Toast of London
Toast of London – the bonkers but brilliant sitcom from Matt Berry and Arthur Matthews, is to return for a third series. The confirmation was made some time ago, following the show (and Matt’s) numerous nominations in this year’s British Comedy Awards (set to take place next
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December 9, 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. ST VINCENT AND THE BEAR This week sees the UK release of St Vincent – the new Bill Murray film about a
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December 1, 2014 // 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 below. PADDINGTON ARRIVES The British media has gone absolutely potty for the new Paddington movie, which is released
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November 24, 2014 // 0 Comments
Fans of Matt Berry‘s Toast of London can now express their love of the show on their vertical household surfaces. Graphic designer, Mick, of Smart Giant Media, has created a series of bold designs featuring key characters from the show. There are 4 designs in total featuring: Steven Toast,
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November 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. 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
Hello, dear Peelers, and welcome to The Velvet Onion! For your regular news updates you used to find on our home page, click here. But below, here’s what Dolly would say is sooo hot right now in Onion Land. AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING BEGINS! The big news this week is that An Evening
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October 20, 2014 // 0 Comments
The nominees for the television, online and radio 2014 Rose d’Or were announced this week, and there are two TVO shows in the shortlist for Best Sitcom! Toast of London (featuring Matt Berry) and Yonderland (from the Horrible Histories Team) are two of just three nominees in the Best Sitcom
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June 22, 2014 // 1 Comment
Regular readers of TVO might remember Paper People – cut out and keep paper models of your favourite TVO folk. We’ve just revisited the site and there are many, many more characters for you to cut out and keep. How many do you recognise from the pictures below? If you can’t wait
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June 1, 2014 // 0 Comments
This weekend saw Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson pick up BAFTA TV Awards for their roles in The IT Crowd. The duo were nominated for Best Performance In A Comedy Programme, in the Male/Female categories respectively. Parkinson faced off stiff competition from Doon Mackichan (Plebs),
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May 19, 2014 // 0 Comments
The Bafta nominations are out, and there are many TVO connections to be found. To begin with; The IT Crowd has 4 nominations, with Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson nominated for Best Male/Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, and Best Situation Comedy, where it
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April 8, 2014 // 0 Comments
Matt Berry‘s new sitcom Toast Of London is to return for a second series. The show, which Berry co-writes with Father Ted legend Arthur Mathews features Matt as a successful television and stage actor who also happens to be a blustering buffoon. Directed by Snuffbox veteran Michael
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December 6, 2013 // 0 Comments
This weekend sees the launch of Toast Of London – the new sitcom from Matt Berry – and our international readership will be pleased to know, it’s also available for dvd pre-order. Ahead of transmission, we felt it prudent to fill in a few details about the show, which
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October 18, 2013 // 1 Comment
Matt Berry is back as Toast of London on Sunday at 10.40pm on Channel 4 – straight after Was It Something I Said with Richard Ayoade. As regular readers know, the pilot of Toast of London was shown last year as part of Channel 4′s Funny Fortnight. Matt stars as Stephen Toast, an eccentric
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October 16, 2013 // 0 Comments
Next month sees the launch of Kill The Wolf – the long awaited new album from Matt Berry. Ahead of it’s release, Matt will be touring with his band The Maypoles, with dates in Bristol, Reading, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and London between the 12th-18th May. We took all this
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May 10, 2013 // 6 Comments
Matt Berry‘s had a hectic old week. First up, he’s released an app which promises to do your dirty work for you. As Matt explains: “Welcome to the only app that lets me deliver those nasty little messages that you really don’t want to do yourself! Need to split up with your
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August 22, 2012 // 0 Comments
Details have emerged of the exact transmission times for much of the programming in Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight – which features a number of TVO faces in new productions and old favourites. These include Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan in Bad Sugar, Matt Berry in Toast Of
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August 13, 2012 // 3 Comments
Toast of London, written by Arthur Mathews and starring Matt Berry, will air on Channel 4 on Monday 20th August at 10pm as part of Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight. Steven Toast is a successful actor. Now in his forties, Toast regularly appears in prestigious television dramas, and on the London
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August 12, 2012 // 1 Comment
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