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James Acaster

Repertoire Netflix

A suite of four standup shows, bringing TV viewers up to date with his live career.
Recognise, Represent and Reset are as they were originally intended: tall tales of
being an undercover cop, a juror and a criminal mastermind-turned-snitch,
respectively. Recap is a new show set in witness protection. The shows are puzzles,
rewarding and precisely constructed, and he finds new perspectives on the most
mundane subjects. He’s dry, absurd, awkward and utterly brilliant.
Best bit: His dissection of he/she/they. PF

Jayde Adams
Serious Black Jumper Amazon Prime

Jayde is on a mission to be taken more seriously, Bristolian accent and all. The
solution? A Steve Jobs makeover and this set, which disco-dances on the limits of
celebrity feminism, like one of her drag queen pals of old.
Best bit: “I don’t even run in my own nightmares.” EEJ

Jenny Slate

Stage Fright Netflix

Ten years on from her infamous SNL blunder (she dropped the F-bomb in her very
first show and only lasted one season), Slate returns to standup. The show is no dark
baring of the soul – it focuses on her Jewish heritage and her haunted childhood
home – but ripples of nervous energy make her brilliantly skittish set even more
magnetic.
Best bit: Her parents’ sleeping habits, involving nudity and a sleep apnoea
machine. HG

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Roots manoeuvre... Jerry Seinfeld. Photograph: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Before Seinfeld Netflix