Phill Jupitus
Richard Sandling has unleashed a YouTube pilot version of his long-running live show Perfect Movie. Self funded and self produced, the pilot takes the hugely successful stage concept and revamps it for screens big and small – with stand-up, games, sketches, mash-ups and a special guest
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December 14, 2015 // 0 Comments
Long running panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks – featuring Noel Fielding as a regular team captain – has been axed by BBC Two. A BBC spokesperson told BBC News: “After 28 series we’ve decided not to bring Never Mind the Buzzcocks back to the BBC,” said a
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May 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. CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR TVO TELLY FANS! As Noddy Holder once sang: IT’S
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December 22, 2014 // 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. TVO ON TELLY This week sees a drop in the number of TVO related shows on our screens, as both Toast of
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December 15, 2014 // 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. THE RETURN OF BRIAN PERN This week sees the long awaited return of Brian Pern to our screens, in the brand new
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December 8, 2014 // 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. TELLY VELVETS CONTINUE We’re knee deep into the current series of several TVO related shows at present,
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November 17, 2014 // 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. TVO ON TELLY This week sees the continuing adventures of Trollied (featuring Aisling Bea) on Sky One,
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November 10, 2014 // 0 Comments
Greetings and salutations to all who enter The Velvet Onion! For your regular news updates you used to find on our home page, click here. Here’s what’s sooo hot right now in Onion Land. TELEVISUAL TREATS Just as Halloween isn’t a good day to be a bad guy (just ask Skank), Monday
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November 3, 2014 // 0 Comments
The third series of Gadget Man – Channel 4’s tech-fuelled funfest hosted by Richard Ayoade is now underway, and the next two episodes bring two familiar faces in to play with all the toys. Following the appearance of Tim Vine and Marcus Brigstocke in the first episode (now viewable
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August 27, 2014 // 0 Comments
Stand-up comic and tv presenter Rhod Gilbert is to join Never Mind The Buzzcocks as permanent host. The show – originally presented by Mark Lamarr and later Simon Amstell – has had a series of revolving guest presenters since 2009, with Rhod himself being only the second guest host,
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July 9, 2014 // 1 Comment
The Festive edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks will air on Monday 16th December, and will be hosted by Jonny Vegas. Team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding, will be joined by Jessica Hynes, Westlife singer Brian McFadden, Sara Pascoe and DJ Locksmith from Rudimental. The show will air
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December 8, 2013 // 0 Comments
As the week that introduced the public to ‘mug-gate’ draws to a close, here’s our round up of what went down and the bizarre commentary that followed: Unless you’ve been avoiding all forms of media consumption for the past 6 days you can’t fail to have noticed that
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November 9, 2013 // 0 Comments
Monday’s installment of Never Mind The Buzzcocks will feature a return visit from Tony Law. The brilliant stand-up, and Ealing Live veteran, also appeared on the show last year in what may possibly be the most perfect team line-up ever – Noel Fielding, Tony, and incredible singer
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October 4, 2013 // 0 Comments
A few weeks ago we told you about a new video from indie legend (and Boosh fan) Billy Bragg, which featured a star-studded comedy cast including our very own Kevin Eldon. Now that video for new single Handyman Blues is rapidly going viral, so we thought we’d join the fun, and point out how
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June 4, 2013 // 1 Comment
The video for (self-proclaimed Mighty Boosh fan) Billy Bragg’s next single, Handyman Blues, looks set to be a good ‘un – it boasts a list of cameos as long as your arm (assuming you have pretty long arms), including Kevin Eldon. Directed by Johnny Vegas, who popped up in
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May 12, 2013 // 1 Comment
Richard Sandling‘s latest Squat Betty spoken word night looks set to be a corker, with some familiar guest stars. The show fuses poetry, storytelling, sketch and character comedy with music, book readers, lectures and, of course, stand-up. MC Sandling will attempt to write at least one
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April 7, 2013 // 0 Comments
Christmas festivities proper start at 9.30pm tonight with the Never Mind the Buzzcocks Christmas Special! Tonight’s show is hosted by the ever delightful Bob Mortimer, and based on the preview clip below it’s going to be a cracker! What’s more, it features not one, but two TVO
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December 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
Tough Crowd, the latest photo exhibition by Dave Brown, opens today at The Strand Gallery in central London. A collection of portraits capturing the very essence of the lonely, fragile comedian, the exhibition is in aid of the brilliant Afrikids and features a whole host of famous names
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December 5, 2012 // 1 Comment
Tomorrow night’s the night that Richard Ayoade will take on the role of guest host on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Joining Richard and series regulars Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus will be comedian Matthew Crosby, musicians Shingai Shoniwa and Ed Sheeran, and tv presenter Caroline Flack.
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November 11, 2012 // 0 Comments
Given the speed of the flow of information around the internet, many of you will already know quite a lot about the new series of Never Mind the Buzzcocks. You’ll probably know that it returns to our screens on Monday 24th September at 10pm on BBC2; you’ll already be aware that Noel
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September 19, 2012 // 3 Comments
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