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While E4 is showing Luxury Comedy, Channel 4 is showing Party Paramedics narrated by Julian Barratt. This is a three-part series following the medical units, home and abroad, that patch up the victims of Britain’s binge-drinking culture.
The first part, which is about the hard-working paramedics and volunteers of the SOS bus in Colchester, was shown on Monday at 10pm and is available on 4OD.
Next Monday’s episode is set on Corfu and is called Corfu Carnage!
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Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy is a show like no other you’ll see on television in 2012. It’s a show that has spent years gestating in the heads of its dual creators, Noel Fielding and Nigel Coan. It’s a show that combines live-action with animation in a crayola-drenched world filled with cartoon characatures that seem to have leapt straight out of the imagination of Fielding – as his longterm friend and colleague Dave Brown so eloquently put when talking to TVO last year – the show is a bit like downloading Noel’s brain.
More than a year in the actual, physical making, Luxury Comedy brings together a number of talents from that wider world of Booshdom we’ve been shouting about since our inception, and who we’ve all collectively been enjoying on stage and screen for the past fifteen years. Whilst its fair to say the show can never topple The Mighty Boosh in the hearts of many, the trick to watching Luxury Comedy is to block out all thoughts of that looming shadow of a cult classic and just enjoy the madness on its own terms.
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Take for example, the character of Dondelion, images of which have been released to the press. On the surface, a cynical viewer may suggest he is a cast-off from the Boosh – a lost side-project from the days of the Zooniverse. They would be wrong. Dondelion, like every other character Noel and Nigel have created – and there are many – is a brand new beast, the only similarities being that he has come from the same brilliant mind that co-created all those Boosh characters of yesteryear.
We’ve been living with the pilot since the summer of last year now, when Noel and his team at Secret Peter kindly invited The Velvet Onion to visit the set and document our findings. It’s multi-coloured, surrealistic world admittedly took us all by surprise on first viewing, but whilst not everyone was immediately in hysterics, repeat viewings found the laughs increased and, amazingly, a whole new realm of quotes and catchphrases subconsciously crept into our everyday lexicon. We’ve been yelling “Fish Finger For Later” at one another since then, and random injections of “Paulsaid”, “LEEEGGGGOOOOHHHHH!” and rambling speeches about bikes, Gary Glitter and single baked beans have interjected our daily thoughts to the point where we started to wonder if we had developed a new form of madness. The show may be like downloading Noel’s brain, but more specifically it seems, for diehard fans that download will embed itself into the infrastructure of your mind’s root folders like a particularly shiny virus.
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Asylum was a six part series made for the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. Directed by Edgar Wright written by the Cast, and script edited by Wright, David Walliams, Jane Bussman and David Quantick. The regular cast was made up of Norman Lovett, Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson (Hynes), Julian Barratt, Adam Bloom, Paul Morocco, Mick O’Connor, and the House Band – David Devant and his Spirit Wife. Throughout the series there were guest appearances by Paul Tonkinson, John Moloney, Bill Bailey, Howard Haigh, Parsons and Naylor and David Walliams.
With so many well-known and talented people involved you would expect an amazing show, and you won’t be disappointed. It is a dark, surreal comedy set in a large isolated country house – The Asylum run by Doctor Lovett (Norman Lovett) and Nurse McFadden (Jessica Stephenson), with Nobby (Mick O’Connor) the security guard.
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In the first episode Nobby orders a pizza and we are introduced to the residents through the eyes of the pizza delivery man (Simon Pegg). By the end of the episode he has joined the gang.
Each episode features a guest ‘inmate’ and a song, but apart from that anything can happen, the second episode features a Nativity Play, while the third is reminiscent of The Prisoner. There are some references that date the series but on the whole it could be from any time as the setting and clothing are not contemporary.
Throughout the series there is ambiguity in the situation as you are unsure of the sanity of those ‘in charge’, and don’t know if it is an experiment, reality or something else. By the end of the series, it’s still a mystery! The best way to find out if you like the show is to watch it.
Unfortunately the series was only shown once and is not available on DVD. Luckily it has been uploaded onto YouTube, the quality is not good, but you can get the idea. The first part of episode one is below, then just follow the links on YouTube to watch the rest.
Although it is not perfect, Asylum is your chance to view the first series that Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson and Edgar Wright worked on together. There are glimpses of Tim and Daisy and it’s fascinating to see the similarities between the characters of Victor/Julian in Asylum and Brian in Spaced.
So far our review of 2011 has covered January to March. Today we bring you the sequel: April to June. Aaaah, Springtime…the time of fresh starts and new beginnings! And it turned out to be a very busy time in the Booshniverse too!
April
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April started with the news of Chris O’Dowd’s appearance in The Crimson Petal and The White, a Victorian drama adaptation miles away from The IT Crowd! It was a fantastic production with a great cast and Chris was excellent in it.
The London Comedy Writers Festival took place this month, with input from TVO favourites Alice Lowe, Jaqueline Wright and Colin Hoult. It was a very busy month for Alice, she starred in Tap at the Window, appeared with Antony Elvin at Popcorn Comedy, and had the pilot Alice’s Wunderland broadcast on BBC Radio 4. At the time we were lucky to bag an interview with her which you can read here. We also reviewed Jackal films 2010 calendar project.
Colin Hoult announced the second New Adventures show and Paul Foot was in Australia, tweeting as he went.
TVO enjoyed a bit of a spring clean itself in April with a revamp of the TVO Amazon store, making it even easier to cater for all your comedy needs!
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Sky’s new blockbuster adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island kicked off this evening on Sky1HD.
The 2-parter stars Eddie Izzard in the lead role of Long John Silver, Elijah Wood as Ben Gunn and Donald Sutherland as Captain Flint. Our reason for covering it is because Julian Baratt also features, playing the part of Thomas Redruth, the gamekeeper of Squire Trelawney.
If you missed today’s episode, fear not! Part 1 is repeated tomorrow 2nd Jan at 5pm on Sky2, and then again on 7th Jan at 4pm on Sky1. The concluding Part 2 will be shown at the following times: 2nd Jan at 7pm on Sky1, 3rd Jan at 5pm on Sky2, and then finally on 8th Jan at 4pm on Sky1.
With that little lot hopefully you’ll find at least one time to suit your schedule. Happy viewing!
2011 was The Velvet Onion’s second year in operation, and whaddya know – it turned out to be quite an eventful one! If you’ve joined us more recently, or if you’ve lost a few brain cells over the festive period and can’t remember much before December, here’s Part 1 of our review of 2011 to bring you up to speed on the TVO events of the year:
January
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The year started by looking backwards, with The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year sadly not quite taking retro to its logical conclusion, but reuniting Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade nonetheless. TVO were also feeling reflective, as we considered our first birthday! We interviewed James Pilkington, the director of early Boosh-starring short Sweet, about his latest feature.
On the live front Paul Foot & Colin Hoult were busy announcing send-offs for their 2010 Edinburgh shows, and Kim Noble was taking his hit show Kim Noble Must Die to New York City.
For Noel & Julian, however, this was a period of new adventures – and the pair couldn’t have chosen more varied career paths if they tried. Noel’s appearance on Comic Relief’s supporting talent show Let’s Dance was announced, and while Boosh fandom debated exactly what he’d perform, Julian’s acting chops were about to be stretched as he began work on Treasure Island and was announced as the one of the lead roles in Government Inspector at The Young Vic.
February
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February began on a sad note, with the passing of much loved actress Margaret John. Best known for her roles in Gavin & Stacey, Run Fatboy Run and Doctor Who, she was forever immortalised in Booshdom by her apperance as the wicked Nanatoo in the Nanageddon episode of The Mighty Boosh. She was 84.
On a more positive note, IAMX unleashed the first fruits of their latest album, and DeadDogInBlackBag returned to the London stage with a one-off gig, with TVO on hand to document proceedings. And whilst Matt Berry unleashed an x-rated iPhone app, the careers of his TVO cohorts couldn’t be more different – as a whole bevvy of names cropped up on CBBC throughout the month.
In other news this month, Chris Morris became a BAFTA winner, although champions of the passing-fad, the NME, decided Noel Fielding and Never Mind The Buzzcocks didn’t deserve an award this year. The world of mainstream rnb seemed to disagree – in one of the weirdest stories we’ve come across for TVO, cyber-singer T-Pain sang an interpolation of the Boosh track Electroboy for Benny Benassi’s dancefloor hit, ‘Electroman‘. Somehow, it just about worked…
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TVO took the time to speak to the fabulous Colin Hoult as he brought his 2010 Edinburgh Show, Enemy Of The World, to the Soho Theatre for a final hurrah, and we also interviewed Diva Zappa ahead of her exhibition at Maison Bertaux.
But February’s big interview came from Fielding himself – as we celebrated his appearance on Let’s Dance For Comic Relief with a two part interview about the show, and his career past, present and future. As Kate Bush, Noel whizzed around with startling precision to Wuthering Heights, sending fangirls across the land a-flutter – and he made it through to the final the following month..
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Treat yourself to a trip down memory lane and listen to the Boosh Radio Series, on the radio! BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcasting the series at 10:30pm on Tuesdays.
Unfortunately we’ve missed the first episode but the second (Jungle) is available on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 27th December, when the next episode (Jazz) will be on at 10.30pm.
If you’re feeling nostalgic after listening to the radio show, you can read our interview with Noel Fielding about making the radio series.
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On Saturday Catherine Tate hosted a look back at the comedy that made the decade from 2000-2010, including some TVO favourites! It’s not just one of those clip and talking head shows that seem to be around at this time of year, as Catherine interviews fellow stars of comedy including Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding and Rob Brydon, as well as her Doctor Who co-star, David Tennant.
There are also insights into the news and pop culture at the time the shows aired to give context to the comedy of the era.
If you missed it, it’s available on 4OD for the next 28 days.
This show was the second in a short series, the first one (shown in August) highlighted the 1990′s with Jennifer Saunders and Ben Elton will celebrate the 1980′s on 28th December.
Julian Barratt will be appearing in a new TV adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, airing on Sky1HD in the new year.
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The series is directed by Steve Barron (who directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well as seminal 80′s pop promos for Michael Jackson and A-ha!) and stars Eddie Izzard in the role of Long John Silver, Elijah Wood as Ben Gunn and Donald Sutherland as Captain Flint. Julian plays the part of Thomas Redruth, the gamekeeper of Squire Trelawney.
Sky is offering its customers an exclusive screening of the first episode at six cinemas around the country on the 15 December, before it airs on TV. There will also be a Q&A with members of the staff at The O2, London with the other venues streaming it live on the big screen. Audience members will have the chance to put questions to the cast regardless of which location they attend. So far only Eddie Izzard has been confirmed for the Q&A; there’s currently no information available regarding Julian’s involvement. Obviously if we hear anything more about it, we’ll be sure to let you know!
For more information about the screening event and Q&A take a look at Sky’s website. Please note that it is only open to Sky customers (boo!) and tickets must be booked by 9am on 15 December.
As we mentioned previously, Horrible Histories was nominated for Comedy, Writing, Performer and Kids TV awards at the Children’s Baftas and we are pleased to announce that they won Best Comedy at the ceremony on Sunday.
Simon Farnaby was there along with the rest of the cast, to pick up the award and he spoke to heyuguys about Horrible Histories, Bunny and The Bull and most intriguing of all, about a script he is writing with Julian Barratt called Mindhorn about a detective!
For a full list of nominees and winners pop over to the Bafta Website.
In part 1 of our exclusive interview with Noel Fielding he talked about his book of paintings Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, and his new TV show Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy. In part 2 we find out what’s really going on with the Boosh, what Noel thinks about the current state of British comedy, and what he makes of twitter. Plus a fairly major musical revelation! Velveteer Mog brings you the inside track:
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I wasn’t planning to ask Noel Fielding about The Mighty Boosh. But then the conversation drifted towards the twitter-based petitions to ‘bring back the Boosh’ which are currently doing the rounds (which Noel was unaware of and, mercifully, we’ve finally stopped being spammed about!). He seems both touched and a little confused by the continued strength of feeling the series elicits from fans. “I’m surprised and shocked at how many people still come up to me about the Boosh going ‘Oh my god, I love the Boosh – it’s amazing!’. I love it, but it’s odd. I’m so chuffed that it’s been this timeless thing that doesn’t seem to have dated. I guess we tried to make it so it wouldn’t date, it’s not full of modern references and it’s not disposable. I guess it could have been from the 50s or it could have been from the future.”
When Noel talks about the Boosh and his partnership with Julian Barratt there’s a sense that he appreciates it was, and indeed is, something special: “I love the Boosh and I’ll always love the Boosh. I’m really proud of it. Julian’s one of the best performers around.”
But his unique attachment to it also means it’s not something he can take lightly – it’s too important for that. Everything has to be right for them to work together, and it wasn’t quite there when the two of them started to write a film last year. “When we came together to write a film we’d just written so much stuff together we just couldn’t face sitting in a room for another year writing. We both had to have a break…but we could easily write a film quite quickly. I think we will end up doing something together again – we’ve left it so long now we should probably leave it a bit longer and then come back and do something good. I don’t think we should try and hurry into it.” This need to keep the work that the two of them do together a cut above is also evident when Noel talks about the decision not to use Julian in Luxury Comedy, something which they both agreed on. “What me and Julian have is really special, so if I’d put him in it in a lesser way…” his voice trails off, then he adds emphatically, “He’s too good for that.”
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Noel Fielding is busy. He’s just released a book of his art, Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, he’s got a new radio project in the pipeline and he’s got tons of ideas about what to do next zinging through his head. But what’s taking up most of his time at the moment is finishing off his new TV show, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, which airs on E4 in January. In the midst of all this activity Noel very kindly found the time to talk to us about what he’s been getting up to. Velveteer Mog brings you the details in part 1 of our exclusive interview:
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Noel Fielding tells a great anecdote about how he once alarmed Noel Gallagher by wearing a cape on a Tuesday, of all days. It would appear that Wednesday is also cape day; I’m greeted by an off-duty Fielding that looks exactly the same as the on-camera version, from the cherry red-edged felt cape right down to the silver boots. There’s something reassuring about it: This is who he is.
As an interviewee he’s candid, funny, passionate about lots of things and softly-spoken. He also comes across as one of the most considerate people I’ve ever met – considerate about the people he works with, considerate about his fans and even about the people who aren’t really his cup of tea. In fact the only complaint I could level at him is that he’s impossible to pin down to a particular topic of conversation. In the end I give up and go with the flow, which is much more entertaining anyway.
“A comedian, I guess…I don’t know…an absurdist? A surrealist?” Noel is struggling to define what he’d like to be known as. We’re discussing his book of paintings and I ask him why he feels so uncomfortable thinking of himself as a ‘serious artist’. “Well I’m not really. I mean I paint all the time – but I just do it because that’s what I do, I started off doing paintings. My paintings trigger me to write and my writing triggers me to paint, so it’s like a circle. I’ll always do it.”
Anyone who’s already got a copy of his book, Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleleton, will vouch for Noel’s obvious artistic talent. The ingenuity of his ideas and the brush strokes that bring life to them are a delight to the eye and mind. He’s been the subject of two exhibitions at Gallery Maison Bertaux, exhibited his work at the Saatchi Gallery and can list serious collectors and Turner nominees amongst his fans. To most people that sounds a lot like being a serious artist. However, the traits Noel seems to hold most dear are being funny, not being elitist, being spontaneous and being shambolic, and these don’t sit well with his idea of a ‘serious artist’ (although they’re probably the reasons he’s liked by so many people).
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As you may have spotted we’ve been commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Mighty Boosh radio series with a collection of articles about the show and the relevant artists that preempted it. But what do the originators of the Boosh series think about what they created?
To conclude our series we were lucky enough to talk to Noel Fielding about the Boosh radio show – and about a new radio offering he’s been working on.
If you were to arrange everyone in the world into a long line starting from the least visual people and ending with the most visual, Noel Fielding would be somewhere at the very far end. His colour-mashing paintings, the fantastical costumes and characters he’s designed for the Boosh and his new TV show, and even the clothes he wears all point to someone whose creativity flourishes in the visual image. So how does that sit with the Boosh’s first broadcast outing taking place through the medium of sound? Noel smiles, “I found it quite frustrating – I used to paint the characters for the radio show and Julian would go ‘You do know this is a radio show don’t you, you idiot!’”
“But I love the fact you can paint amazing pictures in radio, like if you want to go inside a club inside a tree you can just go ‘There’s a club inside this tree Howard’…(makes creaking noise)…and then you’re in there, and it’s great. Because of what we wanted to do with the Boosh, personally I think the radio show might be better than the TV show. I love being able to create those worlds, and for us radio was probably the best medium. If it was the 50s and we’d done it live with an audience we’d probably have just done a hundred of those.”
Radio offers a freedom of visual expression which has also resonated with one of Noel’s heroes, Spike Milligan: “Milligan had massive problems with people trying to get him to do television. He said ‘You can’t get what’s inside my head on a screen.’” (more…)
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France and The Mighty Boosh have more in common than just the relativity of Vince Noir’s long lost French Duke uncle. One may not immediately associate French author, composer, and playwright Boris Vian with The Mighty Boosh, but with a keen eye, Vian’s influence becomes shockingly apparently throughout Booshdom. Boris Vian lived from 10 March 1920- 23 June 1959, primarily in Paris. An accomplished trumpeter, Vian held a heavy affinity for jazz music (relatively unknown in Paris at this time- early 1930s), and often worked closely with accomplished jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. Vian quickly began writing for French (and eventually American) jazz magazines, which lead way to his professional literary career; he also added music composer to his list of accomplishments around this time.
Somewhere in an alternative universe, Howard Moon weeps with jealousy for Vian’s career path. His earliest published works are signed with the anagram of his own name “Bison Ravi”, translated to English as “A Delighted Bison”. This Booshy pseudonym appeared on many of Vian’s earlier publications; however, by the time his most famous works, Foam Of The Daze and I Spit On Your Graves, were printed, he opted for the tamer alter ego of Vernon Sullivan. (more…)
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Thinking back to the journey that The Mighty Boosh have taken, it really is astounding to think about where it all started. Up until the radio series, Noel & Julian took their fantastical minds and words around London, piecing together what was to be their first Edinburgh show, winning the hearts of many fans. This all came to an end 10 years ago when the radio series followed onto a Pilot for BBC3 and well, of course we all know the rest.
With Londontown being the birthplace of the Boosh, here is a summary of the journey that the boys took and we encourage you to take your own tour around these now momentous places. Use our links (even on the photos) to get you around, enjoy and for anyone that takes the TVO Crawl – send us your pictures doing the classic Pete Sweet pose with you and your friends at each place!
It all began, not in London, but in High Wycombe when Noel Fielding on a night out with Uni friends (including Dave Brown and Nigel Coen) went to the Hell Fire Comedy Club at the Wycombe Swan theatre. This culminated in the first meeting of Noel & Julian Barratt and so began Noel’s persistence of telling Julian of his own stand-up.
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The six episodes of (Un)Natural Acts were made in 1998, for the Paramount Comedy Channel and have never been repeated. The sketch show format features some well-known and less familiar faces, including the first joint tv appearance of the very youthful Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt and Rich Fulcher. The show was written by Julian Barratt, Seán Cullen, Rich Easter and Rich Fulcher, with additional material by Noel Fielding, John Irwin, Paul Pownall, Russell Young and Andy Darling. The title and original music was written by Julian Barratt.
There are episode guides below, interspersed with the actual episodes. Normally at TVO, we would encourage you to buy the DVD of the show, but unfortunately this is all that remains.
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Episode 1
Starts with the famous ‘School Outing’ sketch, featuring Rich as the Headmaster ‘outing’ teachers and pupils. (more…)
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What with Halloween being on the most awkward day of the week, we at TVO have been wondering what to do with ourselves this coming spooky weekend and have found there to be a plethora of Booshdom goodies on throughout.
Of course, in true Boosh form, this schedule is more suitable for our vampire/insomniac readers but here is our TV Guide of all that’s in store this coming Saturday and Sunday.
Tonight you can find the lovely Paul King‘s Bunny & The Bull being repeated tonight at 00.10 (a good way to gear you up for Ed Hogg’s performance in Anonymous). We’re sure Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt feel more than comfortable in this air-time slot.
If you still haven’t seen this film, it is well worth staying up for and you can read our review of it right here. If this is too far past your bedtime then you can of course grab it in our shop.
On Sunday and Monday mornings, BBC3 is having a Mongrels marathon from 01.50 until 03.50! Remember to set that coffee machine early for some gloriously rude, potty-mouthed fun! The entire first series will be aired and then the first episode will be repeated again in a loop at 03.50. We can’t say why, but we can’t complain.
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In true Halloween form it wouldn’t be the perfect October weekend without Dead Set – Charlie Brooker’s (writer of Nathan Barley) reality tv zombie-spoof. Also Starring Kevin Eldon and with as much blood and killings as you could wish for. This starts at 23.40 on E4, Sunday night.
Lastly, this wouldn’t be our kind of TV Guide if we didn’t have to give you a good old ultimatum. Over on More 4 they are offering you a Graham Lineham package where from 23.40 you can see Father Ted, IT Crowd, then Black Books back-to-back.
It’s a tricky choice but whichever decision you choose to make you can always find any of these in our Amazon shop and all of Lineham’s shows are available to watch on 4OD whenever you want.
Then, on Halloween night Never Mind The Buzzcocks returns! We’re overly excited by this episode especially as Paul Foot is making his glorious return to the show! This starts at 10pm Monday evening and as usual, we will be chattering away to all of you lovely lot for our TVO Tweet View (#NMTB) which will be kicking off as soon as the show starts so do follow us and join in the fun!
Take a look at a clip below and if you have plans, naturally, you can catch up with this episode for 7 days after it airs on BBC iPlayer.
Enjoy the weekend with our Oniony Guide and let us know what your plans are!
What were you doing exactly 10 years ago? Too long ago to remember? Well, if you were tuned into Radio 4 you may very well have been experiencing The Mighty Boosh’s first foray into broadcast media.
This month marks the tenth anniversary of The Boosh - the first radio series from what became known as The Mighty Boosh. Written and performed by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher, and also featuring Richard Ayoade and Lee Mack, the award-winning show was produced by Danny Wallace and first broadcast on BBC London Live on October 16th 2001, later transferring to BBC Radio 4 and BBC 7.
It consisted of six fantasy adventure-based episodes: Stolen, Jungle, Jazz, Mutants, Tundra and Hitcher. Whilst there are areas of overlap between the radio series and series 1 of the TV show, there’s plenty to distinguish it and make it worthy of every Boosh fan’s attention.
To mark this auspicious occasion we’ll be running a series of posts in honour of the Radio Series. And to kick things off here’s a round-up of our favourite moments. We’d love to know yours too….
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Like many people, my introduction to the Boosh radio series came via the TV show. In a way I wish I’d been able to experience the radio series without already knowing what the world of Boosh looked like. The soundscape creates incredible images in your head, but it’s impossible to see it differently to how the TV series presented it. I’d love to know what this sound-generated world would have looked like without having seen it on TV. (more…)
We’ve previously mentioned that Julian Barratt would be contributing to Soho Theatre’s annual Halloween show Terror, which begins later this week.
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However, we’re sorry to have recently discovered that Barratt is no longer involved in Terror 2011. Apologies to anyone who has purchased tickets based on our previous announcements, although we’re confident that you’ll enjoy the performance nevertheless. Based on reports from previous years, Terror provides the perfect terrifying evening for this time of year!
Soho Theatre has an array of other terrific acts for you to see for the next few months, and we hardly know where to start with their ever expanding list. In addition to Terror 2011 (which includes a special appearance from one half of the fabulous cabaret act Frisky & Mannish and Laura Corcoran) you can also see the recently reviewed Stuart Silver, letting you inside his brain-space until 29th October.
Then there’s also Soho Later, with Sarah Kendall (who you may recognise from JackalFilms‘ Beehive), the magnificent Tim Key, for a few dates at the end of this year, and also Stewart Lee (who needs no introduction to fans of the Booshniverse!), who can be found expressing himself there from November until February. Carl-Einar Hackner (pictured), a Swedish version of Tommy Cooper, who left us dazed and astounded at a past Fulchfest, will also be performing at the theatre next month.
Furthermore, Booshdom’s own Paul Foot will be a part of Set List which will be running through-out December. The show is described as “A Whose Line Is It Anyway?-style challenge for stand-up comedy” and features big names such as Tim Minchin, Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus!
We have only just scratched the surface of what can be found at this small but famous venue, so don’t be sad about a lack of Barratt – and book yourself a seat to one of many other brilliant shows!
