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Originally Posted by DVTimes
in the uk, stand ups, are basicly stand ups.
ricky is one of the few that do both stand up, and sitcoms.
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Eddie Izzard went into movies and TV drama from stand-up.
Dylan Moran does both Sitcoms and stand-up.
Victoria Wood started in stand-up and is now in drama/sitcoms.
Lee Evans
Stephen Fry.
Hugh Laurie.
Bill Bailey.
Russel Brand.
Jack Dee.
Jennifer Saunders.
Dawn French.
Sorry to be an arse, but if anything the majority of well known comedians in the UK go from stand-up to sitcoms and drama.
It's not new, they've been dong it pretty much since the 1960's.