The Wrong Door – The Velvet Onion

Onion Talking: Sightseeing With Steve Oram & Ben Wheatley

To celebrate the release of Sightseers into UK cinemas, TVO met up with director Ben Wheatley and star/writer Steve Oram at a public screening and Q&A at Cornerhouse in Manchester last month, for an exclusive interview. Here is the result… There’s an old adage about Manchester. It’s [...]

November 26, 2012 // 3 Comments

More TV Comedy On The Horizon?

The British Comedy Guide has reported back from the Broadcast Comedy Forum 2010 with news that all of the major broadcasters are looking to develop new ideas for television after a long period of comedic drought on our tv screens which has seen many an artist we cover on these pages turn to the [...]

September 30, 2010 // 0 Comments

Russians Get Booshed!

The Mighty Boosh is now entertaining audiences in Russia via satellite station 2×2. The channel, which was founded in 1989 and relaunched in 2007 after a period of closure, focuses on animation imports during the day, and it seems, comedy at night. As well as the Boosh, Russian viewers can [...]

June 11, 2010 // 11 Comments

Wrong Door, Right Disc

2008 BBC3 sketch show The Wrong Door looks set for a DVD release. The series, which featured a heavy use of CGI in most of its sketches, relied on a revolving door of performers, including the wonderful Matt Berry, Spaced star Michael Smiley, The Thick of It’s Alex MacQueen and Alan [...]

March 22, 2010 // 2 Comments