Lee Mack
The latest comedy smash to hit the West End is a revival of Moliere’s classic The Miser, featuring a stellar cast of comic talent including TVO regulars Katy Wix and Ellie White – and YOU can win tickets to see it when it opens next month. Actor, writer, presenter, comedian and
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February 17, 2017 // 0 Comments
Jessica Hynes appears as part of a star-studded line up for new BBC quiz special We Love Sitcom this Friday evening. A sort of ‘Big Fat Quiz of the Sitcom’, this hour long special features Ben Miller as quizmaster, alongside four teams of comedy greats, battling it out to be crowned
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September 5, 2016 // 1 Comment
Hello, dear Peelers, and welcome to The Velvet Onion! For your regular news updates you used to find on our home page, click here. But below, here’s what Dolly would say is sooo hot right now in Onion Land. AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING BEGINS! The big news this week is that An Evening
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October 20, 2014 // 0 Comments
We were lucky enough to bag some camera space alongside the red carpet at last week’s British Comedy Awards, so we sent two of our intrepid team down there to extract some chat from the award winners. Sadly for TVO, the artists and shows that we celebrate on this site didn’t scoop as
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December 20, 2013 // 1 Comment
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
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December 5, 2012 // 1 Comment
What were you doing exactly 10 years ago? Too long ago to remember? Well, if you were tuned into Radio 4 you may very well have been experiencing The Mighty Boosh’s first foray into broadcast media. This month marks the tenth anniversary of The Boosh – the first radio series from
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October 26, 2011 // 22 Comments
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