In the summer of 2020, I was invited onto hit podcast Smashed Prawns in a Milky Basket to discuss cult sketch show Psychobitches with host Sophie Davies. I’ve known Sophie for years and her knowledge and enthusiasm for British comedy possibly outshines my own, so it was a joy to chat to her again. MyContinue reading “Smashed Prawns in a Milky Basket”
Tag Archives: Comedy
An Austentatious Q&A
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…
Ellie White & Celeste Dring on 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”
Anna Mann on A Sketch Show for Depressives
Source: The Velvet Onion It can’t have escaped your attention that the Edinburgh Fringe is just around the corner. And with it, comes Colin Hoult‘s new hour of comedy, A Sketch Show for Depressives. We tried to speak to Colin about his return to the festival, but when we rang his number, Anna Mann, who is sharing theContinue reading “Anna Mann on A Sketch Show for Depressives”
Sarah Kendall on Shaken
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion With the Edinburgh Fringe drawing ever closer, TVO has been speaking to some of the familiar faces you can see at this year’s festival. Fresh from a round of intensive previews, we caught up with the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Sarah Kendall for an in-depth natter about her incredible newContinue reading “Sarah Kendall on Shaken”
Greg James on Dead Air
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion Monday, 13th July sees the launch of the latest batch of BBC Comedy Feeds – taster pilots for potential new shows launched exclusively on BBC iPlayer. Naturally, there’s a whole host of TVO talent involved on both sides of the camera, with the likes of Michael Smiley, Ellie White, Alice’s Wunderland producer SamContinue reading “Greg James on Dead Air”
Fergus Craig goes Hoff the Record
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion This week sees the launch of Hoff the Record – the brand new partially improvised mockumentary about David Hasselhoff, in which the 80s legend stars alongside TVO regular Fergus Craig. With numerous other familiar faces appearing across the run, and this being Fergus’ most high profile role in quite some time, we were keenContinue reading “Fergus Craig goes Hoff the Record”
Dave Lambert goes Under Cover
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion This week sees the launch of Undercover – the new sitcom starring Daniel Rigby and Sarah Alexander. In it, Rigby plays hapless detective Chris Anderson, who goes undercover within the Sarkissian crime syndicate in an attempt to nail the head honcho Ara, and Alexander is his uncompromising boss, Zoe Keller. One of a stringContinue reading “Dave Lambert goes Under Cover”
The Long Game
TV presenter and actor Chris Johnson asked me to join him on his Doctor Who themed podcast #9is10, celebrating ten years since the return of the series. The episode focused on discussion of the 2005 episode The Long Game and became very, very silly indeed…
The Velvet Onion Live!
A one-off live event with a star studded line up… and some celebrities in the audience, too! With the help of James Wren (The Hen & Chickens, Spank!) and Bob Pipe (The Forgery Club, Myspace Comedy), we sold out a South London venue with a night to remember! The trailer above should give you aContinue reading “The Velvet Onion Live!”
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