Pilot

Available for over a year

Andrew Maxwell hosts a truly global stand-up show. Comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, via high quality phone lines and internet video, to a live audience in the BBC Radio Theatre, London. Expect a range of observations a little wider than in your typical stand-up show. This pilot features: award-winning comedians: * Sakdiyah Ma'ruf in Jakarta, Indonesia * Igor Meerson in St Petersburg, Russia * Guy Branum in Los Angeles, USA Subjects include: the freedoms afforded to women; how powerful Vladimir Putin really is; and why Canada probably doesn't exist. Andrew Maxwell is a multiple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and a regular on BBC Radio 4. Producer: Ed Morrish A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016.