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C4 On C4

26 Mar

© Universal Pictures / Channel 4

Channel 4′s Comedy Gala, which takes place next week at the 02 Arena, has confirmed broadcast and dvd release dates at last.

The show, which features Noel Fielding and a host of other big name comedians – including Alan Carr, Bill Bailey, Jason Manford, Lee Evans, Rich Hall, Catherine Tate, Andy Parsons and Rob Brydon amongst others – takes place on March 30th in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. Tickets are still available here.

Meanwhile, on Easter Monday [April 5th], Channel 4 will broadcast a 2 hour edit of the show at 9pm, according to Radio Times.

If you like what you can see, you can buy the dvd, in aid of Great Ormond Street, from April 26th.

Pre-order the dvd from Amazon.co.uk via the Velvet Onion store right here: Channel 4′s Comedy Gala [DVD].

Beloved Whore

26 Mar

© Jim Lee

Rich Fulcher‘s alter-ego Eleanor The Tour Whore appeared at the opening of Melbourne International Comedy Festival last night to great responses.

Eleanor’s show, directed by Dave Brown and featuring a cameo video appearance by Tom Meeten, appears at the festival for the next few weeks, 6 days a week (excluding Mondays) until April 18th.

You can buy remaining tickets here.

In other news, Rich has updated the videos section of his new-look website. You can see all sorts of Fulcher-featuring clips, including the one-off pilot Golf War, on his site here.

Lizzie & Sarah For Sale!

26 Mar

© Baby Cow Productions / BBC

Time for a Velvet Onion EXCLUSIVE – Lizzie & Sarah will soon be available for purchase via iTunes.

The pilot, written by and starring Julia Davis and Jessica Hynes, was broadcast on BBC2 last weekend to rave reviews despite its ridiculously late timeslot.  As we reported at the time, the black comedy was given heavy celebrity endorsement over on Twitter, with the likes of Noel Fielding, Dave Brown, Peter Serafinowicz, Chris O’Dowd, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and many more urging their followers to watch.

It’s popularity has led to its makers, Baby Cow, to offer the full episode for download on iTunes, hopefully on Monday – though this may be delayed until Tuesday.

The price?  A measly £1.89.

What better way to show the BBC there’s an audience for this show than to give less than £2 to own a copy?  Strong sales could boost its chances of going to series.  We’ll hopefully be able to provide you with a pre-order link later this weekend.  Keep peeling the Onion to find out more.

If you’ve not seen it yet (why not?), you can catch it on iPlayer until the early part of Sunday morning.

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