"Starr. The video was premiered on BBC1 on 20 November 2009. Kay returned his support to Comic Relief in 2011 with a cover version of ""I Know Him So Well"". The song was re-recorded by multi-platinum selling singer Susan Boyle and Kay in the guise of Geraldine McQueen from ""Britain's Got the Pop Factor"". The video which accompanied the single was also directed by Kay and identically parodied the original video shot for shot. It premiered on Comic Relief on Friday, 18 March 2011. In May 2015 his own sitcom ""Peter Kay's Car Share"" began to air. The series was"
"Sink or Swim (TV series) Sink or Swim is a BBC TV sitcom from the 1980s with Peter Davison as the lead character Brian Webber. Brian Webber lives in a flat above a petrol station in London (in the last series he moved to Newcastle to attend university). He's trying hard to make his way in the world, thus far with limited success. His girlfriend, Sonia, is a very serious minded young woman who is passionate only about things like vegetarianism and ecology. When Brian's younger brother, Steve, arrives in London looking for somewhere to stay, his lazy, cynical, noisy"
"children. Simon initially works on Sanjay Kapoor (Deepak Verma)'s market stall selling clothes, then later for his sister's best friend Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer). Simon's idyll is shattered, however, when he finds out that Tony had sex with the female singer Frankie Pierre (Sian Blake), as well as his colleague, the reporter Polly Becker (Victoria Gould). Angry and devastated, Simon ends the relationship. An old friend from Manchester, Jonathan, gets in touch when he is helping another friend, Chris Clarke (Matthew Jay Lewis), move down to London. Although Simon initially thinks they are a couple, it becomes clear that Chris"
"years away McQueen went on to Daybreak, Loose Women and The One Show to promote her new single with Susan Boyle. The """" mockumentary was re-edited for the first episode of the compilation series ""Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle"" in 2016. Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice is a British television comedy show co-created, co-written, directed, produced by and starring comedian Peter Kay. The two-hour show was broadcast in two parts on Channel"
"dinner, before, and Sacha said, 'Will we still know each other when we're 30?' and I was like, 'It's mad, I hope so'"". Sian Powers Sian Powers is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", portrayed by Sacha Parkinson. Sian was introduced as a love interest for Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent). Sian joined the cast of ""Coronation Street"" alongside Ben Richardson (Lucien Laviscount) in January 2009 as Sophie's schoolmates. They soon form a new group of teenagers along with Ryan Connor (Ben Thompson). Sian and girlfriend Sophie are ""Coronation Street's"" first lesbian couple. It was announced"
"were approached by a BBC producer for 'Saturday Superstore' who ""said they were looking for a double act to represent the new style of comedy, but for children” . Trevor and Simon created a crowdfunded comedy drama podcast, ""Strangeness in Space"". The podcast stars Trevor, Simon, and Sophie Aldred. Trevor and Simon Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson are a British comedy duo (known as 'Trevor and Simon, or Trev and Simon), and are best known for a family-friendly version of anarchic alternative comedy on BBC1’s Saturday morning shows, Going Live! (1987-1993), and Live and Kicking (1993-1997). Trevor and Simon met"
"his wife Susan are the two directors of Goodnight Vienna Productions, which co-produces Kay's comedy output. As Geraldine McQueen. In December 2011, it was reported that Kay had sold over 10 million DVDs, a UK record for a comedian and more than the combined sales of best selling films ""Avatar"" and ""Mamma Mia!"". Peter Kay Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian and actor. Kay has written, produced, and acted in several television and film projects, and authored three books. Born and brought up in Bolton, Lancashire to a family of Irish descent, Kay studied media"
"Bad Move Bad Move is a British television sitcom written by Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair, that premiered on ITV on 20 September 2017. The series stars Dee and Kerry Godliman as Steve and Nicky, a couple who decide to escape city life by relocating to the countryside, only to regret it. On 7 November 2017, the show was recommissioned for a second series. It began airing on 19 September 2018. Steve and Nicky are both on their second marriages and have decided that moving to the countryside from Leeds is the perfect setting for them. They've watched all the"
"1, the long-running plot involves Colin submitting one of his few finished novels to John Langley, a tough publisher who includes it in his compilation of horror short stores. Colin's Sandwich Colin's Sandwich was a British sitcom, broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990, which starred Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail administrator who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes (18 October – 22 November 1988 and 12 January – 16 February 1990). In the second series, Colin manages to"
"forced to work together in 2000, when they were featured in a storyline dubbed the ""Freshco siege"". Ken and Mike were among several series regulars held up at gunpoint in the soap's local supermarket, where Ken had been working as a trolley pusher. The episode was broadcast after the 9 pm watershed due to its depiction of violence. Ken and Mike were bound together by armed robbers, which facilitated an end to their feud; Ken helped Mike to combat a panic attack. The pair resolved to put the past behind them; it was a temporary reprieve. Mike had unknowingly fathered"
"- including her husband - or even have them near her due to the traumatic stress of seeing her sister commit suicide. After James tries unsuccessfully to bring Kate out of her isolation, he pursues intimacy from one of the store's cashiers, Nicole (Hampshire). Simon Brunson (Zegers) joins the store staff. He faces his own stresses after being injured in his former job as a firefighter. His efforts to deal with his situation inspires Kate to lash out against her cheating husband, ruin his career and cost Nicole custody of her son, which allows Kate to begin her recovery of"
"Sian Powers Sian Powers is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", portrayed by Sacha Parkinson. Sian was introduced as a love interest for Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent). Sian joined the cast of ""Coronation Street"" alongside Ben Richardson (Lucien Laviscount) in January 2009 as Sophie's schoolmates. They soon form a new group of teenagers along with Ryan Connor (Ben Thompson). Sian and girlfriend Sophie are ""Coronation Street's"" first lesbian couple. It was announced on 29 May 2011 that Parkinson had quit her role, and she made her last on screen appearance on 30 December 2011. Fifteen-year-old"
"13 July 2015. Neither release contains the 2013 Christmas special which remains unreleased on DVD in the UK so far (though it is available on the North American release). Vicious (TV series) Vicious is a British television sitcom shown on ITV. The series stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as Freddie and Stuart, an elderly gay couple who have been together for 50 years but endure a love/hate relationship. The series premiered on 29 April 2013 with 5.78 million viewers. On 14 May 2016, McKellen and Jacobi appeared as Freddie and Stuart during the Eurovision Song Contest where they are"
"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 staff, friendship, male bonding, lad culture, and largely failed sexual encounters. The show was nominated for Best Situation Comedy at BAFTA twice, in 2009 and 2010. At the British Academy Television Awards"
"Luke Gell Luke Martin Gell (born 20 January 1987 in Nottingham) is an English actor. He was educated at The Kings School in Nottingham and trained at Central Independent Television's Television Workshop. He has been described as a ""young Peter Kay"" and is most well known for the role of Tim in the BBC Three sitcom, ""Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps"" from 2008 to the show's end in 2011. Gell has been acting since the age of 11, including in the long-running hospital drama ""Casualty"", and now runs the weekend drama workshop ""Inspire Academy"" for young"
"Spaced Spaced is a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the (often comic and sometimes surreal and absurd) exploits of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bisley, two twenty-something Londoners who, despite only having just met, decide to move in together after she gives up on squatting and he is kicked out by his ex-girlfriend. Co-stars in supporting roles include Nick Frost as Tim's best friend Mike, Katy Carmichael as Daisy's best friend Twist, Mark Heap as lodger Brian who lives downstairs, and Julia Deakin as landlady Marsha. The"
"sixth episode only 4.4 million people tuned in. Office Gossip Office Gossip is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2001. Starring Pauline Quirke, it was written by Paul Mayhew-Archer, who co-wrote ""The Vicar of Dibley"", and George Pritchett. Recently, it has been aired in the United States on various PBS stations as part of 'One Season Wonders. Set in the office Tippins Toy Ltd, ""Office Gossip"" concentrates on the love lives of Jo Thomas and Simon, who sit opposite each other. Jo is a single mother, her daughter is eleven-year-old Sam, and is the hardworking PA to"
"Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series) Goodnight Sweetheart is a British sitcom that ran for six series on BBC1 from 1993 to 1999. The show returned on 2 September 2016, for a one-off special entitled ""Many Happy Returns"". It starred Nicholas Lyndhurst as Gary Sparrow, an accidental time traveller who leads a double life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between the London of the 1990s and the same area during the Second World War. Lyndhurst had two co-stars portraying his wives in the two eras; both actresses were replaced in later series. His present-day wife was originally played"
"working as a domestic servant for the Cooper-Smiths by day while living in a small canal cottage with her alcoholic father and three sisters (Violet, Rose and Daisy). Impressed by her eccentric employers, Hyacinth vows to escape her poor background and enter a world of the elegant upper class. The show was broadcast on 2 September 2016 on BBC One in the United Kingdom and 4.14 million viewers watched the show within seven days of its broadcast, making it the 22nd most watched BBC One show for the week ending September 4. 4.39 million viewers watched the show within 28"
"kidnap her again so that they can live together. At present, Nina lives in a heavily guarded residence with her husband and many servants. Eventually, Joe's colourful stepsister, Tilly, is also dragged into the plot. However, things don't turn out as Sandor had planned. Most of the story is seen through Joe's eyes, but Paul Garnet, Nina's driver, also tells part of the tale. The novel was made into a serial by the BBC and aired in early 1993. Jacqueline Holborough wrote the screenplay. Key roles in the series included John McArdle as Paul Garnet, Michael Sheen as Joe, Gary"
"a situation comedy (albeit with intertwined plots) than a traditional sketch show. The end of each episode features a white van swerving to avoid a pedestrian and crashing into a garden wall. Some residents escape unharmed, while others are not so lucky. A red plastic bag (which is viewed as a sign of imminent death) is seen being blown by the wind through the town in every episode, indicating that all the stories occur simultaneously. Guests in series 3 include Sian Gibson (as Sian Foulkes), the designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Christopher Eccleston and a very young Brooke Vincent, later to become"
"Office Gossip Office Gossip is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2001. Starring Pauline Quirke, it was written by Paul Mayhew-Archer, who co-wrote ""The Vicar of Dibley"", and George Pritchett. Recently, it has been aired in the United States on various PBS stations as part of 'One Season Wonders. Set in the office Tippins Toy Ltd, ""Office Gossip"" concentrates on the love lives of Jo Thomas and Simon, who sit opposite each other. Jo is a single mother, her daughter is eleven-year-old Sam, and is the hardworking PA to Rod Battle. Battle, a workaholic whose wife is"
"Worldwide's most exported television programme. Domestically, it placed 12th in the Britain's Best Sitcom poll of 2004. It has been syndicated on Gold and Drama in the UK; on PBS in the United States; and on 7TWO in Australia. In September 2016, BBC One transmitted a 30-minute prequel, titled ""Young Hyacinth"", in which Kerry Howard plays 19-year-old Hyacinth Walton, who is working as a maid in 1950s Britain. Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) – who insists her surname is pronounced ""Bouquet"" (although her husband Richard has said, ""It was always 'Bucket' until I met you!"") – is an over-bearing, social-climbing snob,"
"in April 2014. On tour, the play's title was shortened to ""Duty Free"". Duty Free (TV series) Duty Free is a British sitcom written by Eric Chappell and Jean Warr that aired on ITV from 1984 to 1986. It was made by Yorkshire Television. ""Duty Free"" is about two British couples, David and Amy Pearce and Robert and Linda Cochran, who meet while holidaying at the same Spanish hotel in Marbella and the interruptive affair conducted by David Pearce and Linda Cochran during their break. Another recurring character is the hotel waiter Carlos. Although set in Spain, the show was"
"series, and in keeping with BBC guidelines, features no product placement. In later series, Lord Sugar offers the winner an investment, rather than direct employment. The show started on 16 February 2005 on BBC Two, with the final episode of the first series shown on 4 May 2005. Tim Campbell, a former transport manager for the London Underground, was ultimately hired and as a result, landed a position at Amstrad with an introductory contract of 1 year with a salary exceeding £100,000. Saira Khan was fired on the series finale but has used the show to help launch a media"
"Microsoap Microsoap is a children's sitcom, co-written by Mark Haddon and co-produced by the BBC and the Disney Channel. A total of 26 episodes were made, lasting over four series, and airing from 1998-2001. It starred Suzanne Burden, Ivan Kaye, Paul Terry, Jeff Rawle and Rebecca Hunter. The program aired in the UK, the U.S., and internationally. The story is based around the lives of two children, Joe and Emily Parker, who are brother and sister. The series begins with the split of their parents, Colin and Jane, who decide their marriage isn't working. They don't want to make life"
"7 repeated the entire series over six consecutive nights. The soundtrack borrowed heavily from Maurice Jarre's score for Franco Zeffirelli's ""Jesus of Nazareth"" The Sofa of Time The Sofa of Time is a BBC Radio 4 fantasy comedy drama written by and starring Nick Frost and Matt King. It was first broadcast in 2002. Milford (King) and Parker (Frost) get sacked from their jobs in a soft furnishings factory in Crouch End. As they are clearing out their lockers, they fall into the magical world of Gravia. Frost described Gravia as a ""Tolkien-esque world with supermarkets and banks"". There they"
"is a single mother after a bitter divorce, and is paranoid about her public image. In series two Fi Healey joins the team as a new 'Head of Legacy', and instantly becomes Kay's nemesis due to being younger, ambitious and career savvy; the pair constantly clash. Finally, Head of Infrastructure Graham Hitchens gives the impression that he knows everything about the London transport and traffic systems, but is completely ignorant, has no clue about deadlines and frequently upsets various officials. Reviews for episode 1 were mixed, commenting that it was milder in its satire than they expected; Ed Cumming in"
"Sinchronicity Sinchronicity is a six-part drama series broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom (16 July 2006 — 20 August 2006). Set in Manchester, the programme is narrated by Nathan (Paul Chequer) and focuses on the love triangle of him, Fi (Jemima Rooper), and Jase (Daniel Percival). The programme is executive produced by Julian Murphy, who was an executive producer on Channel 4's ""As If"" and ""Sugar Rush"" and Sky One's ""Hex"". Stylistically similar to ""As If"", following a non-linear narrative, it also features ex-cast members Paul Chequer, Jemima Rooper and Mark Smith and, as such, can be seen"
"the rest of the pub's regulars including avoiding accepting free drinks from anybody in case he is coerced into buying a 'round'. After starring in both the sitcom's two series', he was later seen rolling up in a van on the cobbles of ""Coronation Street"" as character Wilfred Morton with granddaughter Jodie (played by Samantha Seager) who were renovating the old Bakery owned by Diggory Compton into a takeaway. Michael Starke plays Litchfield's son Jerry Morton. Rodney Litchfield Rodney Litchfield is an English actor born in Wigan, Lancashire. Litchfield's first TV appearances were in the 1980s, the first of which"
"Colin's Sandwich Colin's Sandwich was a British sitcom, broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990, which starred Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail administrator who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes (18 October – 22 November 1988 and 12 January – 16 February 1990). In the second series, Colin manages to achieve some small successes as a writer. Series 1 Colin's told that he's the only man for a huge photocopying job, a fashion assignment in Bengal means an unwanted"
"Double Science Double Science is a British sitcom on BBC Radio 4. It follows Colin Jackson (""no relation"") and Kenneth Farley-Pittman, two chemistry teachers existing in a work-life balance haven at the fictional Forresters Sixth Form College. As the college specialises in drama, the science department has long languished in happy obscurity, but the recent death of the old department head and the arrival of new head Dr Alison Hatton threatens to wake the pair from their real ale fuelled malaise. Colin and Kenneth's lives are insular revolving around the local Indian restaurant and their weekly ""film club"" night. Colin"
"down the telephone. Gary's presence looms over the PhoneShop team. Lance idolises his former staff member to the point of almost seeing him as a messianic figure; prior to his imprisonment, Gary was Sutton branch's perpetual 'Employee of the Month,' revered for his extraordinary ability to sell mobile phone contracts to the public no matter how ridiculously poor value or inflexible, nor how violently and abusively he treated customers. Christopher, a recent graduate, is set to replace the Phone Shop's previous legendary sales assistant. But will he pass his one day trial? PhoneShop PhoneShop is a British sitcom that was"