Matt Lipsey
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
David Walliams sketch series Walliams and Friend returns tonight for a full series, following a pilot special last year, and there’s a smattering of TVO faces to be seen across the run. Last year’s Christmas special was a veritable nest of TVO activity, with Matt Lipsey directing,
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November 25, 2016 // 0 Comments
Rupert Grint, Nick Frost and Don Johnson will star in Sick Note a brand new comedy for Sky Atlantic to air in 2017. The show tells the tale of compulsive liar Daniel Glass (Grint), who is stuck in a failing relationship and dead end job, under the thumb of his irrepressible boss Kenny West
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May 31, 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
The Velvet Onion would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family of Charlie Philips, who died earlier this week. A BAFTA winning editor for his work on Sherlock, Charlie’s editing career began in 1996, with the Ben Elton penned sitcom The Thin Blue Line starring Rowan Atkinson,
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February 6, 2015 // 0 Comments
Channel 4’s new sitcom, Man Down, starring Greg Davies & Rik Mayall, starts tonight. The show features Davies as a childish schoolteacher – the kind that wants to make a fart-powered hovercraft, no less – whose life goes from bad to worse when he loses his girlfriend and is
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October 18, 2013 // 0 Comments
Fans of surrealistic sitcom This Is Jinsy can see the first two episodes at BFI Southbank, ahead of their transmission next month. The show – written by and starring Chris Bran & Justin Chubb – returns in the new year, once again featuring Alice Lowe and the legendary Geoffrey
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October 9, 2013 // 0 Comments
Channel 4 is predicting a smash hit with its forthcoming sitcom Man Down – and with its prestigious cast and crew, we can’t blame ’em! The show stars Greg Davies as a childish schoolteacher, with his oft-remarked lookalike (and all-round comedy legend) Rik Mayall also
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August 30, 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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