Nighty Night
Sky and HBO have commissioned Sally4Ever, a new comedy series from Julia Davis. The brand new series, written and directed by Julia Davis, promises to “explore the facets of love and sex in our confused, obsessive and gender-fluid world”. Starring alongside Julia are Catherine Shepherd
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May 1, 2018 // 0 Comments
To kick off a celebration of 21st century sitcoms, the Radio Times is inviting you to vote for your favourite. A shortlist of 40 British sitcoms broadcast since the year 2000 has been created by Radio Times critics and BFI TV experts, and the online poll is now open until Thursday 11th August.
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July 21, 2016 // 0 Comments
UKTV Gold are running a new late night strand at the weekends. Starting on Friday (5th), they are “celebrating the very best in dark humour and cult comedy classics every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11pm”. There are a lot of TVO related people and shows, starting with the reason
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September 7, 2014 // 0 Comments
Digital channel BBC Three is to be dropped from Freeview, satellite and cable, as part of the BBC’s drive to save £100 million, it has been announced. The station, which focuses mostly on comedy and reality television aimed at ‘young adults’, is to move entirely online, with its
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March 5, 2014 // 0 Comments
If you’re into funny telly shows and you enjoy sitting in the dark, then this will be right up your street! Totally Serialized is running an afternoon of cult comedy viewing at Ciné Lumière in London on Saturday, 18th January. Starting at 2pm, the Cult Comedy Marathon includes
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January 12, 2014 // 0 Comments
One of the things that distinguishes The Velvet Onion from other entertainment websites is that the artists we write about are in some way connected to one another. And some are more connected than most. Dave Lambert, of Baby Cow productions, is one such person, although you may only know him for
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July 8, 2012 // 1 Comment
Yesterday, we posted the first half of our retrospective on the origins of The Boosh. You can read Part One again here. The story concludes below, with the rest of our in-depth look at some of the people behind On The Hour and The Day Today who went on to become instrumental in the development
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November 2, 2011 // 4 Comments
For all of you beautifully dark people of London, Julia Davis’ splendid show Nighty Night is being screened back-to-back, at an event hosted by ‘Hips Tits and Lips’! This dark comedy first aired on BBC Three all the way back in January 2004, and co-starred Kevin Eldon, Rebecca
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November 24, 2010 // 0 Comments
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