Before the series became simply 'Live at the Apollo' with a different guest host each week, the long-running stand-up showcase was helmed by the brilliantly acerbic Jack Dee. Comics who have taken the mic before an audience of over 3,000 at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo theatre reads like a who's who of British stand-up but stand-outs under Jack Dee's residency include Lee Mack, Dara Ó Briain, Jo Brand and the late, great Joan Rivers.