March 6th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Episode eight opens with Little Howard, dressed as a burglar and reaking havok with a security guard at a secured building. Count Arthur Strong speaks of the infamous Egyptian pharaoh Toot-the-car-horn and Andrew Maxwell teaches a class of oriental students the finer points of English culture; queueing, drinking and grunting.
Steve Hughes talks of England having to write a Santa wish list to America; “Dear America, England has been very good this year. We have killed everyone you asked us too, so can we please have some more bombs?”
Emotion Factory continue their scholls tour and this week the team fret abut saying the word “nigger” infront of the students. Perhaps the man that has been painted black with shoe polish might be more offensive. Matt Kirshen and Carey Marx discuss their manhood to great lengths and Katy Brand is propositioned by a drunk camel.
ITV2 Thursday 8 March 11:00 PM to 11:30 PM
February 12th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
The programme features over 40 dynamic performers who demonstrate a mix of stand up and sketches.
The first of its kind on ITV2, the series is shot entirely on location. Each act is unleashed onto the streets of Britain and situated somewhere which echoes their individual style, whether this is a school, church, park bench or a make-shift prison.
Episode four opens with Jason Bryne and his duck bus tour of London where he denounces a South African lady for assuming that he is a stupid Irishman! He also points out some infamous London landmarks such as the ‘life size’ statue of Winston Churchill and the Ritz Hotel where the ritz biscuits are made! ITV2 also has the first televised broadcast of Gary LeStrange’s new musical number where he sings a derranged song in his kitchen.
Little Howard and Big Howard are still telling jokes to the baby in the womb and they explain to the expectant mum that if the baby kicks once then the joke is very funny, but if the baby kicks twice the jokes are rubbish. Little Howard tells the baby a rude joke and of course the baby kicks once!
Paul Sinha reveals his love for porn; his favourite being When Harry Met Scally! Andrew Lawrence instills cheeriness in his audience tonight where he depicts hope to really mean the rankiest type of naievity.
ITV2 Thursday 15 February 11:00 PM to 11:30 PM
January 21st, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Comedy Cuts takes the very best rising starlets from the comedy circuit and delivers the cream of their material to an audience hungry to discover the next big thing. The programme features over 50 dynamic performers who demonstrate a mix of stand up and sketches.
Annette Cadabra opens the second episode of Comedy Cuts. She is the perfect magician’s assistant – young, glamorous, naïve and bendy. Tonight she fulfils one of her lifelong ambitions when she appears in Magic Steve’s Disappearing Act. She attempts to painfully decapitate her head from her body using a guillotine. However, eventually she has to enlist some help from members of the public.
“Rob Rouse’s cartoon face and cheeky banter allow him to get away with murder,” writes The Independent. In tonight’s episode, Rob is dressed as a security guard and explains how Big Brother is racist against Geordies. Additionally, the audience witness an excellent impersonation of the Dragon’s Den contestants, presenter and judges.
Slow-talking Welshman Rhod Gilbert is in court having been arrested for stalking. He pleads guilty, but assures the judge he will not be participating in anymore stalking activities. He explains how he didn’t really enjoy his time spent as a stalker as “your life is not your own when you are stalking people!�
Glenn Wool continues his political tirade in episode two and tonight he claims that reality TV is the root of all evil. According to Glenn, it is the cause of every poor political decision that has ever been made, as well as teaching mindless idiots how to vote.
Nicky Doody supported the late Bill Hicks on his final tour of the UK – at Bill’s personal request. Since then his razor sharp style and satirical content has made him one of the brightest talents on the comedy circuit. Tonight Nick explains his hatred for the English nation’s incapability to pronounce the letter ‘H’ correctly. He also speaks of George W Bush’s incorrect pronunciation of the word nuclear which is quite worrying!
Jim Jeffries closes the show this week. Jim’s remarkable ability to simultaneously charm and offend his audience leaves everyone feeling entertained, but knowing deep down they should be completely outraged and ashamed. And Jim’s appearance on Comedy Cuts is no different. He immediately offends anyone mildly religious when he dons a pair of fluffy angel wings and delivers a shocking sermon from a church pulpit, whilst drinking beer.
Comedy Cuts airs on ITV2 on Thursday 25 January 11:15 PM to 11:45 PM
January 10th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Comedy Cuts is likely to shock just about everybody – and do the comedians care? Not really! The show is edgy, risky and fresh. The only requirement being that the acts make ITV2 viewers laugh! Comedy Cuts takes the very best rising stars from the comedy circuit and delivers the cream of their material to an audience hungry to discover the next big thing. Comedy Cuts is brand new and exclusive to ITV2, Thursdays from 18 January 2007, 11pm.
The first of its kind on ITV2, the series is shot entirely on location. Each of the 50 dynamic performers demonstrates a mix of irreverent stand up and sketches having been unleashed onto the streets of Britain. The comedians are situated somewhere which echoes their individual style, whether this is a school, church, park bench or a make-shift prison.
The performers are an eclectic and inspiring mix of comedians who have been hand-picked from a new wave of talent. They have been developing their material and fine tuning their acts especially for ITV2 viewers, in time to burst onto the small screen and start making a very big noise! The ITV2 cameras also have access to the winners of 2006’s “If.Comeddie Awards’ (formerly the Perrier Awards) in Edinburgh – Phil Nichol, Josie Long and Mark Watson.
During the series, comedians such as Howard Reed and his animated alter-ego Little Howard, Paul Sinha who describes himself as ‘an openly gay comic’ and Jim Jeffries attack ridiculously taboo subjects. The comics undertake high energy rants on politics, religion, disability, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
Accompanying the show is a brand new website which contains exclusive additional material not featured in the show, biogs about the acts and an interactive forum for ITV2 viewers.
http://comedycuts.production.atwwwuk.com
Comedy Cuts is brand new and exclusive to ITV2.
January 4th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
ITV2 have ear marked £10 million this year in a bid to find the next big and brilliant British comedian.
The channel plan to use their expertise in reality TV shows and will launch a new programme called Comedy Cuts, a show for wannabe performers – and bosses are hoping it will help them unearth some comic geniuses. They have even signed up Channel 4 funny man Russell Brand to help get them started.
Zai Bennet, controller of ITV2, is determined to make his channel as famous for comedy as BBC2.
He told The Stage: “I want comedy that is right for our viewers – the 16-24 demographic. I want to change people’s perception about what the channel offers.
“We have done that in part with imported hits such as Entourage and The Office: An American Workplace but we do need original comedy. Right now we are keen to look at scripts, try things out and get more things into development.”
January 3rd, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
Comedy Cuts takes the very best rising starlets from the comedy circuit and delivers the cream of their material to an audience hungry to discover the next big thing. The programme features over 40 dynamic performers who demonstrate a mix of stand up and sketches.
The first of its kind on ITV2, the series is shot entirely on location. Each act is unleashed onto the streets of Britain and situated somewhere which echoes their individual style, whether this is a school, church, park bench or a make-shift prison.
The performers are an eclectic and inspiring mix of comedians who have been hand-picked from a new wave of talent. They have been developing their material and fine tuning their acts especially for ITV2 viewers, in time to burst onto the small screen and start making a very big noise! The ITV2 cameras also have access to the winners of this year’s “If.Comeddie Awards’ (formerly the Perrier Awards) in Edinburgh – Phil Nichol, Josie Long and Mark Watson.
During the series comedians such as Howard Reed and his animated alter-ego Little Howard, Paul Sinha who describes himself as ‘an openly gay comic’ and Jim Jeffries attack ridiculously taboo subjects. The humorists undertake high energy rants on politics, religion, disability, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
ITV2 Thursday 18 January 10:55 PM to 11:25 PM
