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Here’s a first look at new ITV2 comedy Action Team which starts Monday 5th March. The spoof spy action thriller comes from Shiny Button Productions – the team behind hit BBC3 comedy Murder In Succesville. Tom Davis, Successville’s own DI Sleet, stars in Action Team as suave MI6
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March 4, 2018 // 0 Comments
Filming has started on new BBC Three comedy Wannabe, with Nicholas Burns and Jim Howick among the cast. The four-part series starring and co-written by Lily Brazier (People Just Do Nothing) is set to land on BBC Three next month. Lily Brazier plays Maxine, former member of 90s girl group Variety,
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February 9, 2018 // 0 Comments
A short teaser has been released for new ITV2 comedy Action Team, starring Tom Davis and Jim Howick. Action Team is a spoof spy action-thriller following a top-secret team of British secret agents charged with saving the world. The cast includes Tom Davis (Murder In Successville), Jim Howick
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January 23, 2018 // 0 Comments
The BBC has announced a whopping 12 new comedy pilots, with casts featuring plenty of TVO favourites. These pilots will air as part of ‘Comedy Playhouse’ on BBC One, ‘New on Two’ on BBC Two and ‘Comedy Slices’ on BBC Three. The Other One, BBC Two A sitcom about
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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
Shiny Button Productions – the team behind Onion flavoured smash-hit Murder in Successville – is to make a new sitcom for ITV2. Action Team will be a spoof spy action-thriller following a top-secret team of British secret agents charged with saving the world. Tom Davis will star
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May 10, 2017 // 0 Comments
Next week sees the launch of Channel 4’s new sitcom Loaded starring Samuel Anderson, Nick Helm, Jonny Sweet and TVO regular Jim Howick, and the good folk at Channel 4 have provided us with an exclusive preview clip while we wait! The eight part series focuses on four friends who have just
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May 5, 2017 // 0 Comments
Four friends. Eleven and a half million problems. New Channel 4 comedy Loaded centres around the lives of tech entrepreneurs Josh, Leon, Watto and Ewan, who have just sold their start up videogame company for hundreds of millions of pounds. Overnight, the four 30-something friends are transformed
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April 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
A trailer has been released for new Channel 4 comedy Loaded featuring Jim Howick. Loaded is about four tech entrepreneurs who, after selling their start-up videogame company, become multi-millionaires overnight and react to their new wealth in very different ways. The four lead characters
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April 18, 2017 // 0 Comments
The third and presumably final series of ITV’s smash-hit drama Broadchurch begins this week, and TVO regular Jim Howick is amongst the new additions to the cast. The brainchild of future Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall, Broadchurch stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman as
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February 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
Family friendly fantasy favourite Yonderland will not be returning, it has been revealed. The Sky One comedy drama, which ran for three series and a Christmas special, was the work of the original lead cast for CBBC’s Horrible Histories – all of whom have made regular contributions
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February 17, 2017 // 1 Comment
No matter what else occurred in 2016, it was a bit of a cracking year for ‘our sort’ of comedy on TV. Within the first few months we were treated to new dark comedies Stag, Camping and Flowers, shortly followed by specials from both Alan Partridge and Philomena Cunk. We also got a
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January 29, 2017 // 1 Comment
Following a one-off Christmas special, a new TV series, We Have Been Watching, began on Gold last night – and it features a few TVO faces in its line up. The format of the show is similar to Gogglebox, but in this case we’re watching different comedians while they watch classic TV
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January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments
Ghosts and ghouls are on the prowl this weekend, as Halloween approaches on Monday evening, and everyone gets to play ‘Count The Harley Quinn Costumes’ in their nightclub of choice. Yes, it’s time for some grisly fancy dress, far too many sweets, and some kick-arse horror movies
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October 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
Series 3 of Yonderland is now under way on Sky 1, and we’re excitedly gearing up for episode 3 which airs this Sunday at 6.30pm. Larry Rickard and Jim Howick, two of the Yonderland team responsible for writing and performing in the show, were kind enough to talk to us about the new
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October 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
Series 3 of Yonderland hits our TV screens later today, and we’re pretty darned excited about it. If you’re familiar with the show you’ll know that the unique visual world the team has created is one of its (many) pleasures. And if you’re not familiar with Yonderland yet,
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October 16, 2016 // 1 Comment
It’s October, so there are naturally ghosts and ghouls everywhere. But on 19th October, three very special spooks return – as Marley’s Ghosts begins its second series on Gold. Sarah Alexander returns as Marley – a magistrate haunted by her husband, her lover, and a local
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October 10, 2016 // 0 Comments
The third series of Yonderland, the surreal puppet-flavoured comedy from the Bill/Horrible Histories team, will be hitting our TV screens in exactly one week. As you’ll know if you’re a regular reader, a couple of weekends ago the BFI hosted a preview screening and cast Q&A. We
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October 9, 2016 // 0 Comments
A bevvy of TVO regulars are part of a number of incredible talents making the latest batch of Comedy Shorts for Sky Arts this Halloween. Spencer Millman‘s new production company Guilty Party Pictures, formed this time last year, are making their official debut with three of the shorts in
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September 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
Empire Live is a three day film-centric series of events at the O2, and we can look forward to seeing a smattering of TVO faces across the weekend. The action takes place on 23rd, 24th and 25th September, and it offers tons to see and do for film fans. From a Velvet Onion perspective, however,
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September 18, 2016 // 0 Comments
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