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Comedy Central Live

Iain Stirling

Comedy Central UK · 2019 · 30 min

Love Island's narrator trades children's television for Fitbit jokes.

How do you transition from hosting children’s television to narrating the UK’s most popular reality show? Iain Stirling tackles this bizarre career trajectory with the frustrated energy of a millennial still trying to figure out how to be an adult. The set focuses on the shift between his squeaky-clean past as a CBBC presenter and his day job voicing ITV2’s Love Island.\n\nThe special was recorded at Dingwalls in Camden, London, in 2019, kicking off a series of 20-minute stand-up performances for Comedy Central UK. At this point in his career, Stirling was a household voice across Britain but was still solidifying his presence as a solo headliner. He mocks modern metrics of self-improvement, most notably his Fitbit, which he claims ruined his sex life by turning physical intimacy into a step-counting exercise.

The set list

3 bits
  1. Millennial approach to fitness

    Discussing his perspective on staying fit and how using his new Fitbit has helped.

  2. How Fitbit ruined sex

    Examining how wearing a fitness tracking device altered and ruined how he has sex.

  3. Growing old and children's TV presenter career

    Reflecting on the realities of aging alongside his prior television work presenting for children.

How it plays

About
Growing old, Working as a children's TV presenter, Millennial fitness, Fitbit and sex

Backstory

First episode of Comedy Central Live, a nine-part series of stand-up specials featuring rising British-based comedians recorded at Dingwalls in Camden.

Details

Released
Taped
Dingwalls, London
Runtime
30 min
Where
Comedy Central UK
Director
Colin Dench
Topics
After
Failing Upwards (2022)

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