GAME FOR A LAUGH: Stand-ups on screen

If Stand Up & Deliver (9pm, Ch4) has you in the mood for comedy, here’s our selection of films and TV shows about stand-up comics that you can watch now…

The King Of Comedy (1983) Robert De Niro makes a splash as a comic in late-1950s New is delusional aspiring stand-up Rupert Pupkin, York – and beyond. Available on Amazon Prime. convinced that Jerry Lewis’s talk show host will The Big Sick (2017) Kumail Nanjiani stars give him a break. Available on Amazon Prime. in this autobiographical comedy drama

Mr Saturday Night (1992) The ups and as the stand-up who falls for his heckler downs of a life in comedy, starring Billy (Zoe Kazan). Available on Amazon Prime. Crystal. Buy or rent on Amazon, Apple TV. Joker (2019) A supervillain

This Is My Life (1992) A mum-oftwo origin story starring Joaquin (Julie Kavner) gets a start in Phoenix (right) as an aspiring stand-up, with help from Dan stand-up who unleashes Aykroyd and Carrie Fisher as her anarchy. On Sky/now TV. agent and his assistant. Buy Dolemite Is My Name or rent on Amazon, Apple TV. (2019) Eddie Murphy stars

The Marvellous Mrs Maisel in this biopic of rude standup

(2017-present) ‘Midge’ performer Rudy Ray

Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan, left) Moore. Available on Netflix.