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The new series of long-running sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf is underway on Dave, with pre-broadcast episode previews available via UK TV Play. With Episode Two now available on the latter, we can finally reveal that Richard Glover makes a guest appearance in the episode. One of the best kept secrets
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October 13, 2017 // 0 Comments
Alice Lowe’s smash hit film Prevenge is released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on 5th June, which gave TVO an ample excuse to revisit a film we’d previously called “a startling debut from an incredibly talented individual”. With the film also available to download from
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May 29, 2017 // 0 Comments
Alice Lowe‘s sensational film Prevenge is in UK cinemas this weekend, with US distribution to follow next month. We’ll be catching up with Alice for an in-depth natter soon, but while our combined diaries continue to wrestle it out to find a suitable slot, we couldn’t let the
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February 10, 2017 // 0 Comments
Justin Edwards will appear in the one-off remake of Are You Being Served? set to air later this month. The Ealing Live veteran is perhaps best known for his role as Ben Swain in legendary political satire The Thick of It, but of course his TVO credentials include such classics as Time Trumpet,
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August 8, 2016 // 0 Comments
The long awaited BBC Store will launch this Autumn, according to a report by The Independent. Launched through BBC Worldwide, the Store will sell permanent downloads of hit programmes – often within hours of their television broadcast. The proposed catalogue of releases will build
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July 8, 2015 // 0 Comments
As the general election campaigns shift up a notch, all eyes are on Thursday, 7th May, when the United Kingdom chooses a government, old or (hopefully) new. Usually, this has nothing to do with humble alternative comedy websites like us, but this year, Channel 4 is following its tradition of their
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April 25, 2015 // 0 Comments
This weekend marks a historic landmark for The Velvet Onion, as we reach our fifth anniversary of bringing you the very latest in new wave, alternative comedy – primarily from the family of regular collaborators responsible for some of your (and our) all time favourites. The origins of TVO
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January 30, 2015 // 4 Comments
This week sees the broadcast of the new pilot episode for revamped project, Monks, featuring TVO regulars Fergus Craig and Justin Edwards. As we’ve mentioned previously, the project has been on-and-off for 14 years, no less – first appearing on radio as Hey Hey We’re The
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May 12, 2014 // 1 Comment
News of a mainstream television pilot from some of TVO’s finest have emerged via our good friends at The British Comedy Guide. The pilot, tentatively titled Monks, appears to be an adaptation of one-off Radio 2 Comedy Showcase special Hey Hey We’re The Monks from way back in 2000,
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January 6, 2014 // 3 Comments
Two TVO faces will be appearing tomorrow at LOCO’s series of talks about challenging comedy. Barunka O’Shaughnessy and Jacqueline Wright are two of the speakers at the event which is taking place at Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse in London. Co-hotsed by LOCO and Underwire Film
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November 23, 2013 // 0 Comments
It’s been some time since we heard from Jacqueline Wright – the director of Lifespam and one half of Jackal Films – but now TVO is proud to present her latest work, in the form of short film Mute. The piece is based upon the short story by legendary horror writer Stephen King
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September 15, 2013 // 0 Comments
Five years in the making, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram’s grisly black comedy Sightseers has wowed the critics, won awards aplenty and is set to launch them and director Ben Wheatley towards international acclaim. Now released in US cinemas, the love for the film is continuing across the pond, too!
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May 11, 2013 // 1 Comment
The in-depth history of Onion Land is littered with projects which were filled with hopeful enthusiasm, but ended up being discarded by The Powers That Be before they had a chance to develop. The most famous examples are those which made it to broadcast – things like Lifespam, Golf
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February 6, 2013 // 0 Comments
Comedy legend Adam Buxton has uploaded the full length solitary edition of MeeBOX – the 2008 BBC3 pilot he made featuring a smattering of TVO faces – to his YouTube page. The half hour sketch show featured a lot of the hallmarks of Buxton’s work from both his early days with
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January 25, 2013 // 0 Comments
Earlier today we profiled Alice Lowe, who played the female lead in Sightseers. But what of her collaborator, co-writer and co-star? How much do you know about Steve Oram? Trust us, there is far more to the man than just a ginger beard and a caravan. Please allow us to enlighten you… Many
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December 1, 2012 // 2 Comments
Today marks the release of Sightseers into UK cinemas. At long last, this brilliant film starring Alice Lowe, Steve Oram and Richard Glover can be shared by you all. Directed by Ben Wheatley, we’ve gone bananas for it because it truly is brilliant and deserves your attention. It
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November 30, 2012 // 0 Comments
To celebrate the release of Sightseers into UK cinemas, TVO has been catching up with the creative forces behind the critical sensation, ahead of its release on November 30th. Last week, our editor in chief caught up with one of its stars and writers, Alice Lowe. Already a regular presence on
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November 27, 2012 // 1 Comment
To celebrate the release of Sightseers into UK cinemas, TVO met up with director Ben Wheatley and star/writer Steve Oram at a public screening and Q&A at Cornerhouse in Manchester last month, for an exclusive interview. Here is the result… There’s an old adage about Manchester. It’s
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November 26, 2012 // 3 Comments
A one-off tv pilot co-written by Dan Tetsell back in 2005 has emerged online. This Is Genius: No Place Like Holmes is a spoof documentary for BBC4 which takes a psychogeographical journey into Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle’s vision of London. It was written by Tetsell with Danny Robins, and
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February 8, 2012 // 1 Comment
Tom Meeten is currently entertaining us in roles as diverse as Andy Warhol, Daran Cache and a fruit fly in Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy. TVO’s Afroharold sheds a bit of light on his rich and varied career to date… Whilst many comedy fans know him best for his work with Steve
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January 29, 2012 // 3 Comments
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