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Tracey Breaks The News
''Tracey Breaks the News'' is a British topical comedy programme starring Tracey Ullman. It premiered on BBC One on 27 October 2017 following a one-off special that aired on 23 June. After the success of the one-off special on 13 September 2017, the BBC announced that it had ordered three new episodes of ''Tracey Breaks the News''. Like the pilot, the three new shows would "tackle topical stories and current issues in a sketch show written and filmed right up to the day of broadcast." It was also reported that Ullman would impersonate French First Lady Brigitte Macron and Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn. On 15 May 2018, it was formally announced that the show had been picked up for a second series, which began airing in June on BBC One. The show has been re-cut and sold internationally under the '' Tracey Ullman's Show'' banner. Premise Tracey Ullman and her cast of characters sound off on domestic and global affairs. Cast Starring * Tracey Ullman as Various Supporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. Satire may also poke fun at popular themes in art and film. A prominent feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant", according to literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chizzy Akudolu
Andrea Chizoba "Chizzy" Akudolu (born 7 October 1973) is a British actress. Career In 2002, Akudolu was one of eight new comedy performers who won the BBC Talent Initiative, The Urban Sketch Showcase. All eight performed a comedy sketch show in front of BBC casting directors and producers at the Tabernacle Theatre in Notting Hill. Her first television appearance was in the BBC sitcom '' 15 Storeys High''. This was followed by a small role in ''EastEnders''. She continued to work for the BBC in her first children's series called '' Stupid!'' and '' Roman's Empire''. Credits also include ''Green Wing'' and '' Dustbin Baby'' for Kindle Entertainment and as a caricature of herself in the mockumentary ''The Most Unromantic Man in the World''. Akudolu also played series regular Miss Kanouti in ''The Complete Guide to Parenting''. She has continued to work for CBBC in programmes such as '' Nuzzle and Scratch'', ''Scoop'' and '' Gigglebiz''. In 2007, she toured with ''The Vagina Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Howe-Douglas
Martha Howe-Douglas (born 19 September 1980) is an English actress and writer. She is known as a member of the Them There collective with which she wrote and starred in productions including '' Horrible Histories'', '' Yonderland'', and '' Ghosts''. She also played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One daytime soap '' Doctors''. Early life Howe-Douglas was born and raised in Moseley, a suburb of south Birmingham, England, on 19 September 1980. She attended Edgbaston High School. She graduated from RADA in 2003. Career After graduating from RADA, Howe-Douglas appeared in the Christmas special of '' The Office'', as a receptionist at Wernham-Hogg. From 24 April 2006 until 11 May 2007, Howe-Douglas played receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC daytime soap opera '' Doctors''. For her role as Donna, Howe-Douglas received nominations for Best Comedy Performance and Best Newcomer at the 2007 British Soap Awards. In 2009, she landed one of the main multi-role parts on a new ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Howarth
Laurence Howarth is an English comic actor and writer. He has appeared in one episode each of the TV series '' After You've Gone'' (2007), '' Hyperdrive'' (2006), '' Blessed'' (2005), ''The Robinsons'' (2005), '' My Hero'' (2005) and '' Dark Ages'' (1999). He has also appeared in the radio comedy ''Bleak Expectations'' and written for ''TV to Go'', the 2006 TV series of '' Dead Ringers'', and for '' Alistair McGowan's Big Impression'' (1996). He is one half of the double act Laurence & Gus, alongside fellow comedian and writer Gus Brown. Together they have made two series of comedy sketch shows for BBC 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Hourican
Liam Hourican is an Irish actor and voice actor. He has appeared in various comedy roles on television. Hourican is perhaps best known for his co-starring role in the 2015 BBC Three series '' Murder in Successville'', where Hourican plays Gordon Ramsay and Simon Cowell. The semi-improvised comedy series, in which a celebrity guest must help DI Sleet solve a fictional crime, became a cult hit. Hourican has also worked as a stand-up comedian, and is an accomplished stage actor. Filmography Television * ''The IT Crowd'' (2010) * '' Murder in Successville'' (2015–2017) - Various * ''Penny Dreadful'' (2016) Films * ''Song of the Sea'' (2014 film) - Spud, Bus Driver * ''The Secret of Kells ''The Secret of Kells'' is a 2009 animated fantasy drama film directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, produced by Paul Young, Didier Brunner and Viviane Vanfleteren, written by Fabrice Ziolkowski. An Irish-French-Belgian co-production, led b ...'' * ''Sarah Chong Is Going To Kill Hersel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Hoffman
Leila Hoffman (''née'' Rothstein; born 11 June 1934) is an English comedian, actress and writer. Personal life Hoffman is the daughter of Esther (née Schaewitch) (1906–1992) and Joseph "Joe" Rothstein, both children of Russian Jews. She has one sister, Sybil Fox, who is four years her senior. In 1960, Leila married Alfred Hoffman in Brighton, where the Rothstein family had relocated to sometime after Leila's birth. Recent work Hoffman starred in BBC Three sitcom, ''How Not to Live Your Life'' as Dot Treacher, the widowed neighbour. She has also appeared in several online BBC comedy sketches with the group This is Wondervision. Film *Magician's Assistant, ''Magicians'' (2007), Intermedia/Universal, Andrew O'Connor. * Augusta Longbottom, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001), Warner Brothers, Chris Columbus. *Bag Lady, ''Felicia's Journey'' (1999), Marquis Films, Atom Egoyan. *Principal Witch, '' The Witches'' (1990), Jim Henson Films, Nic Roeg. Television * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gardner
Tony Gardner (born 10 January 1964) is an English actor and doctor. He sits on the national governing body of the actors' trade union Equity. Early life and education He attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge. Career Gardner qualified as a physician at Guy's Hospital in 1987, then as a general practitioner in 1993. He combined medicine and comedy during the 1990s as half of the award-winning comedy duo '' Struck Off and Die'' with Phil Hammond. Acting career Gardner eventually left medicine to become an actor, starring in a number of TV commercials, including that for the Renault Mégane. He reached prominence playing Brian Johnson in CITV's '' My Parents Are Aliens'' (episodes of which he also wrote) and Michael, the café owner in Jack Dee's BBC sitcom '' Lead Balloon''. In 2009–10 he starred in three plays directed by Sir Peter Hall. In 2011 he played Professor Tony Shales in the Channel 4 series '' Fresh Meat''. Between 2012 and 2020, he played J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Furst
Steven Jonathan Furst (born 3 September 1967) is a British comedian, actor and writer. He appeared in the Orange mobile phone cinema adverts in the UK (with Brennan Brown), playing the role of Eliot, a spoof studio executive, and has appeared regularly in the BBC comedy television programme '' Little Britain'' as well as cabaret character ''Lenny Beige''. Comedy career Furst first worked in comedy writing for Chris Evans's ''Power Up'' show on BSB's Power Station music channel in 1990. He then set up Britain's first comedy magazine, ''The Heckler''. In 1992, he worked as a stand-up comedian and promoter, founding comedy nights such as ''The Double Six Club'', ''The Youth Club'', and ''The Regency Rooms''. Lenny Beige Furst also works under the name ''Lenny Beige'', promoted comedy nights (started on the ''Regency Rooms'') and fought the 1997 general election in Putney under that name, and had 2 series on BBC Choice with guests including Terry Wogan, Davina McCall, Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Forbes
Jason Forbes (born 27 October 1990) is a British actor, writer, comedian, impressionist, and TV presenter. He is best known for the CITV series '' Horrible Science''; '' The Mash Report'' on BBC Two; as PC Peasey in the '' Professor Branestawm'' television films on BBC One; and as a member of the award-winning sketch trio 'Daphne'. Forbes is co-creator, star and writer of the BBC Radio 4 series, '' Daphne Sounds Expensive''. Early life and education Forbes was born in Bristol, England, and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Clifton. He then went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, to read English, graduating in 2012. At school he joined the 'Gabblers' Club' – a Bristol-based after-dinner speaking society for young students; and, in 2008, was awarded the Gabblers' prize for 'Best Speaker' – a prize formerly awarded to stand-up comedian Mark Watson. At Cambridge University, Forbes wrote and performed in a number of comedy shows as a member of the famous Cambridge Footl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Ewen
Jade Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1988) is a British singer, actress and a former member of the girl group Sugababes. She began her singing career in a girl group named Trinity Stone, which signed with Sony BMG in 2005 but disbanded in 2007 without releasing an album. In 2009, after United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, winning the right, she represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009 Eurovision Song Contest by performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Diane Warren penned "It's My Time (Jade Ewen song), It's My Time". She finished in fifth place. Ewen replaced Keisha Buchanan in the group Sugababes in September 2009. After becoming a member of the group, the group achieved two UK top-ten singles and a top-fifteen album before disbanding in 2011. In 2015, Ewen made her West End debut, playing Vanessa in the original London cast of ''In the Heights'', following a brief run off-West End the previous year. She went on to play Jasmine (Aladdin) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman; April 20, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' (1985–1986) and narrating the American dub of the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'' (2004–2012). His theatre credits include the original Broadway production of '' Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?'' (1969), and Jerry Springer in the West End production of '' Jerry Springer: The Opera'' (2003–2004). Early life Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York on April 20, 1945, to Miriam (née Tumen) and Sol Feldman. At age nine, he and his family moved to Valley Stream, New York, where he attended Memorial Junior High and graduated from Valley Stream Central High School. Brandon then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made his debut on Broadway before turning to cinema. He is of Jewish heritage. Career Brandon starred in the TV series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' and '' D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in the New York City borough of Queens, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice'', bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
