Mat Horne

So Hot Right Now #14

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 [...]

January 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

50 Comedians

A new book of photography featuring a bevy of TVO regulars is available for order. 50 Comedians is the work of portrait photographer Matt Crockett, and features over 50 portraits of comedic legends and fresher faces across 108 pages. This includes Matt Berry, Paul Foot, Tony Law, Reece [...]

January 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

New Radio 4 Sitcom To Seek Out

Seekers, a new radio sitcom, starts on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday. The six part series is about a job centre employee who’s made redundant and is faced with the belittling scenario of returning to the place where he worked to find employment. The action revolves around the characters that [...]

September 30, 2013 // 1 Comment

Hey Diddly Dee, It’s Paul Kaye And Kylie!

Paul Kaye is part of the star studded cast of the next series of Playhouse Presents for SkyArts, starring alongside Peter Serafinowicz and pop princess Kylie Minogue in a one-off comedy drama. The series allows a number of big name stars a chance to direct their own short films – with the [...]

January 18, 2013 // 1 Comment