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Plebs will return to ITV2 for its fourth series in April, with plenty of TVO-related guest stars on board. Tom Rosenthal and Ryan Sampson will return for series 4, but it has been announced that Joel Fry, who played Stylax in the first three series, has now left the show. Jonathan Pointing will
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March 8, 2018 // 0 Comments
Steve Oram stars in short film Lobsters which is available to view online now. Lobsters is written and directed by Matt Huntley, whose previous work includes 2008 short Trimming the Fat starring Mat Horne alongside TVO regulars Tony Way, Ben Willbond and Stephen Evans, and 2013
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February 28, 2018 // 0 Comments
Brakes is now available to pre-order on DVD. Mercedes Grower’s anti-romcom, following nine couples from the end of their relationships to the start, boasts a fantastic comedy cast including Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Julia Davis, Steve Oram and Seb Cardinal. If you would like to see the
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January 29, 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
Julian Barratt and Steve Oram have joined the cast of new film In Fabric. Ghost story In Fabric, directed and written by Peter Strickland, tells the tale of a cursed dress that passes through a series of wearers, wreaking devastating consequences. It has been shot in the UK and co-financed
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November 28, 2017 // 1 Comment
Brakes, a new feature film from Mercedes Grower, will be hitting a select group of cinemas during the coming weeks, including an opening night in London this Friday. A few days ago we spoke to Mercedes about the film. Mog reports: If you’re a regular reader of The Velvet Onion you’ll be
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November 22, 2017 // 0 Comments
A new trailer for Brakes has been released and more screening/Q&A dates have been announced. Mercedes Grower’s anti-romcom, following nine couples from the end of their relationships to the start, boasts a fantastic comedy cast including Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Julia Davis,
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November 17, 2017 // 0 Comments
Brakes, the brilliant back-to-front movie about relationships which features a smorgasbord of TVO talent, will be coming to our cinema screens soon, accompanied by cast Q&As. Described as an “anti-rom com”, and produced with a wonderful punk aesthetic, Brakes features fantastic
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October 27, 2017 // 1 Comment
This Halloween, several TVO-linked films will have their television premieres on Film4. A Dark Song – Wednesday 25th Steve Oram stars in this Irish horror film about a damaged occultist and a grieving, determined young woman. The plot follows a black magic ritual that the pair risk their
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October 11, 2017 // 0 Comments
Channel 4 has given us a first look at new dark comedy drama The End of the F***ing World, which has Gemma Whelan and Steve Oram among its cast. The End of the F***ing World will launch as a complete box set exclusively on All 4 later this month, with the first episode premiering on Channel 4. The
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October 3, 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
Steve Oram will be the special guest at Richard Sandling’s next film-themed comedy night. For the uninitiated, Perfect Movie hosted by Richard Sandling is a multimedia show about films featuring games, trailers, sketches, competitions and recreations of comedians’ favourite movie scenes.
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August 3, 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 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
Today marks five years since The Velvet Onion Live, and as luck would have it, we recently managed to salvage some footage previously thought lost forever from the star-studded one-off live event. On 31st May 2012, we packed 21 Velvet Onion regulars, and the disembodied voice of one other, into
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May 31, 2017 // 1 Comment
The Rio Cinema in Dalston, London, will be showing a Velvet Onion-flavoured double bill this Sunday, with a combined screening and Q&A for Aaaaaaaah! and Prevenge. With both films emerging from of the hearts and minds of two of our favourite people, and each of them featuring a whole host of
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May 10, 2017 // 0 Comments
Following the critical success of Aaaaaaaah!, Steve Oram continues to flex his horror movie muscles as one of the leads in the new Irish horror A Dark Song. The film, the feature directorial debut from Liam Gavin, focuses on two characters: a strange occultist, Joseph (Steve), and a grieving,
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April 22, 2017 // 0 Comments
The forthcoming second annual Unrestricted View Film Festival is due to take place between 24th and 30th April, and the team behind it have put together a packed bill of independent cinema which includes some fantastic TVO treats. For the uninitiated, Unrestricted View has been the resident
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April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments
The latest series of Crackanory is looming and this latest set of episodes features a whole host of TVO regulars. While Episode 1 is available to preview on UKTV Play now, Becca Moody took a sneak peek at the whole of series 4 ahead of broadcast on Dave from January 30th. Here are her
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January 23, 2017 // 0 Comments
Ricky Gervais seems ubiquitous at the moment, what with his recent film David Brent: Life on the Road, live performances in character as Brent, and a stand-up tour (as himself) scheduled for 2017. So we thought we’d take a look back through Ricky’s television work, from The
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December 22, 2016 // 0 Comments
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