced, the confirmed line-up included the following performers:
Promoters Off the Kerb also listed the following acts:
Video Appearances listed by the following:
DVD
As with the 2010 show, the filming of the 2011 was to have a DVD release by Universal Pictures.