You can see some of Britain's finest comedy talents for free at the recording of TV and radio shows - as well as getting a sneak peak at forthcoming programmes.

Tickets are now available for the following shows. When booking by e-mail, please state which show you wish to attend, the date and the number of tickets you require (four is usually the maximum) as well as your full name, address and daytime telephone number. Sometimes shows have minimum age limits, so check if in doubt.

Please note that you should apply for tickets by clicking the links in the copy (either in blue or underlined). Do not email Chortle, we have nothing to do with these recordings and will not respond to any emails about them.

Russell Brand's Got Issues

Russell's new show is a live forum/debate show on controversial issues of the day. Producers are looking for an audience each week who have opinions as they will be very much part of the show.

Recording takes place at BBC TV Centre, West London, on Tuesdays from September 12 to October 17

Tickets are available from Standing Room Only

The Comedy Store

The Paramount Comedy Channel has ordered another series of its Comedy Store stand-up shows.

Andy Parsons will host the new runs, which will be recorded from next month and aired later in the year.

The series is being taped in the London Comedy Store on Mondays from October 2 to November 6, with at least seven acts on each bill.

Free tickets – up to four per person - are available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope, stating which date you would like to attend, to:

Comedy Store Tickets
P.O. Box 21042
London
N1 1WZ

The Late Edition

Marcus Brigstocke, Steve Furst and Andre Vincent return for this topical show, described as 'Newsnight with jokes'. And this series, it's going out live on BBC Four

It will be filmed at BBC TV Centre in West London on Thursdays from September 28, to November 9, with doors at 8.30pm. Click here to apply for tickets from the BBC.

Out To Lunch

Be in the audience for Radio 2's hit comedy show Out To Lunch with hosts Rob Deering, Russell Howard and guest Mark Watson for stand up, sketches and general silliness.

The show is recorded onOctober 2, 10, 16, 31 and November 7 at The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square. Doors are at 18:30. Visit www.tvrecordings.com for free tickets.

Mock The Week

The BBC2 comedy show returns for a new series: part stand-up, part improv, part comedy panel game show and all satirical, Hosted by top Irish stand-up Dara O'Briain with regulars Hugh Dennis and Frankie Boyle. Last year, the show featured such guests as Rory Bremner, Jo Brand, Linda Smith, Mark Steel, Al Murray, Jeremy Hardy.

Recorded at BBC TV Centre on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from September 12.

Tickets are available from Standing Room Only

Bremner, Bird And Fortune

Award-winning Rory Bremner and The Two Johns return with a topical new series, recording in Teddington Studios, Middlesex, on Fridays September 22, 29, October 6 at 7pm.

Tickets are available from Standing Room Only

TV Now And Then

TV Now And Then is a new comedy panel show where celebrity guests and comedians 'take a sideways look at classic TV from Baywatch to Blake 7 and from Howard's Way to Dallas'.

Hosted by game-show guru Les Dennis the show celebrates the best (and worst!) in classic TV. The show is recorded at MTV Studios, Camden from October 2 - 11. Visit www.tvrecordings.com for details and tickets.

Banter

Free tickets are available for the second series of BBC Radio 4's comedy panel show Banter, hosted by Andrew Collins. The regular panellists are Richard Herring, Russell Howard and Will Smith to discuss, debate and decide upon their definitive "top threes" in categories covering anything from science to cinema, and from playwrights to PlayStation.

Recording takes place at Rada, Central London on September 10 (two shows, doors 5pm and 7pm), 26 (doors 6pm), 28 (doors 6pm) and October (two shows, doors 5pm and 7pm)

Tickets are available from www.tvrecordings.com

Other links

The BBC Studio Audiences department handles audience tickets for a host of TV and radio shows. Click here to visit their home page. ApplauseStore offers free audience sitcom for loads of comedy, music, chat, sitcom and entertainment programmes, as do Standing Room Only and LostinTV. TVRecordings.com handles all the Avalon-produced comedy shows