After working together on C4’s Alternative Election Night the band were re-united for a topical comedy show, on C4, called 10 O’Clock Live.

It started broadcasting on January 20^th 2011 (Series 1, Episode 1) and ended on June 12^th 2013 (Series 3, Episode 8). 33 x 1-hour episodes in all.

The 4 of them had some individual monologues / sketches / interviews – but also worked together on round table discussions.

• David Mitchell
• Jimmy Carr
• Charlie Brooker
• Lauren Laverne

The clips below will give you an idea of what it was like, if you have never seen it before.

The 4 were all credited as being on the writing team, with other writers supplying “additional material”. In the 2^nd and 3^rd series one of those contributors was Gary Delaney and series two saw an early example of Jimmy working with Tim Inman, Andrew and Steve Dawson (Dawson Bros) – who would go on to work with him on Fackham Hall. Rich Hall contributed to S3 Ep7.

Reviews noted at the time that some of the gags were so fresh that they could only have been written on the day of recording – but still managed to complain that “it wasn’t The Daily Show”. The way Brit reviewers are I could only imagine that, if it had been too MUCH like The Daily Show, that would have been a problem too.

There is an interview on Comedy.co.uk, with the cast, that has Jimmy quipping that his most embarrassing moment was “Dangling from the lighting rig of the studio dressed as an SAS Soldier hopelessly spinning away from the autocue I was trying to read.”

Other Links

A number of Podcasts were assembled (of “best bits” from the series) – see here.

Although it hasn’t been posted from in a long time – there is also an X account for the show.

This official C4 clip (below) will not allow me to embed it into the post, but is well worth a watch. A round table session (titled “Bite Your Balls Off“) it’s mostly Jimmy and David debating how to bite off someone’s balls…descending into a bit of a rant and Jimmy getting up on the table to allow David to demonstrate his technique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqE4SlQfQYk

More Video

This page will be a bit unwieldy if I embed all of the videos – so below are some more clips as links:

Jimmy Carr as Silvio Berlusconi – 2011 // Click here

Jimmy trying to keep a straight face during “Product Placements” // Click here

Jimmy giving a budget update // Click here

Jimmy Carr on the pope and banks // Click here

Dr Lucie Green and Jimmy Carr – 2012 // Click here

Bankers in Need segment – February 10^th 2011 // Click here

Other Comedians

Although a lot of the guests were politicians (and other serious experts) a number of comedians and famous faces featured. IMDB has detailed cast listings – but here are a few that pop up elsewhere in this blog.

• Rich Hall
• Henning Wehn
• Clive Anderson
• Richard Osman
• Stacey Solomon
• Boy George
• Richard Bacon
• David Baddiel
• Janet Street-Porter