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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 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 * Tracey Ullman * Zahra Ahmadi * Chizzy Akudolu * Willi ... [...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 shaming or exposing 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. A 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) the very things the satirist wishes to question. Satire is found in many a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chortle
Chortle is a British comedy website launched in 2000 by Steve Bennett. The site is a major source of comedy news in the UK. It also reviews comedy shows nationwide, including extensively at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and presents the Chortle Awards to honour the best stand-up comics working in the UK. In recent years, the site has also branched out into events promotion. History Prior to starting Chortle, Bennett, who graduated from Oxford University, had been working as a local newspaper editor for the Informer group of free newspapers in Surrey and West London. He started the site after the newspaper group expressed a lack of interest in running a website. After considering his areas of interest, he decided to start a comedy site, since IMDb and ''Empire'' already covered the market for film, and there were numerous music websites available. The site received some early support from investors during the dot com boom which led to Bennett working from offices in Bri ... [...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 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Hourican
Liam Hourican is an Irish actor, best known for his roles in BBC Three comedy ''Murder in Successville''. As well being on television, he is also a voice actor. Hourican has worked as a stand-up comedian. Hourican appeared in various comedy roles on TV over the following years and in 2015 he co-starred in ''Murder in Successville''. The semi-improvised show, in which a celebrity guest must help DI Sleet solve a fictional crime, became a cult hit. Hourican is an accomplished stage actor. Filmography Television * ''The IT Crowd'' (2010) * ''Murder in Successville'' (2015–2017) - Various * ''Penny Dreadful (TV series), Penny Dreadful'' (2016) Films * Song of the Sea (2014 film), ''Song of the Sea'' (2014 film) - Spud, Bus Driver * ''The Secret of Kells'' * ''La Cha Cha'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hourican, Liam Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Irish male television actors Irish male film acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Hoffman
Leila Hoffman (née Rothstein) (born 11 June 1934 in Hackney) 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. Tele ... [...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. 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 John in five series of the critically acclaimed romantic drama series ''Last Tango in Halifax'' ... [...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 He 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 called ''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, Cl ... [...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'' movies 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 at the University of 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 Cambridg ... [...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 winning the right, she represented the United Kingdom in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest by performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Diane Warren penned " It's My Time". She finished in fifth place. Ewen controversially 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 Princess Jasmine in 2016, as part of the original cast of Disney's production of ''Aladdin''. Early life Ewen ... [...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). His theatre credits include the original Broadway (theatre), Broadway production of ''Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?'' (1969), and playing Jerry Springer in the West End (theatre), West End production of ''Jerry Springer: The Opera'' (2003–2004). Early life Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York, to Miriam (née Tumen) and Sol Feldman. At age nine, he and his family (brother Elliot and sister Debra Lynne) 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 extraction. Career Brandon starred in the TV series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' and ''Dinotopia'', the movies ''Quattro m ... [...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 served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in 1968. He became president of his father's real estate business in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization. He expanded the company's operations to building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He later started side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice''. Trump and his businesses have been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six bankruptcies. Trump's political positions have been described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist. He won the 2016 United States presidential election as the Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Atamanuik
Anthony Atamanuik (; born June 15, 1974) is an American writer, actor, and comedian. He impersonated former U.S. President Donald Trump during the campaign and his presidency, first on the '' Trump vs. Bernie'' debate tour and then on ''The President Show''. Early life Atamanuik was born to Marlena J. Yannetti, an actress, choreographer and dancer of Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry with credits including ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', and Lawrence Peter Atamanuik, a drummer of Ukrainian ancestry with credits including Seatrain, Alison Krauss, and Canadian legend Crowbar. Career In 1997, Atamanuik graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in film theory from Emerson College. He moved to Los Angeles and worked for Jim Henson Interactive, '' Mr. Show'', and Suzanne Somers. He moved to New York in 2000. In 2002 he began training and performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade. Atamanuik appeared in the shorts ''My Wife,'' ''The Ghost'', and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
