Sarah Kendall
Inside No. 9, Sarah Kendall and Marek Larwood are among the winners of the 2018 Writers’ Guild Awards. At the ceremony presented by Vicki Pepperdine, the award for Best TV Situation Comedy went to Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton for Inside No. 9 episode ‘The Bill’. Sarah
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January 16, 2018 // 0 Comments
Inside No. 9, Kevin Eldon and Sarah Kendall are among the nominees for this year’s Writers’ Guild Awards. Here’s the shortlist for the Awards’ comedy categories: Best TV Situation Comedy Inside No. 9 ‘The Bill’ (Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith) Back (Simon
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December 5, 2017 // 0 Comments
UK-based Aussie comedian Sarah Kendall is a guest on The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast. For those who aren’t in the know, The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast features stand-up Stuart Goldsmith talking to other stand-ups about their work, and it’s a must-listen for anyone with a
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November 28, 2017 // 0 Comments
BBC Radio 4 has ordered a raft of new and returning comedy shows. Following a pilot episode earlier this year, a full series of Jack & Millie has been commissioned. It stars Rebecca Front and her brother Jeremy Front (also the show’s writer) as Jack and Millie Lemman – an older
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August 21, 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
It’s that time of year again – when the summer festival line-ups are announced, and we get the pleasure of discovering a few TVO faces on the bills. So far we’ve spotted a few in connection to the Wells Comedy Festival, a three day festival which runs across 4 venues in the city
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March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments
The long awaited Australian Trilogy from award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall begins on BBC Radio 4 this week. The three part series, which we revealed back in July, will adapt Kendall’s 2014, 2015 and 2016 Edinburgh Fringe shows – Touchdown, A Day in October and Shaken –
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February 26, 2017 // 0 Comments
This week sees the long-awaited London run of Katy Brand‘s critically acclaimed I Was a Teenage Christian at the Soho Theatre, with shows every night from Monday 23rd to Saturday 28th January. But this is just the start of a long run of comedy across this Winter and early Spring for the
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January 23, 2017 // 0 Comments
Our favourite Aussie comedian Sarah Kendall is one of the new faces of design company Georg Jensen. The silverware specialists have launched a new ad campaign, which celebrates ‘influential and inspirational’ women. Sarah stars in the campaign alongside Danish film director Susanne Bier,
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October 14, 2016 // 0 Comments
The Edinburgh Fringe is now officially over for another year, and as the city cleans away the chaos that millions of flyers and hundreds of shows leave behind, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on TVO related involvement in an epic Fringe run. Our editor in chief, Paul Holmes,
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August 31, 2016 // 0 Comments
The Edinburgh Fringe is fast approaching, and with a host of TVO favourites leading the charge throughout August, we are highlighting the shows you simply have to see. As well as a smattering of interviews, we’ll be bringing you a range of preview ‘Soapbox’ pieces, in which a member of
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July 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
With the Edinburgh Fringe drawing ever closer, TVO has been speaking to some of the familiar faces you can see at this year’s festival. Fresh from a round of intensive previews, we caught up with the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Sarah Kendall for an in-depth natter about her incredible
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July 26, 2016 // 0 Comments
Tickets for Edinburgh Fringe shows have gone on sale, and once again, a number of TVO faces are heading on up to the Scottish city throughout August. Making welcome returns after prolonged absences this year are Katy Brand and Colin Hoult – who appear with their shows I Was a Teenage
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April 27, 2016 // 0 Comments
Sarah Kendall will be reviving her 2015 Edinburgh Fringe show for a final set of dates in the new year. The Fosters Comedy Award nominated show A Day in October played to packed out audiences across the Fringe in August, following huge success in her native Australia at Melbourne International
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November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments
Sarah Kendall has been announced as one of the eight nominations for this year’s Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award. Kendall, whose show A Day in October is playing at Assembly George Square Studios until Sunday, joins James Acaster, Joseph Morpurgo, Kieran Hodgson, Nish Kumar, Sam
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August 26, 2015 // 1 Comment
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 THIS WEEK below… SMELL THE HOFF Hoff The Record, Thursday, 9pm, Dave Tim Downie and Anna Crilly make guest
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June 22, 2015 // 0 Comments
See what’s so hot right now THIS WEEK below… GET HOFFED Hoff The Record, Thursday, 9pm, Dave This week sees the launch of two new comedy shows on Dave, both with TVO connections. The first of these is Hoff The Record – a semi-improvised mockumentary based on the surreal life of
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June 15, 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 THIS WEEK below… DOLL & EM RETURNS Doll & Em, Wednesday, 10:00pm, SKY ATLANTIC A year after their near-perfect
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June 1, 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 THIS WEEK below… HERE COMES THE SUN TRAP Wednesday, 10:45pm, BBC ONE This week sees the launch of Sun Trap, the new BBC
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May 25, 2015 // 0 Comments
If you follow what we do, you’ll be aware that a few of ‘our lot’ are currently gigging in Australia. So how are they being received by the critics? To find out, take a look at our round up of reviews for Noel Fielding, Paul Foot, Tony Law and Sarah Kendall below (click on the
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April 19, 2015 // 0 Comments
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