Paul Kaye
More details have been revealed about Sky Arts’ next batch of Urban Myths. Urban Myths tells remarkable stories about well-known people which may or may not have actually happened. Past episodes have told stories involving Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali, Andre the Giant and Hitler. It has already
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March 8, 2018 // 1 Comment
Paul Kaye stars in a new music video for Toydrum’s ‘I’ve Got a Future’ directed by Jack Weatherley. In the new video from British filmmaker Jack Weatherley, a track from Brighton-based band Toydrum gets a sombre reworking by longstanding musical collaborators Nick Cave and
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February 6, 2018 // 0 Comments
This Thursday sees Film 4 give movie lovers another chance to see not one, not two, but three recent TVO related smashes in a row. Alice Lowe‘s Prevenge – in which a pregnant mother-to-be begins revenge-killing those responsible for the death of her partner, seemingly at the behest
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December 13, 2017 // 0 Comments
The twelfth series of Red Dwarf is now firmly underway, and whilst Episode Two had a direct link to TVO via guest-star Richard Glover, the third episode has an altogether weirder connection. Still a guest appearance of sorts, but more of a platter of organic processes mixed with a
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October 19, 2017 // 0 Comments
This week sees fantasy comedy Zapped return to Dave – once again with director Dave Lambert at the helm. The star studded series features former Inbetweeners actor James Buckley as data marketing assistant Brian who is abruptly transported to a parallel world he doesn’t
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October 10, 2017 // 0 Comments
Paul Kaye is part of the ensemble cast for the Royal Court Theatre’s production of Guillermo Calderón’s B which begins later this month. Translated by William Gregory and directed by Sam Pritchard, B tells the story of Alejandra and Marcela – two revolutionaries who are
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September 13, 2017 // 0 Comments
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 7. If you do not wish to be spoiled, look away now. Paul Kaye – best known in comedy circles for his work as Mike Strutter and of course, Dennis Pennis – has been a recurring fixture in Game of Thrones since the third
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August 22, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Ghoul is in UK cinemas and available on-demand now, and to celebrate, The Velvet Onion is offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to a very special screening and Q&A event tomorrow night in London! Gareth Tunley‘s debut film, starring Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Dan
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August 9, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Ghoul – the incredible directorial debut of Gareth Tunley starring Tom Meeten and a cavalcade of TVO regulars – is now available to pre-order on DVD and Blu-Ray. The film, which saw limited screenings last year and earlier in 2017, is due to hit cinemas on 4th August. It tells
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August 1, 2017 // 0 Comments
The day has finally arrived: Game of Thrones returns for its long awaited seventh season today in the US, tomorrow in the UK, and around the world in the next few days. Shrouded in secrecy as always, the new season is a little shorter than usual, with just seven episodes of, it seems, all out war
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July 16, 2017 // 0 Comments
A new film, which claims to “reinvent the rom com” starts shooting in London next week, and Tony Way will be playing one of the main characters. The Revenger: An Unromantic Comedy is the story of how one man’s quest for love turns to revenge when his wife-to-be attempts to take him
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July 1, 2017 // 0 Comments
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
HBO’s fantasy epic Game of Thrones will return for its seventh season on 16th July. The shortened run of seven episodes will once again feature TVO regulars Gemma Whelan and Paul Kaye it its large ensemble cast, and the show’s creators are promising a faster pace than even
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May 24, 2017 // 0 Comments
Paul Kaye is among the cast of new BBC drama Three Girls about the Rochdale sexual abuse scandal. Three Girls focuses on the young girls who were groomed in Rochdale between 2008 and 2012, for which nine men were eventually convicted and sentenced. It tells the stories of the victims –
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May 16, 2017 // 0 Comments
Noel Fielding is set to play rock legend Alice Cooper in an upcoming episode of Urban Myths on Sky Arts. The episode will also star David Suchet as Salvador Dalí, and fellow TVO regular Paul Kaye as Cooper’s then manager Shep Gordon. TVO has seen a sneaky peek, and the results are
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May 7, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Velvet Onion is sad to report the death of acclaimed Scottish actor Sean Scanlan, at the age of 69, following a long illness. The actor’s career began in the early 1970s, with a number of well-received roles on the stage, before his starring role in short-lived 1982 drama Airline. When
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April 20, 2017 // 2 Comments
Fantasy sitcom Zapped will be returning for a six part second series later this year, with director Dave Lambert once again at the helm. The fantasy epic for UKTV channel Dave stars former Inbetweeners actor James Buckley as data marketing assistant Brian who is abruptly transported to a
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April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments
Paul Kaye has joined the cast of Anna and the Apocalypse – a new film described as a ‘zombie comedy musical’ that is currently being shot in Glasgow. In the film, a girl and her friends must fight (and sing) their way through a zombie invasion to reach the supposed safety of
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January 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Ghoul and Trespass Against Us are to screen across the UK as part of the BIFI Independents season. For the uninitiated The Ghoul is the directorial debut by Gareth Tunley and stars a bevy of TVO regulars including Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Dan Skinner, Geoffrey McGivern and Rufus
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January 17, 2017 // 0 Comments
A new documentary about the life of the late Sir Terry Pratchett has been made, starring Paul Kaye as Pratchett himself. Terry Pratchett: Back in Black is the story of the author’s life in his own words, although the Discworld creator sadly died in 2015, before he was able to finish writing.
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January 16, 2017 // 0 Comments
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