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Armstrong and Miller are an English
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consisting of the actor-comedians
Alexander Armstrong Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong (born 2 March 1970) is an English actor, comedian, radio personality, television presenter, singer and farmer. He is the host of the BBC One game show ''Pointless'', and is a weekday morning-show presenter on C ...
and
Ben Miller Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English comedian, actor and author. He rose to fame as a member of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, with Alexander Armstrong. He is known for roles as Angus Jeremy Bough in the '' Johnny Eng ...
. They have performed in two eponymous television sketch shows, the satirical ''Timeghost''
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, and many individual television appearances.


Works


Radio

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, and
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. ''The Children's Hour'' was a four-part comedy programme originally broadcast in 1998. It starred Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller as media journalists Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones in a spoof music/children's/cultural review programme.


Television


''Saturday Live''

Under the guise of Norwegian rock band "Strijka", Armstrong and Miller featured on several episodes of '' Saturday Live'' in 1996.


''Armstrong and Miller''

Four series of the show have been made by
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, the first airing in 1997. The first two were titled ''Armstrong and Miller'', and the last two ''The Armstrong and Miller Show''. The first series, shown on the
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, had six episodes and the subsequent series, all first shown on
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, consisted of seven episodes. The second series was immediately repeated on the Paramount Comedy Channel after its initial broadcast. The fourth series of the show was released on DVD in the UK in 2006.


''The Armstrong & Miller Show''

After the conclusion of the first show, the duo split and branched into acting and presenting, amongst other things. After some five years in hiatus, they renewed their partnership for a new show produced by
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for
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. The first studio recording took place on Friday, 23 February 2007, at
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and was first broadcast on 26 October 2007. During an appearance on British
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'' on Friday 25 September, it was confirmed that the second series of ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' would begin airing on BBC One on 16 October 2009. There were six episodes in the series. Following the success of the first few series, they published a book, ''The Armstrong & Miller Book'', in early October 2010 based on the characters from the show. The third series of the show began airing on BBC One on 30 October 2010.


Podcasts

In August 2008 they launched a series of podcasts entitled ''Timeghost'', parodying art and culture critics.


Other collaborations

They also wrote and starred in ''So 90s'', a weekly comedy show which aired on
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between 1997 and 1999. They collaborated on a one-off sitcom called ''Felix and Murdo'', broadcast on Channel 4 on 28 December 2011. They collaborated with fellow
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alumni
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for the 2009 Red Nose Day fundraising event. They co-wrote and starred in several short sketches, including one incorporating Armstrong and Miller's World War II airmen characters. Due to media commitments they rarely do nationwide tours, the most recent one taking place from September to November 2010. In 2018, Armstrong and Miller presented a one-off show called ''We Are Most Amused and Amazed'' to mark the 70th birthday of
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.


Toff Media

The pair have formed a production company named Toff Media.


References

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