Harry Hill

Christmas Onions 2015

TVO has rounded up this year’s essential festive viewing, and summarised it on our homepage for the season. But here for posterity, and those of you bookmark thevelvetonion.com/news and come straight here, is that round-up. The following selection of new shows on your tellybox this Yuletide [...]

December 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

Be An Extra For Harry Hill!

The delightful Harry Hill is making the leap to the big screen later this year, and TVO can exclusively confirm that Julian Barratt will be involved. Directed by Steve Bendelack, best known for his work on The League Of Gentlemen and Mr Bean’s Holiday, but also responsible for Dead [...]

May 9, 2013 // 2 Comments

Tough Crowd

Tough Crowd, the latest photo exhibition by Dave Brown, opens today at The Strand Gallery in central London. A collection of portraits capturing the very essence of the lonely, fragile comedian, the exhibition is in aid of the brilliant Afrikids and features a whole host of famous names [...]

December 5, 2012 // 1 Comment

Funny Fortnight Forthcoming!

Channel 4 have released more details of their Funny Fortnight next month, which features more than a smattering of TVO regulars and influences. Over 30 hours of programming across two weeks of television, the season promises brand new shows, excellent stand up and familiar faces staging their [...]

July 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

Farewell Burp

The final episode of Harry Hill’s TV Burp, produced by Spencer Millman, airs tonight on ITV1. Hill’s departure from the BAFTA award winning show, in which he takes a tongue in cheek swipe at the week’s television, has been the source of tabloid confusion for many weeks – [...]

March 24, 2012 // 0 Comments