Count Arthur Strong
The ‘doyen of light entertainment’ is back! Series three of Count Arthur Strong begins Friday 19th May. Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan‘s sitcom is returning at the suitably earlier, more family-friendly timeslot of 8.30pm on BBC One. Here’s a short trailer for the new
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May 14, 2017 // 0 Comments
A recent poll by The Radio Times asked viewers to vote for their favourite TV comedy of the past 16 years – and the results are an interesting mixed bag. Viewers were asked to place their vote from a shortlist of 40 shows. As you’d expect with this type of poll there’s a strong
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August 26, 2016 // 1 Comment
To kick off a celebration of 21st century sitcoms, the Radio Times is inviting you to vote for your favourite. A shortlist of 40 British sitcoms broadcast since the year 2000 has been created by Radio Times critics and BFI TV experts, and the online poll is now open until Thursday 11th August.
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July 21, 2016 // 0 Comments
An extensive 2017 tour has been announced for Count Arthur Strong. Just a few weeks ago, we reported that a third series of Graham Linehan and Steve Delaney’s Count Arthur Strong would be filmed during July and August. Well, we now have even more good news for fans of the Count…
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June 27, 2016 // 0 Comments
Filming of the new series of Count Arthur Strong is under way – and you can be in the audience. Written by Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan, and featuring Delaney in the titular role, this is the third series of the BBC sitcom. And if you fancy watching it being filmed, you can apply for
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June 14, 2016 // 1 Comment
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 take a look below. COME ON IN… Monday evening puts out the Welcome mat for the long awaited second series of House
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February 16, 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. THE VELVET ONION IS FIVE This week marks our fifth anniversary, and to celebrate, a number of our regulars sent
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February 2, 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. SEVEN IN ONE This week sees not one, not two, but SEVEN great shows with direct TVO connections airing across UK
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January 26, 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. CATASTROPHE FOR SHARON HORGAN Monday 19th sees the launch of Catastrophe – the brand new comedy
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January 19, 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. DRUNK HISTORY Over on Comedy Central UK, a brand new British version of Drunk History is about to begin –
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January 12, 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. LOVE IN RECOVERY This week sees the launch of a brilliant new radio 4 comedy drama, Love in Recovery, featuring
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January 5, 2015 // 0 Comments
Regular readers of TVO might remember Paper People – cut out and keep paper models of your favourite TVO folk. We’ve just revisited the site and there are many, many more characters for you to cut out and keep. How many do you recognise from the pictures below? If you can’t wait
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June 1, 2014 // 0 Comments
This weekend saw Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson pick up BAFTA TV Awards for their roles in The IT Crowd. The duo were nominated for Best Performance In A Comedy Programme, in the Male/Female categories respectively. Parkinson faced off stiff competition from Doon Mackichan (Plebs),
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May 19, 2014 // 0 Comments
The Bafta nominations are out, and there are many TVO connections to be found. To begin with; The IT Crowd has 4 nominations, with Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson nominated for Best Male/Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, and Best Situation Comedy, where it
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April 8, 2014 // 0 Comments
There’s just under a week to go until Count Arthur Strong – the new sitcom from Graham Linehan – debuts on BBC2. The six-part series, co-written and directed by Linehan, and starring co-writer Steve Delaney as the titular showbiz legend, begins on Monday, 8th July at 8:30pm,
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July 2, 2013 // 0 Comments
Earlier this year we wrote about a new series being penned by Graham Linehan, called Count Arthur Strong. Now BBC2 has confirmed the commission of a full series. The six-part series will star Steve Delaney as his Sony Award-winning Radio 4 character, Count Arthur Strong. He thinks of himself as
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August 23, 2012 // 2 Comments
Graham Linehan is working on a new sitcom for BBC2, based around the character of Count Arthur Strong. Count Arthur Strong is a character created by and played by Steve Delaney, Arthur is a confused ex-variety star with delusions of grandeur and a unique way of mixing up his words. Some of you may
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June 5, 2012 // 1 Comment
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