# Stand Up Central

Rob Delaney's Stand Up Central (formerly known as Russell Howard's Stand Up Central and Chris Ramsey's Stand Up Central) is a British stand-up comedy television show. It started broadcasting on Comedy Central on 29 April 2015, and ran for ten episodes.
The series features Delaney performing stand-up in front of a live audience at the Electric Ballroom in Camden and answering questions from social media. Each week also features two guests performing stand-up. The second series began broadcasting on 25 May 2016.
In 2017, it was announced a third series was ordered, with Chris Ramsey replacing Howard, who could not return to present the series due to touring commitments. In 2018, for the fourth series, the host was Rob Delaney.

## Episodes
### Series 1 (2015)

| Episode | Air date | Howard's topics | Guests |
| 1x01 | 29 April 2015 | Russell talks about running the Bath Half Marathon, discusses male massage and answers questions about time travel, feminism and Transformers. | Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar |
| 1x02 | 6 May 2015 | Russell talks about the ridiculousness of homophobia, answers a question on bullying and sniffs the audience. | Rob Delaney, Tiff Stevenson |
| 1x03 | 13 May 2015 | Russell talks about kids of yesteryear, happiness and answers a question on time-travelling masturbation. | Joe Wilkinson, Sofie Hagen |
| 1x04 | 27 May 2015 | Russell reads Fifty Shades of Grey and answers questions on university, ghosts and milking a cow. | Doc Brown, Paul McCaffrey |
| 1x05 | 3 June 2015 | Russell talks masturbation in the cinema, uniform dating and answers questions on cannabis and super powers. | Katherine Ryan, Daniel Simonsen |
| 1x06 | 10 June 2015 | Russell talks weird people, twerking and Geordie Shore, and answers questions on the Yorkshire accent and penis puppy. | Andrew Maxwell, Phil Wang |
| 1x07 | 17 June 2015 | Russell explains the many ways his mum embarrasses him, and answers a question on bad Christmas presents. | Roisin Conaty, Sean McLoughlin |
| 1x08 | 24 June 2015 | Russell talks about an amusing ringtone, and answers questions on cats, wizards, and what cheers him up. | Carl Donnelly, Iain Stirling |
| 1x09 | 1 July 2015 | Russell explains Nigel Farage's worst nightmare and answers questions on signing boobs and the Queen's last words. | John Robins, Jarlath Regan |
| 1x10 | 8 July 2015 | Russell talks Mothering Sunday and people who state the obvious, plus answers questions on fame and the worst thing about school. | Nick Helm, Chris Kent |

### Series 2 (2016)

| Episode | Air date | Howard's topics | Guests |
| 2x1 | 25 May 2016 | Russell talks bread, wonky vegetables and cleavage. Plus answers questions on Lego and self-pleasure in space | Jimmy Carr, Darren Harriott |
| 2x2 | 1 June 2016 | Russell talks erotic buckaroo, landline phones and weird sex, plus answers questions on literature and older women. | Joe Lycett, Rhys James |
| 2x3 | 8 June 2016 | Russell talks adult colouring in books and gluten, plus answers questions on the Queen's seduction methods and STD penguins. | Chris Ramsey, Yuriko Kotani |
| 2x4 | 15 June 2016 | Russell talks Tom Jones, pant throwing and RnB music with a West Country edge. | James Acaster, Kiri Pritchard McLean |
| 2x5 | 22 June 2016 | Russell talks jellyfish stings and brotherly love. | Bridget Christie, Ivo Graham |
| 2x6 | 29 June 2016 | Russell talks racial tension and lady wrestling, plus answers questions on Youtubers and tickling chickens. | Seann Walsh, Jonny Pelham |
| 2x7 | 6 July 2016 | Russell talks about being an uncle and middle class muggers, plus answers questions on how to get out of work. | Isy Suttie, Steve Williams |
| 2x8 | 13 July 2016 | Russell talks about his love of women, from their distinctive laughs to his mum's brilliant brain. | Josie Long, Stuart Goldsmith |
| 2x9 | 20 July 2016 | Russell answers questions on Percy Pigs, Marmite and Muslims and also reveals his most awkward sexual moment. | Tommy Tiernan, Steve Bugeja |
| 2x10 | 27 July 2016 | Russell talks about depressed dogs and regretful flashers, plus answers questions on sex from a virgin. | Ed Gamble, Fern Brady |

### Series 3 (2017)

| Episode | Air date | Guests |
| 3x1 | 27 September 2017 | Al Murray, Desiree Burch |
| 3x2 | 4 October 2017 | Tez Ilyas, Joel Dommett |
| 3x3 | 11 October 2017 | Marlon Davis, Lee Nelson |
| 3x4 | 18 October 2017 | Tom Lucy, Nish Kumar |
| 3x5 | 25 October 2017 | Rose Matafeo, Dane Baptiste |
| 3x6 | 1 November 2017 | James Acaster, Pierre Novellie |
| 3x7 | 8 November 2017 | Carl Hutchinson, Tom Allen |
| 3x8 | 15 November 2017 | Jason Cook, Ellie Taylor |

### Series 4 (2018)

| Episode | Air date | Guests |
| 4x1 | 10 October 2018 | Jon Richardson, Nigel Ng |
| 4x2 | 17 October 2018 | Sara Pascoe, Tom Ward |
| 4x3 | 24 October 2018 | Glenn Moore, Mo Gilligan |
| 4x4 | 31 October 2018 | Ahir Shah, Luisa Omielan |
| 4x5 | 7 November 2018 | Emily Lloyd-Saini, Iain Stirling |
| 4x6 | 14 November 2018 | Rob Auton, Suzi Ruffell |
| 4x7 | 21 November 2018 | Flo & Joan, Paul Chowdhry |
| 4x8 | 28 November 2018 | Adam Hess, Joe Wilkinson |