A Fresh Slice Of Comedy

Comedy Cuts is likely to shock just about everybody – and do the comedians care? Not really! The show is edgy, risky and fresh. The only requirement being that the acts make ITV2 viewers laugh! Comedy Cuts takes the very best rising stars from the comedy circuit and delivers the cream of their material to an audience hungry to discover the next big thing.

Comedy Cuts is brand new and exclusive to ITV2, Thursdays from 18 January 2007, 11pm.

The first of its kind on ITV2, the series is shot entirely on location. Each of the 50 dynamic performers demonstrates a mix of irreverent stand up and sketches having been unleashed onto the streets of Britain. The comedians are situated somewhere which echoes their individual style, whether this is a school, church, park bench or a make-shift prison.

The performers are an eclectic and inspiring mix of comedians who have been hand-picked from a new wave of talent. They have been developing their material and fine tuning their acts especially for ITV2 viewers, in time to burst onto the small screen and start making a very big noise! The ITV2 cameras also have access to the winners of 2006’s “If.Comeddie Awards’ (formerly the Perrier Awards) in Edinburgh – Phil Nichol, Josie Long and Mark Watson.

During the series, comedians such as Howard Reed and his animated alter-ego Little Howard, Paul Sinha who describes himself as ‘an openly gay comic’ and Jim Jeffries attack ridiculously taboo subjects. The comics undertake high energy rants on politics, religion, disability, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.

Accompanying the show is a brand new website which contains exclusive additional material not featured in the show, biogs about the acts and an interactive forum for ITV2 viewers.

View the website at http://comedycuts.production.atwwwuk.com.