Articles related to "British Comedy"

Another list of British comedy shows that should be seen here and then never spoken of again. WARNING - contains strong opinion some people may find offensive.

If you listened to Ricky Gervais in interviews you'd think The Office was the only British sitcom of the last decade. Here are five he may have forgotten about.

People often say they dislike or do not understand the unique British sense of humour. If this is true, then why have so many British comedies enjoyed worldwide success?

With the new series of QI set to hit the screens is one of TV's longest running formats, the panel show, still worth the airtime it gets? Or is it now a gimmick too far?

The 2002 British comedy Bend It Like Beckham topped the UK box office for weeks, with a lively script, talented cast and realistic characters setting the movie apart.

Ealing is a borough of London, England and home to one of the oldest studios in the world. Ealing Studios have produced some of Britain's best loved comedy films.

Fresh from the success of blistering comedy series The Thick Of It, Ianucci's superb movie spin off features more coruscating dialogue and a poignant political message

Award-winning Scots actor Robert Carlyle heads outstanding ensemble cast in a heartwarming comedy about determination, perseverance and self-acceptance.

Run Fat Boy Run is a mediocre comedy at best, an example of a film that has the the right actors for the roles, but not enough story to make it all stick together.

Sandwiched between the phenomenally successful "Fast Show" and "Little Britain," "Big Train," a character-based sketch show has been largely forgotten. Why?

A list of five British comedy shows that will only improve and enhance your life if they are evaded at all costs. WARNING - contains extreme hyperbole.

Keen on writing sitcoms? Read How to Be a Sitcom Writer: Secrets from the Inside by British comedy professional Marc Blake. Blake shares the secrets of sitcom writing

A look back at the first series of comedy, Gavin and Stacey, and a look ahead as the new series hits our screens on Sunday 16th March.

Yes. He's still dead .... NO. G.C. did not come back to life for this interview.

Charming British indie film uses wit, heart and two great child actors to tell a story about creativity, friendship, faith and childhood.

Soccer (or football as it is known in the UK) has attracted movie-makers since movies were first made. Here are seven of the best films about soccer and some of the worst

New interviews and unseen clips make up this documentary to celebrate 40 years since the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Set in Reynholm Industries IT department, The IT Crowd follows the lives of technological genius, Moss, scatty Irishman, Roy, and fish out of water, Jen.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have joined the cast for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's motion-capture adaptation of Tintin.

One of British television's most popular shows, Peep Show, returns to screens on 18th September 2009, delighting long-time fans of the series.

With the Monty Python team, Eric Idle wrote and starred in a succession of films now regarded as classics, but how well has his movie career faired without the rest of th

Rock and roll takes off in clever John Curtis tale that weighs anchor with Bill Nighy and Philip Seymour Hoffman as disc jockeys taking on an uptight British rulers.

A profile of one of the most important people in British television comedy of the last 20 years, responsible for The Day Today, I'm Alan Partridge and The Thick Of It.

Ronnie Stevens appeared in the 1998 Lindsey Lohan vehicle, The Parent Trap, as well as voicing characters from Noggin the Nog and Space Patrol.

Since Friends bid TV audiences a fond farewell five years ago comedy fans were wondering what the next humour ridden juggernaut would be...they needn't have worried. But

A comedian, instantly recognisable by his very long black hair and gothic chic, O'Neill is an upcoming funnyman worth keeping an eye on.

It was revealed on Monday 16th November 2009 that Edward Woodward, veteran star of British film and television, had died.

A brief look at the history of British Cinema, and the new crop of directors working on British films today.

Director Edgar Wright and writing partner Simon Pegg return in an outrageous spoof that pokes fun at law enforcement, dessert and Keanu Reeves all in just under two hours

The Tony Award Best Musical makes the trek to the Great White North for the first time, opening officially at the Canon Theatre in Toronto.

Damian Lewis plays a hit-man masquerading as a baker in a remote Welsh village populated with odd-ball characters.

The Secret Policeman's Balls, released in 2009 as a three-disc DVD, contains a series of benefit shows to help Amnesty International stop human rights violations.

Two private school boys living in England in the 1980s devote themselves to filming Son of Rambow, their version of the sequel to Sylvester Stallone's First Blood.

Angela Morley, the composer for films like Watership Down and The Little Prince, died age 84.

Craig Charles, Chris Barrie and Danny John-Jules star in Red Dwarf, a hilarious science-fiction-comedy set on a mining ship three million years from Earth.

As the Carry On series celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, production is set to begin on the 32nd Carry On film, Carry On London.

2008 is the 40th anniversary of the first showing of "Dad's Army", a long-running television comedy series based on the activities of the Home Guard during World War II.

Eric Idle stormed out of Shrek the Third premiere after he noticed animators lifted jokes from Monty Python's Holy Grail and Spamalot

Other teen films preceded his and others would follow, but no other writer or director spoke so clearly to high school's class conflicts and general adolescent angst.

Ever wondered what crippling anxieties you ought to be harbouring between adolescence and middle age? Allow Mark and Jeremy to demonstrate over all thirty episodes.

Thanks to the Twilight film series, Robert Pattinson has achieved a sudden extreme rise in fame, but he still has time for other pursuits.

Director Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, the classic story of an angry young man, heralded a new kind of cinema for British audiences.

A zombie movie you should see, Shaun of the Dead is a brilliantly dead-on satire of zombie films that manages to be equally affectionate and touching.

A new Shrek the Third trailer is now online. Will it get hearts and wallets pumping for this flick or is the Shrek gravy train about to run out of steam?

Social realism has brought true greats of the British film industry such as Mike Leigh and Ken Loach to the fore, and as a genre it is hugely influential on modern cinema

Some say that those who swear have a poor vocabularly and that swearing is unnecessary. But there are arguably times, especially in comedy, when no other word will do.

Due in part to his early death, Graham Chapman made fewer films than any other member of Monty Python. But the contribution he gave to the films he did make must not go u

Rejoicing all around as one of the best sitcoms of the last 10 years throws its satirical light on more government department mishaps in a slightly sub-par opening.

To mark the end of another series and to deliver their own form of festive motorised based fun the Top Gear guys travel through Vietnam, but who said it had to be by car?

Known only by her first syllable, Jen and her hit blog Cake Wrecks was the Winner of 2008 Blogger's Choice Award for the Best Humor Blog.