Rob Delaney
Rob Delaney is bringing his hit stand-up show Meat back to London. More Meat will run at the Leicester Square Theatre on eight nights between July 5th and 15th. The show originally toured the UK in 2015. Buy tickets to see Rob Delaney live here. And if you haven’t caught up with the
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April 23, 2017 // 0 Comments
So many podcasts, so little time. Here’s a handy list of British podcast episodes that feature the people we cover at TVO. The Comedian’s Comedian In this long-running podcast, stand-up comedian Stuart Goldsmith interviews fellow stand-ups about how and why they do comedy. Things
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April 21, 2017 // 0 Comments
Series 3 of Catastrophe, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s sitcom about a dysfunctional couple thrown together by an unplanned pregnancy, returns to our screens on Tuesday 28th February. The first two series have been hugely successful, in terms of critical acclaim, awards quotas and viewing
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February 8, 2017 // 0 Comments
The Velvet Onion is sad to report the death of actress Carrie Fisher at the age of 60, and we join the countless millions around the world who will remember her talent for many years to come. Best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the
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December 27, 2016 // 0 Comments
Two further series of Catastrophe, the sitcom by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, have been commissioned by Channel 4. The third six-part series will go into production in November and will air in 2017; the fourth series will follow after that (timings tbc). The popular
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July 12, 2016 // 0 Comments
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s critically-acclaimed sitcom Catastrophe is to be remade in French. The remake will star Julie Perreault in Sharon’s role (who will be called Audrey in this version) and Rossif Sutherland in Rob’s role (here called Frank). Frank is an American
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June 17, 2016 // 0 Comments
Katy Brand has become the latest high profile name to join Merman: the production company set up by Sharon Horgan and producer Clelia Mountford. The company was founded in 2014 after Horgan and Mountford met working on The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. The company has already
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May 4, 2016 // 0 Comments
Sharon Horgan and Laurie Rose were amongst the winners at this weekend’s BAFTA TV Craft awards. Horgan won the award for ‘Writer – Comedy’ alongside her regular collaborator Rob Delaney for their work on the magnificent Catastrophe, for which the awards – quite
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April 25, 2016 // 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 take a look below. POMPIDOU BEGINS… This week sees Matt Lucas new show Pompidou, co starring Alex
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February 23, 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 take a look below. COME ON IN… Monday evening puts out the Welcome mat for the long awaited second series of House
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February 16, 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. YOU SAY GOODBYE… This week sees the Comedic Guard of 2015 begin to change for the first time, as
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February 9, 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. THE VELVET ONION IS FIVE This week marks our fifth anniversary, and to celebrate, a number of our regulars sent
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February 2, 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. SEVEN IN ONE This week sees not one, not two, but SEVEN great shows with direct TVO connections airing across UK
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January 26, 2015 // 0 Comments
Hands up if you tuned in for the first episode of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s new show Catastrophe, which aired on Ch4 last night? If you didn’t, you missed out because it was properly bloody funny! Catastrophe was well-written, darkly sweet and featured two main characters who
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January 20, 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. CATASTROPHE FOR SHARON HORGAN Monday 19th sees the launch of Catastrophe – the brand new comedy
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January 19, 2015 // 0 Comments
Sharon Horgan will be returning to television next year with a new sitcom pilot for Channel 4. Entitled Catastrophe, it marks the second major collaboration between Horgan and comedian Rob Delaney following their BBC Comedy viral smash, Kinky Sex, late last year. The one-off pilot, produced by
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December 16, 2013 // 0 Comments
The latest Feed My Funny short from BBC Comedy is definitely not safe for work, but features a bevy of TVO Talent – quite how it should be! Kinky Sex with Rob Delaney & Sharon Horgan does exactly what it says on the tin… almost, as the attempts of its stars to liven things up in
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October 17, 2012 // 2 Comments
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