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New comedy series High & Dry begins Friday 4th May on Channel 4. Here are Sophie‘s thoughts on the opening episode… Following a plane crash, five people find themselves stranded together on a remote tropical island. But while four of the survivors are desperate to be found and
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May 4, 2018 // 0 Comments
High & Dry, a new comedy series from Marc Wootton, is coming soon to E4. Written by Marc Wootton and directed by Dave Lambert, High & Dry began life as a Channel 4 ‘comedy blap’ back in 2015, before it was commissioned for a full series by E4. Having crash landed in a tropical
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February 6, 2018 // 0 Comments
Eagle-eyed comedy fans will have spotted two tv appearances from TVO regular Colin Hoult in the last couple of weeks that almost slipped through our Oniony net. First up, Colin played hapless insurance-scammer Barry in the first episode of the revived Porridge alongside series regulars Kevin
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October 20, 2017 // 0 Comments
Toast of London – the acclaimed, BAFTA winning Channel 4 sitcom written by and starring Matt Berry – is now available on Netflix worldwide. Co-written and co-created by Father Ted and Big Train writer Arthur Matthews, and directed by Michael Cumming (Snuff Box, Brass Eye) the
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September 2, 2017 // 0 Comments
E4 has commissioned a new sitcom from Marc Wootton, directed by Dave Lambert, called High & Dry. Wootton is probably best known to TVO readers for his appearances in comedies such as Inside No. 9, Psychobitches, Nighty Night and Drunk History UK. Or if you’re a parent, you might
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July 17, 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
Sky Arts has announced a new batch of comedy shorts, with several TVO regulars involved including Morgana Robinson, Sharon Horgan and Ellie White. The seven shorts, themed around summertime, will be available on demand from June 28th. Previously the channel has broadcast shorts for
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June 8, 2017 // 0 Comments
Rebecca Front and her brother, the writer and comedian Jeremy Front, have created a new radio comedy pilot which airs on BBC Radio 4 this week. The pair, who were previously responsible for the series Incredible Women and Rebecca’s 2014 book Loose Connections, star in Jack & Millie,
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February 22, 2017 // 0 Comments
Two TVO faces are part of the cast of a new BBC period drama, The Living and the Dead. The six episode series, which is set in the Victorian era, follows the story of a young couple, Doctor Nathan Appleby and his wife Charlotte. When the death of Nathan’s mother brings them back to the
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July 21, 2016 // 0 Comments
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
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December 19, 2015 // 0 Comments
Here’s what’s coming up over the next 7 days. Hunderby Thursday, 10:00pm, Sky Atlantic A two part return for Julia Davis black comedy, featuring Rufus Jones, Alex MacQueen and Reece Shearsmith. For Hunderby coverage, CLICK HERE. Toast of London Wednesdays, 10:30pm, Channel Four
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December 14, 2015 // 0 Comments
Here’s what’s coming up over the next 7 days. Crackanory Thursday, 10:00pm, Dave The adult storytime fun returns for a third series all week, with stories read by Richard Ayoade, Morgana Robinson and lots of other big name stars. Story writers include Tony Way, Kevin Eldon, Alex
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December 7, 2015 // 0 Comments
Here’s what’s coming up over the next 7 days. Toast of London Wednesdays, 10:30pm, Channel Four Matt Berry returns as the larger than life Steven Toast, in the sitcom he writes with Arthur Matthews (Father Ted, Big Train). As ever, Harry Peacock, Doon Mackichan, Tracy Oberman, Tim
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November 30, 2015 // 0 Comments
This weekend sees the launch of the latest series of Doctor Who – the ninth since its return in 2005, and the thirty-fifth overall since 1963. Led once more by Peter Capaldi as The Doctor, with Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and the sublime Michelle Gomez (Psychobitches) as Missy, this
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September 19, 2015 // 3 Comments
The latest batch of Channel 4’s Comedy Blaps are now online, and one of them, High & Dry has a couple of solid TVO connections. Written by and starring Marc Wootton (La La Land, Drunk History), the short focuses on the survivors of a plane crash on a tropical island as they fight for
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September 18, 2015 // 0 Comments
Forthcoming BBC One sitcom The Kennedys is almost upon us, and while we wait for a confirmed transmission date, we’ve got this bevvy of promotional images to share with you. As we reported back in March, the six-part series is set in the 1970s, and is based on the memoirs of actress, writer
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September 16, 2015 // 0 Comments
If, like us, you’re enjoying BBC Three’s new game-show sitcom whodunnit hybrid Murder in Successville, you’re no doubt already looking forward to this week’s episode on Wednesday evening. Starring Tom Davis on magnificent form as rough-n-ready DI Sleet, the series
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June 1, 2015 // 0 Comments
This week sees the launch of brand new, madcap BBC Three comedy Murder in Successville, with Tom Davis right in the middle of it all as tough, uncompromising hardman of crimesolving, DI Sleet. Each week, a celebrity guest is made rookie partner, and asked to solve a murder in a town where famous
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May 6, 2015 // 3 Comments
May 4, 2015 // 0 Comments
Next weeke sees the launch of new BBC Three comedy Murder in Successville, and TVO is understandably rather excited to find out what you make of it. The show, which begins on Wednesday 6th May at 10pm, features Tom Davis (Cockroaches, The Morgana Show, House of Fools) as DI Sleet – a
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May 1, 2015 // 0 Comments
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