Marek Larwood
Inside No. 9, Sarah Kendall and Marek Larwood are among the winners of the 2018 Writers’ Guild Awards. At the ceremony presented by Vicki Pepperdine, the award for Best TV Situation Comedy went to Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for Inside No. 9 episode ‘The Bill’. Sarah
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January 16, 2018 // 0 Comments
BBC Three mini-comedy Big Field is back for a third series, once again with a big ol’ bundle of TVO talent on board. For the uninitiated, the show is the brainchild of Darren Dutton and Jonny Roberts, and mixes sound from popular TV programmes with live action sequences – all set in a
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December 10, 2017 // 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
Welcome to The Velvet Onion – the central hub for an interconnected range of alternative comedy and more. Click through for the LATEST NEWS, and see what’s so hot right now below. SEVEN IN ONE This week sees not one, not two, but SEVEN great shows with direct TVO connections airing across UK
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January 26, 2015 // 0 Comments
Welcome to The Velvet Onion – the central hub for an interconnected range of alternative comedy and more. Click through for the LATEST NEWS, and see what’s so hot right now below. CATASTROPHE FOR SHARON HORGAN Monday 19th sees the launch of Catastrophe – the brand new comedy
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January 19, 2015 // 0 Comments
Welcome to The Velvet Onion – the central hub for an interconnected range of alternative comedy and more. Click through for the LATEST NEWS, and see what’s so hot right now below. DRUNK HISTORY Over on Comedy Central UK, a brand new British version of Drunk History is about to begin –
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January 12, 2015 // 0 Comments
There’s been a lot of creativity over the last week in TVO land. Marek Larwood and David McNeil take us into the world of Leatherdick – The World’s 8th Best Detective. In the first episode nothing happens but it includes extracts from non-existent past and future episodes.
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February 9, 2013 // 0 Comments
Arnab Chanda is the guest on this week’s Film Fandango podcast. The regular comedy show which discusses new releases and classic films features Danielle Ward, David Reed & Marek Larwood – all magnificently funny people in their own right. Their promise each week is not to
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January 29, 2013 // 0 Comments
Promotion for forthcoming Sky Atlantic comedy series This Is Jinsy, featuring a smattering of TVO regulars, has begun in earnest over at Sky Atlantic’s official website. The show, written by and starring Chris Bran and Justin Chubb, began life as a BBC Three pilot last year – only for
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July 28, 2011 // 3 Comments
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