"had their first child, a son, six months previously. Simon Bird Simon Antony Bird (born 19 August 1984) is an English actor and comedian. He played Will McKenzie in ""The Inbetweeners"" and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy ""Friday Night Dinner"". Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey as the third of four children of Claremont McKenna College Professor Graham Bird and Heather (née Gage). Bird was educated at Cranmore School, West Horsley, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English. At Cambridge, Bird was the President of the Footlights, the university's sketch and theatrical"
"4, starting 22 December of that year. Mark Heap and Peter Serafinowicz led the cast, which also included Louise Brealey, Phil Davis, Mark Benton, Colin Morgan, Paterson Joseph, Josie Lawrence, Jim Norton, Adam Thomas Wright and Hollie Burgess. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett had cameo roles as a pair of traffic cops called ""Neil"" and ""Terry"". The series was broadcast in six episodes starting in April 2015. In March 2013, Cult Classic Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, performed Amy Hoff's adaptation of ""Good Omens"" with the permission of Pratchett and Gaiman. In November 2017, Squabbalogic staged a special development reading of"
"2008, debut, with ""Los Angeles Times""<nowiki>'</nowiki> Web Scout article titled ""Sony's C-Spot: New Web comedy lineup surprisingly clean despite Ron Jeremy cameo."" Monsters and Critics reported that same week that the series would be available on C-Spot via several channels of distributions, including AOL Video, Hulu, YouTube and Crackle, as well as through Verizon's V Cast and directly to Sony's Bravia televisions. The same story indicated that additional episodes would have guest appearances by writer-actor Wil Wheaton, actor-director Adam Arkin, and actor-director Michael O'Keefe; Arkin's episode — in which he played a bewildered mycologist — was made available April 25,"
"writers picked ""Crooked House"" as an ""EW favorite"" on the list of the ""Nine Great Christie Novels"". The novel was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in four weekly 30-minute episodes which began broadcasting on 29 February 2008. It starred Rory Kinnear (Charles Hayward), Anna Maxwell Martin (Sophia Leonides), and Phil Davis (Chief Insp. Taverner). The radio play was dramatised by Joy Wilkinson and directed by Sam Hoyle. It was subsequently issued on CD. This version removed the character of Eustace. In 2011, US filmmaker Neil La Bute announced that he would be directing a feature film version, for 2012, of"
"December 2012 on E4. A UK DVD release of the US version was released on 8 January 2013. The US version was broadcast on Viacom-owned Freeview channel Viva from 4 August 2014. The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners is a British coming-of-age sitcom television series, which originally aired on E4 from 2008–2010, that was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager Will (Simon Bird) and his friends Simon (Joe Thomas), Neil (Blake Harrison), and Jay (James Buckley) at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The show involves situations of school life, uncaring school"
"G4 for the week ending June 10, 2007; host Kevin Pereira described the show as ""a cross between Letterman, Pee-Wee Herman, Steve Irwin, Emeril, and a Japanese schoolgirl on meth."" After a long hiatus, a third episode was finally uploaded to YouTube on March 28, 2008, in conjunction with the show's debut as part of C-Spot and Crackle. It was announced at that time that C-Spot would release 10 episodes, coming out on successive Fridays as part of an original-programming lineup of six programs. The fourth episode, featuring pornographic actor Ron Jeremy, drew increased media attention around its April 4,"
"of the night's performers assuming hosting duties. A fourth series began transmission on 28 November 2008. It showcased a variety of the newer stand-up comedians and was rescheduled from Monday nights to Friday nights to replace ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"" after Ross's suspension in the wake of the Sachsgate row. After hosting the first episode, Michael McIntyre got his own show of a similar format; ""Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow"" was broadcast for a series of six episodes in 2009. A fifth series aired in late 2009 and early 2010, the recordings of which took place in October 2009. This"
"on Friday 7 June 2013 on Channel 4 as a two-hour show. Performing at the gala were Alan Carr, Miranda Hart, Kevin Bridges, Michael McIntyre, Russell Brand, Adam Hills, Warwick Davis, Jason Byrne, Jo Brand, Jonathan Ross, Josh Widdicombe, Jon Richardson, Jack Dee, Lee Evans, Nina Conti, Rhod Gilbert, Paul Chowdhry, Paddy McGuinness, Seann Walsh, Tom Stade, with taped videos from Noel Fielding, Keith Lemon, Terry Mynott and Jack Whitehall. The ""Comedy Gala 2014"" was filmed on 16 May 2014 at the O2 Arena. It aired on 5 June 2014 on Channel 4 as a 2-hour and 40 minute show."
"4 released ""Clapham Junction"", a TV drama partially based on the murder. The film written by Kevin Elyot and directed by Adrian Shergold portrays to some detail the victim Jody Dobrowski. In the script to the film however, the Clapham Common's victim's name was changed to Alfie Cartwright, a waiter. The role was played by actor David Leon. The film was shown for the first time on 22 July 2007, on Channel 4, almost two years after the murder, to mark the 40th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, and was meant to be a film against"
"4, 2009 after a total of 105 performances. The show was directed by Jeremy Sams and starred Graham Phillips as Evan Goldman and Allie Trimm as Patrice. It also starred Corey Snide as Evan on the matinee performances, Aaron Simon Gross as Archie Walker, Eric Nelsen as Brett Samson, and Delaney Moro as Kendra. The 2008 Broadway production is notable for being the professional debuts of Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies who would later go on to star together in the Nickelodeon television series ""Victorious"". Twelve-year-old New Yorker Evan Goldman is soon to have his Bar Mitzvah, and he wants"
"4 science fiction comedy ""Nebulous"" (2005), ""Peacefully in their Sleeps"" on Radio 4 in 2007, ""The Peter Serafinowicz Show"" in 2007 and ""Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle"" in 2009 and 2014. He has also contributed material to programmes including ""The Impressionable Jon Culshaw"", ""Little Britain"", ""The Peter Serafinowicz Show"" and is a co-creator of the website ""TV Dregs"". In 2005, Putner took the starring role (as a mime) in the 7th district section of the film ""Paris, je t'aime"" written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film opened the ""Un Certain Regard"" section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. From late"
"video by Mail Order Comedy (as The Wizards), in April 2008. ""Purple Magic"", a music album by The Wizards containing 14 tracks, was released on April 1, 2009. Comedy Central's original series ""Workaholics"" premiered on April 6, 2011, and stars DeVine, Anderson, and Holm and co-stars Newacheck, all of whom also serve as series creators and executive producers. DeVine had small roles in ""Mama's Boy"" (2007) and """" (2009). He had a recurring role on the television series ""Samantha Who?"". He also appeared on an episode of the Fox show ""Traffic Light"" (2011). In season 4 of ""Community"" (2013), he"
"fortnight"", in which he plays Jamie, a man preparing to propose to his girlfriend Lucy (Pearl Mackie). Thomas started dating his co-star Hannah Tointon in 2010. They became engaged in early 2017. Joe Thomas (actor) Joseph Owen Thomas (born 28 October 1983) is an English actor. He portrayed Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom ""The Inbetweeners"" and Kingsley Owen in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series ""Fresh Meat"". Born the first of four boys, Thomas attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford as a teenager before proceeding to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied History. At Cambridge, Thomas was a"
"the Comic Relief parody of the critically acclaimed historical television dramas ""Downton Abbey"" and ""Upstairs Downstairs"". Playing herself and the character of Mrs. Danvers, she starred alongside others including Jennifer Saunders, Kim Cattrall, Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman and Tim Vine. In recent years, Lumley has worked extensively with ITV, and in 2010 Lumley was executive producer and presenter of ""Joanna Lumley's Nile"", where she journeyed up the River Nile from sea to source in Rwanda, for ITV. This was broadcast in four parts on ITV beginning on 12 April 2010, and repeated in June"
"broadcast on BBC Four from 14 January 2016. The series is written by Rhys Thomas and Simon Day, and stars Simon Day, Michael Kitchen, Paul Whitehouse and Nigel Havers in supporting roles alongside Day. The character of Brian Pern is an affectionate parody of Peter Gabriel. ""There is more than one influence in that character,"" Gabriel told Mark Blake, ""but I am definitely one of them. I'm flattered by it."" In addition to Gabriel's cameos, the series features a range of musicians playing themselves including Roger Taylor, Phil Collins, Jools Holland, Rick Wakeman, Rick Parfitt, Chrissie Hynde, Tim Rice, Billy"
"Mockingbird- New Wave Theater *RG* Gary Floyd- The Dicks, Sister Double Happiness *RG* Woody Weatherman- Corrosion Of Conformity Alyssa White- Arch Enemy Tony Cadena-The Adolescents Frank Agnew- The Adolescents, 45 Grave Rikk Agnew- The Adolescents, Christian Death, D.I *RG* Steve Soto- The Adolescents Casey Royer- The Adolescents, Social Distortion, D.I *RG* Jack Grisham- TSOL, The Joykiller *RG* Ron Emory- TSOL *RG* Rick Wilder- The Mau-Maus, Berlin Brats *RG* Ernie C- Body Count (Ice-T) Tony Offender (R.I.P) -The Offenders Kim Fowley- Legendary Record Producer/Songwriter (The Runaways, Kiss, etc.) *RG* Rat Scabies- The Damned Captain Sensible-The Damned Phil Anselmo- Pantera Attila Csihar-"
"the dour Scouser Jack (Bill Dean), Harry (Harold Goodwin) and excitable, stereotypical Welshman Clive (Richard Davies). His brother Maurice was played by Robert Keegan. The show's humour included a fair measure of slapstick alongside Plater's typical northern humour. Mainly shot at Yorkshire Television Studios on Kirkstall Road, Leeds, whilst outdoor location filming for the series took place in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire and Elvington, North Yorkshire. In the fourth (and final) series, the format of the show changed radically. This version of the series was entitled ""Selwyn""; all of the regular cast from the first three series (bar Maynard) left the"
"4 on Sundays 10 and 17 December 2006, repeated on the following Saturdays and on BBC Radio 7 in December 2008. It was dramatised by Christopher William Hill, produced and directed by Tracey Neale, with music composed by Neil Brand. It features: Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace, Charles Dance (as Abner Brown), Deborah Findlay, Andrew Sachs, Liz Smith, Helena Breck, Jon Glover, Ewan Bailey, Ann Beach, Harry Myers, Graham Seed, Miranda Keeling, Bethan Walker, Mark Straker, Sam Dale, Ian Masters, Joseph Kloska and Christine Kavanagh. The Midnight Folk The Midnight Folk is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield first published"
"4 broadcasts consists of host Clive Anderson along with two guests and the two regular contestants, Stephen Fry and John Sessions. Clive Anderson stayed on as host when the show moved to television, with John Sessions resuming his role as the only regular in the first series. He subsequently became a rotating regular in the second and third series. However he appears only twice in the third series, these being his final appearances. Stephen Fry appears only occasionally on the television series. Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie first appear in the second and third series respectively; they each gradually increase"
"role previously played by James Cagney, Jeff Daniels, and Timothy Bottoms. The movie premiered at the Paramount Theater in Austin, McKenzie's hometown, while he was filming the pilot for ""Southland"". In 2009, he appeared in the short movie ""The Eight Percent"". The movie won the Delta Air Lines Fly-in Movie Contest and entered as an official selection on the Tribeca Film Festival's Short film category. McKenzie starred as rookie police officer Ben Sherman on the NBC drama ""Southland"", which premiered on April 9, 2009. The show was canceled while in production on its second season. TNT bought the rights for"
"the Unity Theatre in February 2008. ""Domestic"", BBC 2 (2002) ""Comedy Shuffle"", BBC 3 (written and performed) (2007) ""It's Adam and Shelley"", BBC 3 (2007) ""Meet The Blogs"", ITV (2008) ""Scallywagga"", BBC 3 (2008) ""Tonightly"", Channel 4 (2008) ""Loose Ends"", BBC Radio (2004) ""The Gerald Roberts Radio Show"", BBC Radio (2005) ""How I Won The Capital of Culture"" by Nige, BBC Radio (2005) ""Deck of Friends"", BBC Radio (playwright) (2005) ""Under the Mud"" (2007). Keith Carter (comedian) Keith Carter is an award-winning Liverpool-based comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his comic creation Nige, a caricature of a scallie from"
"Barking (TV series) Barking is a late night sketch comedy show broadcast on Channel 4 in 1998, starring Mackenzie Crook, David Walliams, Omid Djalili, Peter Kay, Dave Lamb, Rhys Thomas, Catherine Tate and Marcus Brigstocke. The series featured up-and-coming comedians, most of whom went on to successful careers. The show was released on DVD in November 2011. Episode 1: This first episode features a guided tour of Buckingham Palace, a WI meeting that goes horribly wrong and introduces us to Mr Bagshaw: bully, sadist, social misfit and Maths teacher. There is also a special guest appearance from an Airfix Matthew"
"Channel 4 as a six-part series in 1990. The show quickly attained a cult following. A New Year's Eve special bridging 1990/91 followed (in which Kim Wilde made an appearance). This was followed by a second eight-part series in 1991. In addition to Reeves and Mortimer, the other mainstay of the programme was Les (played by Fred Aylward), Vic's bald, lab coat-clad assistant who never spoke, loved spirit levels and had a fear of chives. Other established characters in the TV series included The Man with the Stick, who wore a paper helmet (daubed with drawings of what he had"
"4–8, 2008. Featured in the cast were Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia, Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday, and Nathan Lane as Gomez. In addition, Kevin Chamberlin played Uncle Fester and Zachary James played Lurch. The musical opened in previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway on March 8, 2010, with an official opening on April 8, after an out-of-town tryout in Chicago at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts from November 13, 2009 to January 10, 2010. The cast includes Lane as Gomez, Neuwirth as Morticia, Terrence Mann as Mal Beineke, Carolee Carmello as Alice Beineke, Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, Jackie"
"of adolescence perfectly"" and Will Dean of ""The Guardian"" comments that the show ""captures the pathetic sixth-form male experience quite splendidly"". The series is often contrasted with E4's successful teen drama, ""Skins""; commentators have offered that """"The Inbetweeners"" portrayal of dull suburbia is closer [than ""Skins""] to the drab teen years most of us spent, rather than the decadent time we wished we spent."" The first series began on 1 May 2008, with the pilot episode garnering 238,000 viewers. The series averaged 459,000 viewers, with 474,000 viewers watching the series finale. ""The Inbetweeners"" received two nominations at the British Comedy"
"absurd outcome brought about by the group. The humour is gentle, yet the storylines encourage sympathy for the characters. The first series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Four series, a total of 18 episodes, have been broadcast up to the end of 2005. Early episodes were co-written by Kay Stonham, who also plays Wendy, and Simon Greenall who played Robin. In the third and fourth series Robin was played by Brian Capron and Kay Stonham was the sole credited writer. The show is repeated from time to time on BBC Radio 4 Extra and occasionally on Radio"
"rights to several new US comedies throughout 2011 and 2012, a few of which were ""New Girl"", ""Suburgatory"", ""2 Broke Girls"", ""The New Normal"", and ""The Mindy Project"". On 31 October 2013, E4 premiered a refreshed look as part of the channel's rebranding. This coincided with the debut of the seventh season of E4's most popular show, ""The Big Bang Theory"", as well as the debut of new homegrown comedy ""Drifters"". On 27 September 2018, E4 was rebranded with a logo and identity harmonising it self within the Channel 4 family and with some new material to come as with"
"2008 and the DVD was released in early 2010 along with series 1. Series 2 began broadcasting on Tuesday 23 February 2010. Described as being, ""A heady mix of the best fresh and familiar funny voices - straight out of the north - combined to play Scallywagga's host of wrongheaded new characters"", the programme first aired on BBC Three on 29 April 2008. Series One starred Curtis Cole, Steve Edge, Neil Fitzmaurice, Luke Gell, Stefan Gumbs, Jessica Hall, Joanna Higson, Lena Kaur, Sally Lindsay, Carl Rice and Scott Taylor. It ran until 3 June 2008 and was filmed on location"
"embarrassing hindrance. The pilot episode of this series was broadcast as the fourth in order. Small & Frye Small & Frye is a comedy/detective television series that was produced by The Walt Disney Company and broadcast on CBS in 1983. This series, which starred Darren McGavin and Jack Blessing as the title characters, lasted for only one season of six episodes. Nick Small (McGavin) and Chip Frye (Blessing) are private investigators. Due to a lab accident, Frye is able to physically shrink to a height of six inches, but he can't control this ability; he could become miniature or normal"
"came up with the idea for ""Radio4minus1letter"", taking a radio programme title and dropping a single letter to create a new title, while using Twitter. The idea led to a book, ""A Brief History of Tim: The World Minus One Letter"": Clugston reads the latest creations on ""Broadcasting House"". In the autumn of 2014, the Watermill Theatre, Newbury, Berkshire, staged the premier production of her musical comedy ""But First This: A Musical Homage to Radio 4"" starring Michael Fenton Stevens as John Humphrys. Clugston is the female voice on the Tom Tom traffic, navigation and mapping product. She reads articles"
"He played the part of Private Pike in the 2016 film remake of ""Dad's Army"". In 2018 Blake Harrison directed award winning short film 'Hooves of Clay' in which he also starred alongside Rebecca Humphries. Harrison also scored the winning penalty goal in the charitable event Soccer Aid in 2018. Blake Harrison Blake Harrison (born 22 July 1985) is an English actor. He is best-known for playing Neil Sutherland in the BAFTA-winning E4 comedy ""The Inbetweeners"". Blake starred in three series and two subsequent films of the multi-award-winning comedy ""The Inbetweeners"". Harrison's other television work includes the BBC Three comedies"
"the series and the new season began on July 23, 2013. Celebrities taking part in the fourth season were Christina Applegate, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, Chelsea Handler, Kelly Clarkson, Trisha Yearwood, Jim Parsons and Chris O'Donnell. TLC renewed the show on September 10, 2013. The season premiered on July 23, 2014 and featured Cynthia Nixon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel McAdams, Valerie Bertinelli, and Kelsey Grammer. Initially, an episode featuring Lauren Graham was planned but cancelled. Just like Kim Cattrall's episode, the network chose to air an edited version of an episode that Minnie Driver had made for the original BBC"
"stand-up comic Tig Notaro, who voices the band's tour bus driver Jody, and actor Jack McBrayer, who reprises his voice role as Zeke's older cousin Leslie. ""Boyz 4 Now"" first aired in the United States on April 28, 2013 on Fox, as a part of the Animation Domination programming block. The episode was watched by 3.50 million viewers and received a 1.7/5 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 demographic, becoming the fourth most-watched program of the Animation Domination block for the night. Pilot Viruet of ""The A.V. Club"" graded the episode an A–, writing that it was ""full of funny moments"