Bob Pipe
The 2015 comedy horror short The Monster is now available to watch online. Directed by Bob Pipe, the short stars TVO regular Richard Glover (Sightseers, A Field in England) as an iconic movie monster who falls in love with his leading lady. Also starring Helen George, Simon Cotton and Matt
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February 19, 2018 // 1 Comment
A new series is launching on Dave this week, and it boasts a behind-the-scenes TVO connection. Eat Your Heart Out with Nick Helm features the award-winning comedian, and star of BBC’s Uncle, as he sets off on a highly personal culinary journey around the UK and Europe in this brand-new
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August 19, 2017 // 0 Comments
Today marks five years since The Velvet Onion Live, and as luck would have it, we recently managed to salvage some footage previously thought lost forever from the star-studded one-off live event. On 31st May 2012, we packed 21 Velvet Onion regulars, and the disembodied voice of one other, into
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May 31, 2017 // 1 Comment
The forthcoming second annual Unrestricted View Film Festival is due to take place between 24th and 30th April, and the team behind it have put together a packed bill of independent cinema which includes some fantastic TVO treats. For the uninitiated, Unrestricted View has been the resident
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April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments
Cardinal Burns have unleashed their latest sketch for mr box, featuring Murder in Successville‘s Nico Tatarowicz, which you can watch below. If you’ve been freaked out by the recent spate of randomers dressing up as clowns to scare passers by (and anyone with any degree of logic in
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November 18, 2016 // 0 Comments
Richard Sandling and Bob Pipe have collaborated on a comedy short which features Rachel Stubbings – and you can see it for free next week! Richard and Bob have created the film with Izzie Jones, and it stars Mr Sandling alongside Ms Stubbings. On Wednesday November 16th they will be
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November 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
The Edinburgh Fringe is now well under way and there’s a whole host of TVO related shows to savour. There’s also a large number of shows worth watching that are not technically related to our ‘family’ of regulars, but we love ’em anyway. One such show is the latest solo hour from Marny
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August 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
We’re delighted to report that The Monster, the short film starring Richard Glover, which is directed by Bob Pipe, produced by James Wren and scored by Waen Sheperd, has been garnering plenty of positive coverage recently. The comedy horror about an iconic monster who falls in love
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August 9, 2016 // 0 Comments
Friend of TVO, the very wonderful James Wren, will be hosting Unrestricted View‘s first film festival at his iconic Hen & Chickens theatre later this month. Unrestricted View has championed new, innovative comedy and theatre since 1999, and now the group is turning is attention to film
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April 14, 2016 // 0 Comments
The good folk at Arrow Films have released two new videos from Bob Pipe featuring Richard Sandling and YouTube sensation Ashens. As with videos released last year, these accompany newly remastered and extremely limited edition reissues of cult horror films on the Arrow label. The two clips
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April 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
There’s a rare chance to see the long awaited comedy horror film The Trap at legendary venue The Hen and Chickens next week. Directed by Fergus March, who co-wrote the film with written by Alan Freestone and James Wren, the indie-flick features TVO regulars Alex Kirk, Richard
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January 6, 2016 // 0 Comments
The Velvet Onion has received a copy of the brand new teaser trailer for forthcoming short film The Monster. We first told you about the film back in March, when the production was awarded funding by Film London. A comedy horror about an iconic monster who falls in love with his leading lady on
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September 22, 2015 // 0 Comments
Richard Sandling and Bob Pipe have joined forces with internet sensation Ashens to promote the recent reissue of seminal David Cronenberg classic Videodrome. The reissue, which was released on Monday, comes courtesy of every horror buff’s favourite distributor, Arrow Films, who have
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August 21, 2015 // 0 Comments
The Velvet Onion is proud to bring you an updated version of our TVO IS FIVE video for your perusal, featuring a cavalcade of comedy legends wishing us a very happy birthday. Some of you may remember at the end of January, The Velvet Onion marked its official fifth anniversary with a string of
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March 15, 2015 // 0 Comments
A new short film, starring Richard Glover, directed by Bob Pipe and produced by James Wren, has been awarded funding by Film London. The film, The Monster, is a comedy horror about an iconic monster who falls in love with his leading lady on the set of a dubious film, as he tries to resurrect
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March 8, 2015 // 1 Comment
Next week sees Bob Pipe‘s legendary The Forgery Club return as part of a specially curated night in aid of Greenpeace. Selected by Bob himself, the night of Friday 13th February will feature Pippa Evans (The Now Show, Newsjack), duo Trodd Et Bratt (Well Done You), Holly Burn (Bad
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February 4, 2015 // 0 Comments
Welcome to The Velvet Onion – the central hub for an interconnected range of alternative comedy and more. Click through for the LATEST NEWS, and see what’s so hot right now below. TELLY VELVETS CONTINUE We’re knee deep into the current series of several TVO related shows at present,
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November 17, 2014 // 0 Comments
It’s the news we’ve been waiting for… The Day They Came To Suck Out Our Brains is becoming a movie – and YOU can get involved with the production! Written and created by Bob Pipe (the man behind The Forgery Club) and James Wren (the man behind The Hen & Chickens),
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October 24, 2014 // 2 Comments
Hello, dear Peelers, and welcome to The Velvet Onion! For your regular news updates you used to find on our home page, click here. But below, here’s what Dolly would say is sooo hot right now in Onion Land. AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING BEGINS! The big news this week is that An Evening
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October 20, 2014 // 0 Comments
Seminal comedy night The Forgery Club is to return next month, in its spiritual home of The Albany, Great Portland Street. The club night is the brainchild of Bob Pipe, and has seen many a TVO regular grace its bills over the years. The last event took place back in December, though
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May 9, 2014 // 0 Comments
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