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Liam Williams (comedian)
Liam Williams (born March 1988) is an English comedian, actor and writer, known for his wry poetic presentation style. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and for Best Show at the 2014 awards. Life and career Williams grew up in Leeds and read English at Homerton College, Cambridge, Homerton College at the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of Footlights. In 2009 he participated in the Cambridge heat of the Chortle Awards, Chortle Student Comedy Award. He supports Manchester United F.C., Manchester United. In 2010 Williams was the runner-up in the ''So You Think You're Funny'' competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2013 Williams appeared as the guest stand-up on ''Russell Howard's Good News#Russell Howard's Good News Extra, Russell Howard's Good News''. Later that year he performed a solo show for the first time at the Edinburgh Fringe; he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the List of Edinburgh Comedy Award winners, Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garforth
Garforth () is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It sits in the Garforth and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency. As of 2011, the population of Garforth was 14,957, having decreased since the last census. It is east of Central Leeds, south-west of York and north of Wakefield. It is mostly an Un-Parished area, like much of Greater Leeds. Etymology The place-name ''Garforth'' appears first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Gereford'' and ''Gereforde'', with ''gar-'' spellings first appearing in 1336 in the form ''Garford''. The name seems to derive from the Norse words ''gāra'' ('triangular plot of land', derived from the word ''gār'', 'spear') and ''ford'' ('ford)', and thus meant 'ford at a triangular plot of land'. Or perhaps; Spear of the River Crossing. The plot is thought to have lain at a sharp turn in the road now called The Beck. Spellings beginning with ''ger- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. He replaced Gwyneth Williams, who had been the station controller since 2010. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM broadcast band, FM, Longwave, LW and Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky (UK & Ireland), Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it List of most-listened-to radio programs#Top stations in the United Kingdom, the UK's second most-popular radio station after BBC Radio 2. BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pin (comedy Act)
The Pin is the comedy writing and acting partnership of Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen. They co-wrote and performed in the Amazon MGM Studios film, ''Deep Cover,'' which played at SXSW London and Tribeca Festival 2025 before being released on Amazon Prime. They also wrote and starred in ''The Comeback'' in London’s West End, and recorded multi award winning BBC Radio 4 sketch show ''The Pin'' from 2015 to 2019. Background The double act met at the University of Cambridge, where they joined the Cambridge Footlights. Whilst members, they co-wrote and performed the sketch show ‘Good Clean Men’ with Joey Batey, Joe Bannister, Mark Fiddaman and Simon Haines, and they co-wrote and performed in two Footlights international tour shows: 2010's 'Good For You,' directed by Liam Williams and Daran Johnson, and 2011's 'Pretty Little Panic' directed by Keith Akushie and James Moran. They were also the satire editors of Varsity newspaper. 'The Pin' was originally the title of a sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Key
Timothy Key (born 2 September 1976) is an English poet, comedian, actor and screenwriter. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, both as a solo act and as part of the comedy group Cowards (comedy troupe), Cowards, and plays Alan Partridge's sidekick Simon in film and television. In 2009, he won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Edinburgh Comedy Award and was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality. Early life Key was born on 2 September 1976, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. He grew up in Impington, Cambridgeshire, was educated at Impington Village College before moving on to Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge and then the University of Sheffield, where he studied Russian language, Russian. Following graduation, he returned to Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights, despite not being a student of Cambridge University. There he met Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, and Lloyd Woolf, with whom he formed the sketch group Cowards (comedy troupe) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Hodgson
Kieran Hodgson (born ) is a British character comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his role as Gordon in the BBC sitcom '' Two Doors Down''. Early life and education Hodgson was born, around 1988, in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, where he also grew up. He was educated at Holmfirth High School before going onto Greenhead College in Huddersfield. He studied History and French at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class degree. Career Hodgson's first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was ''French Exchange'', which was nominated by ''The Times'' as one of the "Top five of the Free Fringe 2014". It retold the story of a GCSE French exchange trip in a comedy storytelling style. That year, he also appeared as an aspiring detective called Ridley in an episode of ''Jonathan Creek'', entitled "The Letters of Septimus Noone". In 2015 his show ''Lance'', a similarly biographical storytelling piece about his childhood hero, Lance Armstrong, was nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (disguised as a page named 'Cesario') falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her, thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from Barnabe Rich's short story "Of Apollonius and Silla", based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first documented public performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio. Characters * Viola – a shipwrecked young woman who disguises herself a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drunk History (UK TV Series)
''Drunk History'' is a British comedy television series that premiered on Comedy Central on 12 January 2015. It is based on the American television series of the same name. In each episode, a celebrity (usually a comedian) struggles to recount a historical event while intoxicated. Their account is then reconstructed by actors. The show is narrated by Jimmy Carr. The second series began broadcasting in February 2016. A special edition featuring Holly Hagan and Gaz Beadle from the MTV show ''Geordie Shore ''Geordie Shore'' is an English reality television series that has been broadcast on MTV UK from 24 May 2011. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, it was the British offshoot of the American show ''Jersey Shore''. The programme follows the d ...'' was broadcast on MTV on 23 February 2016. The third series began airing on 8 March 2017 at 10pm on Comedy Central UK. Episodes Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Specials References External links * * {{British Comedy G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Central UK
Comedy Central is a British pay television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and broadcast syndication, syndicated. This channel is specific to audiences within the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is aligned with the original Comedy Central, US version of the channel. The channel started as The Paramount Channel in 1995, before rebranding as the Paramount Comedy Channel in 1997 and again as Paramount Comedy 1 in 2004 before finally becoming Comedy Central on 6 April 2009. History 1995–1997 The channel was launched as The Paramount Channel on 1 November 1995. The original schedule was a mixture of comedy and drama, including such eclectic offerings as ''Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), Beauty and the Beast'', several Japanese anime productions acquired from Manga Entertainment, and authentic Paramount Pictures, Paramount archive programming such as ''The Magician (American TV series), The Magician'', as well as Nickelodeon's ''The Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (2015 TV Series)
''Together'' is a six-episode 2015 television sitcom created and written by Jonny Sweet for BBC Three and set in London. It is about two twentysomethings during the early stages of a relationship. The show only has one series. Cast * Jonny Sweet as Tom * Cara Theobold as Ellen * Alex Macqueen as Ashley * Vicki Pepperdine Vicki Pepperdine (born 24 July 1961) is an English comedy actress and writer. She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for co-writing the BBC sitcom '' Getting On'' (2009–12), and was also nominated for a British Comedy Award for her portra ... as Lesley * Katy Wix as Maeve * Sarah Daykin as Hermione Episodes References External links * * 2015 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings 2010s British romantic comedy television series 2010s British sitcoms BBC romance television shows BBC television sitcoms British English-language television shows Television shows set in London {{UK-comedy-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle (British TV Series)
''Uncle'' is a British sitcom written and directed by Oliver Refson and Lilah Vandenburgh. Originally broadcast between 2014 and 2017, it stars Nick Helm, Daisy Haggard, Elliot Speller-Gillott and Sydney Rae White, and features original songs by Helm. A pilot episode was first broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2012, before the show was commissioned by BBC Three. The first episode from the series, a remake of the pilot, aired on 13 January 2014. The show was renewed for a second series, and it premiered on BBC Three on 10 February 2015. In December 2015, Helm announced on social media that the programme would return for a third and final series. It premiered on 1 January 2017 on BBC Three on the BBC iPlayer app, and was later broadcast on BBC One on 6 January 2017. Production The show was commissioned by the BBC after a pilot was originally broadcast on Channel 4. The pilot episode aired on the channel in December 2012, as part of a strand called ''4Funnies''. When Channel 4's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie White
Ellie White (born 14 June 1989) is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for playing Princess Beatrice of York in the British royal family parody ''The Windsors'' (2016–2020) and Katia in the sitcom ''Stath Lets Flats'' (2018–2021). In 2022, Ellie co-wrote and starred in the BBC sketch show '' Ellie & Natasia'', alongside her comedy partner Natasia Demetriou. The show won Best TV Sketch Show at the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022. Early life Ellie White is from Oxford. Her father is journalist Jim White. She attended the University of Bristol, and was a member of the Bristol Revunions, graduating in 2010. Career White's career started in 2013, doing comedy stand-up at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. After the festival, White landed her first TV appearance on the Channel 4 TV series ''Jamie Demetriou's Comedy Blaps'', and on BBC Three's ''Live at the Electric'', as well as BBC Radio 4's ''Fresh From the Fringe''. In 2015, White landed a regular role in series 2 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia O'Doherty
Claudia O'Doherty (born 29 November 1983) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D''. She has appeared in several films and TV series, including starring roles in ''Love'' and '' Killing It''. Early life and education Claudia O'Doherty was born 29 November 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her father is Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty). She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney. At the University, she participated in the Arts Revue and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island. Career O'Doherty's debut comedy show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D'' won the Best Comedy Award at the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival and the Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival. The following year, she co-wrote the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
