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An Austentatious Q&A

Eight performers in regency costumes line up on a spiral staircase.

Hang on to your bonnets as we ask one question of each member of the Austentatious team.

Tony Beckton on Simon Day’s UK Tour

As Simon Day allegedly heads out on a UK tour, we speak to one of the four men actually performing in the show…

Preview: This is Going to Hurt

SOURCE: The Velvet Onion This week sees the release Adam Kay’s medical memoir, This is Going to Hurt, in which the former Mongrels and Crims writer and musical satirist revisits his seven years as a practicing Doctor. TVO took a sneak peek at the results, to find out if you should buy a copy yourselves. As journalist, author and full-time punkContinue reading “Preview: This is Going to Hurt”

Adam Miller on The Windsors

Director Adam Miller sits on a window sill reading his notes.

As The Windsors returns to Channel 4, we catch up with series director Adam Miller.

Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors

Ellie White & Celeste Dring in character for The Windsors.

SOURCE: THE VELVET ONION The Windsors is currently charming audiences every Wednesday night on Channel 4, as the soap-style sitcom about the royal family is back for a second series. With a number of TVO regulars in front of and behind the camera, we thought it was high time we spoke to some of them aboutContinue reading “Ellie White & Celeste Dring on The Windsors”

Katy Wix on The Windsors

Source: The Velvet Onion This week sees the return of The Windsors to our screens, as the soap-style sitcom about the royal family is back for a second series. With a number of TVO regulars in front of and behind the camera, we thought it was high time we spoke to some of them about theContinue reading “Katy Wix on The Windsors”

Alice Lowe on Prevenge’s final push

A woman wearing a red dress and skull face-paint, looks at herself in the mirror.

Source: The Velvet Onion Prevenge – the directorial feature debut from Alice Lowe – is available on dvd and blu-ray now. To celebrate, TVO cornered Alice once more to talk in depth about the Prevenge experience from conception to completion. With major spoilers (you have been warned), this is the result… “It’s like the final push of labour,” Alice Lowe jokes as we catchContinue reading “Alice Lowe on Prevenge’s final push”

Review: Prevenge

SOURCE: The Velvet Onion Alice Lowe’s smash hit film Prevenge is released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on 5th June, which gave TVO an ample excuse to revisit a film we’d previously called “a startling debut from an incredibly talented individual”. With the film also available to download from today, we’ve had a sneaky peek at the discs themselves, and our fresh thoughts onContinue reading “Review: Prevenge”

Preview: Murder in Successville Series Three

SOURCE: The Velvet Onion Murder in Successville is back on our screens next week, with a third series once more bringing Tom Davis back as uncompromising cop DI Sleet, alongside a whole new roster of celebrity rookie-cops to help him solve a crime. But is the third series up to the high standards set by theContinue reading “Preview: Murder in Successville Series Three”

Rhys Thomas on Brian Pern: A Tribute

Photographs of Brian Pern surrounded by bouquets of flowers lie on the front steps of a house.

Source: The Velvet Onion This week sees BBC Four air a special tribute to fallen prog-rock singer Brian Pern, who died last month aged 66 following an unexpected segway mistake. This exclusive documentary for BBC Four also features Brian’s final prophetic interview, which has never been transmitted before as well as the true story behind hisContinue reading “Rhys Thomas on Brian Pern: A Tribute”

Postscript: Comic Relief 2017

This year’s charity telethon raised over £71m for great causes around the world. But it was also a highly divisive evening for audiences. Here’s of the things that worked, and a couple of the things that didn’t… The tabloids are having a field day. “Viewers slam ‘totally unfunny’ Comic Relief” says one particularly loathsome publication.Continue reading “Postscript: Comic Relief 2017”

Alice Lowe on Filmmaking

SOURCE: The Velvet Onion Alice Lowe’s sensational film Prevenge is in UK cinemas this weekend, with US distribution to follow next month. To celebrate, we’ve had a look back through our interview archive and pulled out some juicy quotes from our many discussions with Alice over the years, to paint a picture on her approach to film-making.Continue reading “Alice Lowe on Filmmaking”