''Roast Battle'' is a British

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comedy show that is broadcast on

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. The show is hosted by

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and features comedians facing each other in roast battles. The show was created by American comedians

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and Brian Moses and is based on their

series '' Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle'' on which Carr has appeared as a contestant.

Concept, format and production

''Roast Battle'' is based on '' Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle'', an American television series created by comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses that first aired on

in 2016. The American series is based on a live show created by Moses and fellow comedian Rell Battle that runs at

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in the comedy club's Belly Room.

participated as a contestant in ''Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle'' first season. ''Roast Battle'' premiered on Comedy Central in the UK and Ireland in 2018. The show is hosted by Carr and Moses acts as the announcer and the referee of each battle. The winner of each battle is determined by a panel of judges, including Carr. In the series' first season

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and Russell Brand served as judges. The second and third seasons featured Ryan and Jonathan Ross on the judges panel. The fourth season's judges panel featured Ryan alongside a different guest judge each episode. These guest judges included

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, Big Narstie,

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and Joe Lycett. The show is recorded at the Electric Brixton nightclub in

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and is co-produced by James Corden’s production company Fulwell 73 and Carr's production company Ideasatron.

Reception

''Roast Battle'' became Comedy Central's highest-rated UK commission. In December 2018, a complaint was upheld by Ofcom after a trailer for the programme featured an anti-Semitic joke delivered by

towards Tom Rosenthal, the latter of whom is of

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descent.

Transmissions

Episodes

The winner of each roast battle is in bold.

Series 1

Series 2

Specials

Series 3

Series 4

References

External links

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