What is the title of the recent BBC 4 comedy series about the organising of the London Olympics?
"the channel's launch. In Australia, The Comedy Channel currently airs the series as part of their Aussie Gold block hosted by Frank Woodley. Clarke and Riley were due to reprise their roles in a spin-off series ""The Games: London Calling"", in which the characters became consultants to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The series did not go into production by the Nine Network. In 2011, the BBC TV mockumentary ""Twenty Twelve"" was criticised by ""The Games""' makers as bearing a strong resemblance to the earlier Australian series, with Clarke saying, ""We worked very hard on that project and we had long"
"Channel 4's Comedy Gala Channel 4's Comedy Gala is an annual British comedy benefit show organised by Channel 4 in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. The gig is filmed live at the O2 Arena in London, and then broadcast later by Channel 4. An inaugural gala was held in 2010, while a second gala was held in 2011. A third Gala aired in May 2012. A fourth Gala was filmed on Saturday 18 May 2013. A fifth Gala was confirmed on 24 February 2014 to be recorded on 16 May 2014 at the O2 Arena. The Comedy Gala"
"News"", a six-part comedy series about a 24-hour rolling news station which broadcast on BBC Two. In August 2010, the BBC announced a new six-part series ""Twenty Twelve"", written and directed by Morton. This series is centered on the organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, similar to ABC Australia's ""The Games"". John Clarke and Ross Stevenson, creators of ""The Games"", claimed to have had many phone conferences, meetings and over four years of email exchanges with Morton, and yet the series was made without their participation or permission. Following a 'thorough legal assessment', the BBC rejected their claims"
"BBC Radio 4 comedy The Now Show since 1998. The Amateur Transplants, one group which produce these, came to public attention in 2005 with a song “London Underground”, satirizing the then strikes, and parodying the Jam song ""Going Underground"" London writing team, Kathryn and Nick, have also produced a wide range of satirical songs to raise awareness for their other writing. In December 2013, Bitcoin Examiner listed their song “Coin Fever” —a wry take on the Bitcoin hype—to the tune of ""Goldfinger"", as its top Bitcoin song of the year. ""Mad Magazine"" provoked an early legal backlash against parody when"
"The Last Leg The Last Leg (known during its first series as The Last Leg with Adam Hills) is a British comedy and late night television talk show that originally ran alongside the 2012 Summer Paralympics every night following the main coverage on Channel 4. Hosted by Australian comedian Adam Hills and co-hosted by Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker, it gives an alternative review of the day's events. Featuring a mix of comedy, guests and Paralympics highlights, the show received strong reviews and regularly pulled in more than a million viewers each night of the Paralympic Games. It has since"
"live performance by the London Symphony Orchestra joined by comedian Rowan Atkinson. These were widely ascribed to Britain's sense of humour. The ceremony featured children and young people in most of its segments, reflecting the 'inspire a generation' aspiration of London's original bid for the Games. The BBC released footage of the entire opening ceremony on 29 October 2012, edited by Danny Boyle and with background extras, along with more than seven hours of sporting highlights and the complete closing ceremony. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) approached Danny Boyle to be the director of"
"2. 1.02 Public Transportation (14 January) 3. 1.03 The Army (21 January) 4. 2.01 Crime and Punishment (12 July) 5. 2.02 Democracy (19 July) 6. 2.03 The Environment (26 July) 7. 2.04 Europe (2 August) 8. 2.05 Health (9 August) 9. 3.01 Tax and Public Spending (2 August) 10. 3.02 Terrorism (9 August) [postponed from 16 August 2005] 11. 3.03 Trade (16 August) 12. 3.04 Immigration (23 August) 13. 3.05 Science and Technology (30 August) 14. 3.06 Making Britain Great Again (6 September) The Department The Department is a satirical comedy on BBC Radio 4 about a secret organisation with"
"organised ""Channel 4's Comedy Gala"", a comedy benefit show in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. With over 25 comedians appearing, it billed it as ""the biggest live stand up show in United Kingdom history"". Filmed live on 30 March in front of 14,000 at The O2 Arena in London, it was broadcast on 5 April. This has continued to 2016. Channel 4 has a strong reputation for history programmes and real-life documentaries. It has also courted controversy, for example by broadcasting live the first public autopsy in the UK for 170 years, carried out by Gunther von Hagens"
"Channel 4. It is presented by a team of doctors who look to help people with 'embarrassing' body parts and so de-stigmatise medical conditions. Each series has its own health awareness agenda. In July 2014, the seventh series of ""Embarrassing Bodies"" began airing. Operation Ouch! is a factual entertainment show for kids about the human body. It is presented by identical twins Dr. Chris and Dr. Xand Van Tulleken and broadcast on CBBC. ""Growing Up Down's"" is a one-hour documentary which follows a theatre troupe of young adults with Down's as they put together a touring production of Hamlet. For"
"he covered a variety of sports in a comedic fashion, making fun of what was going on. Similar to ""Harry Hill's TV Burp"". He also talked to his 'roving reporter' Wilfred Breadbin (also portrayed by Fletcher) who reported on something that had little to no relation to sports. Crew member Derek McGee (also portrayed by Fletcher) would help Hacker with presenting. Hacker's Olympic Rundown Hacker's Olympic Rundown was a British comedy-sports miniseries which aired on CBBC during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Presented by Hacker T. Dog, each episode featured a rundown of the previous day's events"
"4 Stands Up 4 Stands Up is a BBC radio comedy show which has run since December 2007. The programme, which is broadcast on Thursdays at 6:30 pm on BBC Radio 4, contains stand up material from three comedy acts each show, with additional material from the show's host. The host remains consistent throughout the series, and the role has so far been filled by Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison. The programme is currently in its third series, and falls within a family of comedy programmes produced for BBC Radio 4, including 4 At The Store, 4 In"
"The Department The Department is a satirical comedy on BBC Radio 4 about a secret organisation with the power to influence every aspect of your life. Chris Addison, John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman star as Research Team 32, an eccentric three-man think-tank with the brief to brainstorm new ideas on solving society's problems. ""The Department"" is written and performed by Chris Addison, John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman (cancelled after the third series which was written only by Oliver and Zaltzman, after Addison concentrated on his first book), with Peter Dickson, Matthew Holness and Lucy Montgomery. 1. 1.01 Education (7 January)"
"be joined by ""Channel 4 News"" anchor Jon Snow, and BBC Sport personality Clare Balding. Channel 4 also broadcast supplemental programming to lead towards the Games, such as Paralympic-focused documentaries, other IPC championships, and ""That Paralympic Show"", a weekly program focusing on disability sports. During the Games, comedian Adam Hills (who himself was born without a right leg, and hosted the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's coverage of the Beijing Paralympics) would host ""The Last Leg"", a Paralympic-themed late night talk show that followed the conclusion of each night's coverage. Channel 4's coverage of the Games drew relatively high viewership; its coverage"
"Hacker's Olympic Rundown Hacker's Olympic Rundown was a British comedy-sports miniseries which aired on CBBC during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Presented by Hacker T. Dog, each episode featured a rundown of the previous day's events with a humorous twist on them. Characters from ""Hacker Time"", Wilf Breadbin and Derek McGee appeared as Hacker's 'roving reporter' and studio crew respectively. The series began on August 8, 2016. 11 episodes aired throughout August. All roles were portrayed by Phil Fletcher and were written by Jaime Wilson and Graham Davies. Each episode featured Hacker T. Dog (Phil Fletcher) as"
"Run"" and ""28 Acts in 28 Minutes"" (all for the BBC). However, the four of them are busy actors and writers in their own right, with an extensive range of credits for screen, stage and radio. Between them, they have infiltrated almost every new comedy series of recent years on British television, including Hyperdrive (BBC), Nighty Night (BBC), ""Snuff Box"" (BBC), ""Mike Bassett: Manager"" (ITV), ""Secret Smile"" (ITV), The Office (BBC), ""My Life in Film""(BBC), ""The Robinsons"" (BBC), ""According to Bex"" (BBC), ""The Only Boy for Me"" (ITV), ""Peep Show"" (Channel 4), My Family (BBC), Coupling (BBC), Extras (BBC), Love"
"Ballot Monkeys Ballot Monkeys is a 2015 British comedy series which appeared on Channel 4 in the run up to the 2015 general election. The five-part series was set on campaign buses belonging to the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and UK Independence Party featuring groups of mid-level party campaign organisers as each embarks on their respective election campaigns. The series was written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. Episodes were written and produced within hours of transmission, allowing the characters to react to recent real-world events. The series cuts between the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP buses."
"Channel 4's Comedy Gala (2011) Channel 4's Comedy Gala of 2011 is a British comedy benefit show organised by Channel 4. It is the second Channel 4 Comedy Gala, an annual charity event held O2 Arena in London in aid of the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. It was filmed live on 24 May 2011, then broadcast on Channel 4 on 10 June 2011. The first Comedy Gala was held 30 March 2010 and broadcast on 5 April 2010. Billed by Channel 4 as ""the biggest live stand up show in UK history"", it featured seventeen comedians performing stand-up, as"
"Channel 4's Comedy Gala (2011) Channel 4's Comedy Gala of 2011 is a British comedy benefit show organised by Channel 4. It is the second Channel 4 Comedy Gala, an annual charity event held O2 Arena in London in aid of the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. It was filmed live on 24 May 2011, then broadcast on Channel 4 on 10 June 2011. The first Comedy Gala was held 30 March 2010 and broadcast on 5 April 2010. Billed by Channel 4 as ""the biggest live stand up show in UK history"", it featured seventeen comedians performing stand-up, as"
"more aligned with Kate's bigoted worldview. A sequel series, ""Power Monkeys"" began airing on 8 June 2016. While retaining the same up-to-the-minute production style, the new series focuses more broadly on current events, such as the EU referendum or the American election. Ballot Monkeys Ballot Monkeys is a 2015 British comedy series which appeared on Channel 4 in the run up to the 2015 general election. The five-part series was set on campaign buses belonging to the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and UK Independence Party featuring groups of mid-level party campaign organisers as each embarks on their respective"
"which the show was moved to Sunday nights. The Fake News Show The Fake News Show is a British television comedy panel game show that has aired on Channel 4 as a pilot since 6 February 2017 and as a full series from 15 May 2017. It is hosted by Stephen Mangan with Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman as the panellists. The series is produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. The goal is for the two sort out various news stories and work out if they are true or not. The show's title is a reference to the"
"Twenty Twelve Twenty Twelve is a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme is a spoof on-location documentary (or mockumentary) following the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was first broadcast on UK television station BBC Four in March 2011 to coincide with the 500-day countdown to the opening ceremony. ""Twenty Twelve"" gained mainly positive reviews from critics, and a four-part second series was announced on 15 April 2011, which began airing on 30 March 2012 on BBC Two. A further three episodes of"
"A Field and 4 At The Fringe. 4 Stands Up 4 Stands Up is a BBC radio comedy show which has run since December 2007. The programme, which is broadcast on Thursdays at 6:30 pm on BBC Radio 4, contains stand up material from three comedy acts each show, with additional material from the show's host. The host remains consistent throughout the series, and the role has so far been filled by Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison. The programme is currently in its third series, and falls within a family of comedy programmes produced for BBC Radio 4,"
"Bleak Expectations Bleak Expectations is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series that premièred in August 2007. It is a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens – such as ""Bleak House"" and ""Great Expectations"", from which it derives its name – as well as adventure/ science fiction and costume dramas set in the same period, and parodies several of their plot devices (such as cruel guardians, idyllic childhoods interrupted, lifelong friendships, earnest young people), whilst simultaneously tending toward a highly surreal humour along the lines of ""The Goon Show"". The series has also demonstrated a fondness for allusions to and"
"and studio warm up man. The Show (UK TV series) The Show is a British television show, produced by London Weekend Television's factual programmes department for Channel 4, which ran for a single series in 1997. Starring comedian Bob Mills, the series comprised six 40 minute episodes and was transmitted on Saturday nights. The executive producer was Jeff Pope and the series producer was Stewart Morris. The format was unique to British television, with each episode effectively containing edited segments of ""The Bob Mills Show"" which took the form of a conventional chat show, with Mills interviewing celebrity guests and"
"BBC Radio 4, both as a guest in comedy panel shows, as well as in his own shows. Will Smith (comedian) William James Smith (born 8 June 1971) is an English stand-up comedian, screenwriter, novelist, actor and producer. As co-writer and co-producer of the HBO sitcom ""Veep"", he was among the recipients of two Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards, and has received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy. Though born in Winchester, Hampshire, Smith grew up in Jersey and was educated there at Victoria College. His"
"Radio 4 - ""Laurence & Gus: Untold Stories"" (2004); ""Laurence & Gus: Men In Love"" (2006). In 2009, recording was completed for a series called ""Laurence & Gus: Hearts & Minds"". Howarth has also created two black comedies for BBC Radio 4. ""Rigor Mortis"" looks at the lives of pathologists working in a hospital mortuary, while ""Safety Catch"" is about a man who has drifted into arms-dealing without quite knowing why. ""Safety Catch"" is co-written with John Finnemore. More recently, he has appeared as BBC Senior Technical Services Choreographer Adam Brady in the comedy W1A (2014-2017), and is a writer"
"The Fake News Show The Fake News Show is a British television comedy panel game show that has aired on Channel 4 as a pilot since 6 February 2017 and as a full series from 15 May 2017. It is hosted by Stephen Mangan with Katherine Ryan and Richard Osman as the panellists. The series is produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. The goal is for the two sort out various news stories and work out if they are true or not. The show's title is a reference to the concept of 'fake news', a term popularised by"
"The Windsors The Windsors is a British sitcom and parody of the British royal family, the House of Windsor, shown on Channel 4, first broadcast in April 2016 and starring Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Richard Goulding, Morgana Robinson, Katy Wix, Ellie White, and Celeste Dring. Written by the co-creators of ""Star Stories"", Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie, ""The Windsors"" puts the British Royal Family into the comedy spotlight in the form of the soap opera of what their lives and loves might just be like. The series has been criticised for such storylines as Kate Middleton"
"the Bloomsbury Group, and performed by The Temperance Seven. The series is written by Sue Limb and produced by Little Brother Productions for the BBC. Gloomsbury Gloomsbury is a BBC Radio 4 comedy sitcom which gently parodies the lives, loves and works of the Bloomsbury Group. It is written by Sue Limb and five series have currently been produced, in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The character names are punning parodies of those of prominent members of the Bloomsbury Group and other characters of the day: Each episode covers the various personal shenanigans and literary endeavours of the group,"
"– the 2007 comedy ""Magicians"", and, alongside Chris Morris, the 2010 terrorism satire ""Four Lions"". Armstrong and Bain received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award at the British Comedy Awards 2010. In 2012 both Armstrong and Bain were featured on the TV industry journal ""Broadcast""'s 'Hot 100' list, highlighting the most successful people in UK television. In 2012, Armstrong and Bain wrote the Channel 4 comedy pilot ""Bad Sugar"", a spoof of ""Dynasty""-style soap operas, which stars Olivia Colman, Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan, all of whom also co-conceived the show. In 2014 Armstrong, with Danny Boyle, Robert Jones"
"Toast of London Toast of London is a British television sitcom set in London. It was created by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry and stars Berry as Steven Toast, an eccentric, middle-aged actor with a chequered past who spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it. Three seasons were broadcast on Channel 4, all directed by Michael Cumming. Series 2 and 3 were shot at West London Film Studios. In November 2017, after reports of a fourth series, Berry clarified that it will return ""in some form at some point"", but nothing was currently being"
"Gloomsbury Gloomsbury is a BBC Radio 4 comedy sitcom which gently parodies the lives, loves and works of the Bloomsbury Group. It is written by Sue Limb and five series have currently been produced, in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The character names are punning parodies of those of prominent members of the Bloomsbury Group and other characters of the day: Each episode covers the various personal shenanigans and literary endeavours of the group, influenced by contemporary mores and events. The theme for all episodes is ""You're Driving Me Crazy"", written in 1930, rather late in the history of"
"Older Woman’, with Martin Clunes & Zoe Wanamaker, went out on Radio 4 (two series). Another comedy series, ‘Married’, with Hugh Bonneville and Josie Lawrence, again on Radio 4 (three series). Six-part comedy series, ‘Rubbish’, also Radio 4 (two series). Most recent series is ‘Political Animals’, with a second series following. A black comedy, ‘The Last Word’, went out on BBC-2. Also sketch material for assorted TV shows. Screenplays included 'Disrespect' and 'Real Time'. Stage play: 'His & Hers'. Winner of a Giles Cooper Award for ‘The Machine’ (Radio 3) (postulating the effects of the invention of sound recording in"