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Roast Battle is a British roast comedy show that is broadcast on Comedy Central. The show is hosted by Jimmy Carr and features comedians facing each other in roast battles.
The show was created by American comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses and is based on their Comedy Central series Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on which Carr has appeared as a contestant.
Roast Battle premiered on Comedy Central in the UK and Ireland in 2018. The show is hosted by Carr and Moses acts as the announcer and the referee of each battle. The winner of each battle is determined by a panel of judges, including Carr. In the series' first series Katherine Ryan and Russell Brand served as judges. The second and third series featured Ryan and Jonathan Ross on the judges panel. The fourth series judges panel featured Ryan alongside a different guest judge each episode. These guest judges included Richard Ayoade, Big Narstie, Sara Pascoe, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett.
The show is recorded at the Electric Brixton nightclub in London and is co-produced by James Corden’s production company Fulwell 73 and Carr's production company Ideasatron.
In December 2018, a complaint was upheld by Ofcom after a trailer for the programme featured an anti-Semitic joke delivered by Jimmy Carr towards Tom Rosenthal, the latter of whom is of Jewish descent.
Concept, format and production
Roast Battle is based on Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle, an American television series created by comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses that first aired on Comedy Central in 2016. The American series is based on a live show created by Moses and fellow comedian Rell Battle that runs at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles in the comedy club's Belly Room. Jimmy Carr participated as a contestant in Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle first series.
Reception
Roast Battle became Comedy Central's highest-rated UK commission.
Transmissions
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Episodes
The winner of each roast battle is in bold.
Series 1
1x01 15 January 2018 Tom Allen vs Suzi Ruffell Phil Wang vs Ed Gamble 1x02 16 January 2018 Daniel Sloss vs Desiree Burch Joe Lycett vs Nick Helm 1x03 17 January 2018 Bobby Mair vs Harriet Kemsley Dane Baptiste vs Tez Ilyas 1x04 18 January 2018 Sofie Hagen vs Larry Dean Alex Brooker vs Matt Forde 1x05 19 January 2018 Joel Dommett vs Iain Stirling Fin Taylor vs Paul Chowdhry 1x06 19 January 2018 Jayde Adams vs Alex Edelman Mark Steel vs Elliot Steel
Series 2
2x01 1 October 2018 Fern Brady vs Ivo Graham Chris Ramsey vs Tom Rosenthal 2x02 2 October 2018 Alfie Brown vs Jessie Cave Daniel Sloss vs Phil Wang 2x03 3 October 2018 Catherine Bohart vs Sarah Keyworth Andrew Maxwell vs Mark Watson 2x04 4 October 2018 Stephen Bailey vs Darren Harriott Matt Richardson vs Angela Barnes 2x05 5 October 2018 Naz Osmanoglu vs Rose Matafeo Alex Brooker vs Rosie Jones
Specials
Christmas special 10 December 2018 Bobby Mair vs Ed Gamble Suzi Ruffell vs Desiree Burch Bobby Mair vs Desiree Burch Suzi Ruffell vs Ed Gamble
Series 3
3x01 14 January 2019 Tom Ward vs Darren Harriott Tom Allen vs Larry Dean 3x02 15 January 2019 Kiri Pritchard-McLean vs Brennan Reece Alex Edelman vs Joel Dommett 3x03 16 January 2019 Tom Houghton vs Lauren Pattison Simon Brodkin vs Dane Baptiste 3x04 17 January 2019 Nigel Ng vs Tom Lucy Johnny Vegas vs Phil Ellis 3x05 18 January 2019 Rhys James vs Lloyd Griffith Rhys Nicholson vs Felicity Ward
Series 4
4x01 20 January 2020 Noel Fielding Laura Lexx vs Tom Livingstone Baga Chipz & The Vivienne vs Glamrou & Crystal 4x02 27 January 2020 Big Narstie Joe Sutherland vs Sophie Duker Jamie Laing vs Ivo Graham 4x03 3 February 2020 Richard Ayoade Ed Night vs Huge Davies Richard Herring vs Sara Barron 4x04 10 February 2020 Joe Lycett Adam Rowe vs Maisie Adam Fern Brady vs Phil Wang 4x05 17 February 2020 Sara Pascoe Dane Baptiste vs Jordan Stephens Lou Sanders vs Luke McQueen
External links
Categories: 2018 British Television Series Debuts, 2020 British Television Series Endings, 2010s British Comedy Television Series, 2010s British Game Shows, 2020s British Comedy Television Series, 2020s British Game Shows, British Stand-up Comedy Television Series, Comedy Central Game Shows, British English-language Television Shows, Roast
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