Travel Man

Travel Man in Brussels

Travel Man will return very soon with a 48-hour trip to Brussels. Richard Ayoade is heading to the capital city of Belgium with Lee Mack. The episode is set to air Monday 2nd April at 8.30pm on Channel 4. It looks like they will be visiting the Atomium… And the infamous Manneken Pis… [...]

March 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Christmas Onions 2017

The festive season is upon us and there’s plenty to keep you entertained on the tellybox. Here’s our roundup of this year’s most essential Christmas viewing… Taskmaster: Champion of Champions Wednesday 13th and Wednesday 20th December at 9pm, Dave Taskmaster series 5 champion Bob [...]

December 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Coming up on Travel Man

Following his trip to Rome with Matt Lucas, Richard Ayoade is setting off on his travels with Sara Pascoe, Joe Lycett and Sally Phillips. Tonight (Friday October 27th) Travel Man is heading to Valencia with stand-up comedian Sara Pascoe. After checking into the Hotel Caro, Richard and Sara set [...]

October 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

BAFTA TV Nominations

The nominations for the 2017 TV BAFTAs have been announced, with plenty of TVO-connected shows and performers receiving nods. Here’s a roundup of the nominations with the TVO-linked ones highlighted: Scripted Comedy Camping (Sky Atlantic) Fleabag (BBC3) Flowers (Channel 4) People Just Do [...]

April 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Return of Travel Man

Good news! Travel Man will return to Channel 4 on Monday 6th March. In the first episode of the new series, Richard Ayoade will be joined by comedian Rob Beckett on a trip to St. Petersburg, Russia’s cultural capital, for a post-Soviet itinerary including an armoured tank, caviar, vodka and [...]

February 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Christmas Onions 2016

The festive season is upon us and there’s plenty to keep you entertained on the tellybox. Here’s our roundup of this year’s most essential Christmas viewing. Drunk History Wednesday 21st December at 10pm, Comedy Central UK Rick Edwards tells the story of the World War I Christmas [...]

December 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Preview Pictures: Travel Man in Florence

A Christmas special of Travel Man is coming our way… and on Christmas Day no less! So while you’re lying on your sofa having consumed so much food and/or alcohol that you can no longer move, tune into Channel 4 at 8pm to see Richard Ayoade exploring the Italian city of Florence with [...]

December 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

Christmas Special for Travel Man

Channel 4 has announced that Travel Man will return for a Christmas special, followed by two new series in 2017. In the hour-long Christmas special, Richard Ayoade will be joined by comedian and actress Rebel Wilson on a tour of Florence, Italy. Past episodes of Travel Man have featured guests [...]

November 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Ayoade on Adam Buxton Podcast

Richard Ayoade is a very busy man at the moment! Whilst in Lisbon with Adam Buxton filming the next series of Travel Man, he found the time to be a guest on Adam’s popular podcast. The pair’s ‘ramble-chat’ has been split into two episodes, which are both available now. [...]

July 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Sightings of Travel Man

Richard Ayoade has been spotted filming the next series of Travel Man with some very interesting guests. If, like us at The Velvet Onion, you’re a fan of Channel 4’s Travel Man, you’ll be pleased to know that production of the comedy-travel show’s next series is under [...]

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

So Hot Right Now: On TV This Week

Here’s what you can catch on the picturebox this week. Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll Thursday, 10:00pm, BBC Four Simon Day returns as the legendary Thotch frontman Brian Pern in the third series of his mockumentary saga created with Rhys Thomas. Along for the ride once more are [...]

January 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

So Hot Right Now #27

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… W1A RETURNS Smash hit mockumentary W1A returns on Thursday for its second series, with an extended [...]

April 20, 2015 // 1 Comment

So Hot Right Now #26

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… TRAILAAAAAAAAH! Late last week, TVO recieved the first teaser trailer for Aaaaaaaah! – the [...]

April 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

So Hot Right Now #25

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… PIECES This week sees the online debut of Jack Weatherley‘s sublime short [...]

April 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

So Hot Right Now #24

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… NEW TO TV AND RADIO THIS WEEK It’s yet another packed week for top notch television and radio [...]

March 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Richard Ayoade On The Open Road

Fans of Channel 4’s Gadget Man, where Richard Ayoade offers a whistle-stop tour of some of the world’s craziest gadgets, will no doubt love to hear what the delightfully sarcastic comic has to say about the world’s top tourist destinations. And hear him we will, in his new [...]

March 26, 2015 // 0 Comments