''Cardinal Burns'' is a British television sketch show starring Seb Cardinal (born 1973 or 1974) and

Dustin Demri-Burns Dustin Demri-Burns (born 11 July 1978) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work in ''Cardinal Burns''. He appeared in films as the roles of Danny Sinclair in the 2013 film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' (2013), Vik ...

(born July 1978). After a pilot on BBC Three, the first series began on 8 May 2012 on E4, before moving to

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for the second series in 2014.

Series 1 (2012)

Recurring characters included The Office Flirt, a pair of Cockney cabbies, and a middle-class

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poet, alongside parodies of

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and "

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" programmes such as '' The Hills'' and ''

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''. Ensemble cast members for this series were Bridget Christie, James Puddephatt, Ronnie Lushington,

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, Fiona Button,

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, Jeff Wode, Simon Coombs, Ayuk Marchant, Clare Warde, William Hartley, Terence Maynard and Travis Oliver.

Series 2 (2014)

''Cardinal Burns'' was renewed by

for a second series in September 2012. On 10 May 2013, Channel 4 confirmed that the show would move from E4. The second series began airing on 30 April 2014.

Awards

* 2012:

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, ''Cardinal Burns'' was nominated for "Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist", "Best New Comedy Programme", and won the "Best Sketch Show" award. * 2013:

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, ''Cardinal Burns'' won "Best Multichannel Programme" and "Best Comedy Programme" * 2013: Loaded LAFTA Awards, ''Cardinal Burns'' won for "Funniest TV Show" * 2013: BAFTA Nomination for "Best Comedy"

Reception

The series received generally positive reviews. ''

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'' praised the characters and performances and called the show "refreshing", The ''

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'' said the show was "sharply written ndnicely paced", and ''

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'' found it "original and funny".

References

External links

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