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Comedy: Standup

Stand-up comedy that connects a studio audience in London with comedians around the world.

Andrew Maxwell hosts some of the best stand-ups in the world, using modern technology to connect them with a studio audience in London, no matter where they happen to be.

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Andrew Maxwell

Alice Fraser

Storm Xu

Bassem Youssef

Ed Morrish

Welcome to Wherever You Are: Series 1: Episode 1

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Comedy from Sydney, Shanghai and Los Angeles, hosted by Andrew Maxwell in London.

Andrew Maxwell presents some of the world's best comedians, performing from wherever on the planet they happen to be. From 2017.

Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show

Comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, to an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London.

With:

Alice Fraser
Storm Xu
Bassem Youssef

From Sydney, The Bugle podcast co-host Alice Fraser talks cricket and colonialism. 

Emerging star Storm Xu in Shanghai reveals his problems with dating.   

World-renowned satirist Bassem Youssef explains why he had to move to Los Angeles from his native Egypt (spoiler: it turns out dictators don't like you making jokes about them).

Producer: Ed Morrish

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2017.

**   Photo credit: Matt Stronge

Welcome to Wherever You Are: Series 1

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