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                Yes, she Canuck... Katherine Ryan. Photograph: Idil Sukan


               Katherine Ryan
               In Trouble Netflix



               Joan Rivers (RIP) has many successors but Ryan, all Botox and badass takedowns,
               must be her truest heir. This sees her not yet grown into her Glitter Room greatness,
               but nonetheless hilarious on her rural Canadian roots.
               Best bit: “Yeah, but you bitches aren’t normal, you’re ordinary. It’s different.” EEJ

               The League of Gentlemen

               Live Again! BBC iPlayer


               Local shop, loco people: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith
               reactivated their beloved Royston Vasey grotesques for this 2018 show, with some
               genuine pathos amid the unsettling humour and gooey slapstick.
               Best bit: Herr Lipp leads the audience in a highly inappropriate German lesson. GV


               Leslie Jones
               Time Machine Netflix


               Here’s the Saturday Night Live veteran and Chris Rock’s favourite standup, in a
               special directed by Game of Thrones’s Benioff and Weiss, no less. She is reflecting on
               the decades, but once she gets to partying, even a loose eyelash can’t stop her.
               Best bit: Recreating at length the fully choreographed dance routine that a 20-year-
               old Jones once whipped out to impress Prince. EEJ


               Liam Williams
               Live from the BBC BBC iPlayer



               A rare opportunity to see the Pls Like man in standup mode. This set may not burn as
               brightly as his best work, but its account of eye tests, foot injuries and climate change
               still finds the downcast Yorkshireman on fine, mordant form.
               Best bit: The “No, those are next year’s daffodils come early!” gag about a warming
               world. BL
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