Graham Linehan
NBC is having another go at adapting The IT Crowd for American audiences. This marks their third attempt to create a US version of the show, although it will be the first time that the UK series creator, Graham Linehan, will be involved in writing it. In 2007, the network produced a pilot which
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December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments
The first series of Motherland – the critically acclaimed sitcom featuring Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Punch and Diane Morgan – will be released on DVD in March. Written by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Graham Linehan (The IT Crowd), Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh (Dead Boss), the
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December 12, 2017 // 0 Comments
The first series of Motherland begins Tuesday 7th November on BBC Two. Here are Sophie‘s thoughts on the opening episode… After being the most well-received of the BBC’s 2016 comedy pilots, Motherland is back on our screens for a very much deserved full series. Bringing
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November 4, 2017 // 0 Comments
Motherland is coming to BBC Two on Tuesday 7th November. The comedy about modern parenthood written by Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Holly Walsh and Helen Linehan began life as a pilot on BBC Two last year. Following a positive reaction from viewers and reviewers alike, a full series was
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October 21, 2017 // 0 Comments
I’m Alan Partridge is 20 years old this year, so the good folk behind the Pilot Light TV Festival are putting on a celebratory shindig in Manchester next month to celebrate. AHA! I’m Alan Partridge 20th Anniversary Celebration Special will see the Norfolk broadcaster, who first rose to
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July 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
The next 12 months are going to be jam-packed with brilliant TV comedy. Detectorists, Upstart Crow, W1A and The Windsors are among those set to return shortly, and we here at TVO are looking forward to a number of brand new shows too. Here’s a quick guide to the some of the upcoming new
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June 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
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
So many podcasts, so little time. Here’s a handy list of British podcast episodes that feature the people we cover at TVO. The Comedian’s Comedian In this long-running podcast, stand-up comedian Stuart Goldsmith interviews fellow stand-ups about how and why they do comedy. Things
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April 21, 2017 // 0 Comments
The London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign has organised Stand Up for Choice – a comedy night in aid of the Abortion Rights Campaign and the Abortion Support Network. Stand Up for Choice takes place at the London Irish Centre on Tuesday March 28th at 7.30pm. Graham Linehan will be
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March 3, 2017 // 0 Comments
Get those Christmas lists out! A new DVD box set of The IT Crowd has just been released in the US and it will be available in the UK later this month. The Ultimate Boxset includes Versions 1.0-4.0 of the award-winning show as well as The Internet Is Coming episode, and a whole bunch of extras,
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December 3, 2016 // 0 Comments
Motherland – the highly acclaimed one off comedy from the pens of Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Graham Linehan and Helen Linehan – will be returning for a full series on BBC Two next year. Following huge ratings for the pilot episode, shown recently to great acclaim, the sitcom about
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October 6, 2016 // 0 Comments
Diane Morgan is set to star in Motherland, a new comedy pilot from a powerhouse writing team – Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Graham Linehan and Helen Linehan. BBC Two describes Motherland as “a show all about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at
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August 19, 2016 // 0 Comments
BBC Two has announced three new sitcom pilots to be part of the BBC’s Landmark Sitcom Season, which will start later this month, and plenty of TVO-connected artists are involved. We The Jury Stand-up comedian James Acaster has written this pilot about a man who ends up on the jury of a
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August 11, 2016 // 2 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
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast is back and guests include some TVO favourites. Richard Herring’s award-winning podcast series, in which the standup chats to some of the biggest names in comedy, has made a welcome return… and its 102nd episode (released today)
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June 22, 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
Katy Brand has become the latest high profile name to join Merman: the production company set up by Sharon Horgan and producer Clelia Mountford. The company was founded in 2014 after Horgan and Mountford met working on The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. The company has already
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May 4, 2016 // 0 Comments
Graham Linehan‘s pilot project with Adam Buxton is to become a full series. The Cloud, which we first told you about earlier this year, is a space set comedy which, in its pilot form at least, starred Aisling Bea and SunTrap‘s Jamie Demetriou. At the time it was revealed that the show
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November 4, 2015 // 1 Comment
Graham Linehan and his wife Helen have taken the brave step of putting their private life in the public spotlight in support of Amnesty International. Shortly after they were married in 2004 the couple were delighted to find out that they were expecting their first child. They happily told
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October 24, 2015 // 0 Comments
Here at The Velvet Onion, we try to focus on the real, genuine news stories surrounding the alternative comedians who make up our family of frequent collaborators. We leave their personal lives very much off limits – as cute as all those Velvet Babies are these days – and don’t
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August 15, 2015 // 0 Comments
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