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Onion at the Fringe: 2017 TVO Edinburgh round-up
It's that time of year again: the Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us, and once again a cavalcade of TVO regulars are heading across the Scottish border to entertain the masses on a daily basis.
The Velvet Onion, 18th July 2017The premise of Austentatious (18 June, 7.15pm, Radio 4) is that the great novelist actually wrote hundreds of lesser-known works, any one of which can be acted out by a troupe of improvisers including Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Graham Dickson, Charlotte Gittins and Cariad Lloyd if the audience only shout out its name. The extended canon includes Strictly Come Darcy and Mansfield Shark. The first one the team essay is Married to a Cad and a Bounder; the resulting programme works by marrying the pert formality and complex exposition favoured by Austen with a more modern sensibility. Most of all, it works, thanks to the comic reflexes of all concerned.
David Hepworth, The Guardian, 17th June 2017April: Comedian Of The Month #39, Cariad Lloyd
The area of Cariad's work that I have most recently enjoyed is her relatively new podcast: The Grief Cast.
Moody Comedy, 22nd May 2017Tickets on sale for Austentatious tour
Jane Austin inspired improv comedy group Austentatious are to tour the UK in October and November 2017. Tickets are now on sale.
British Comedy Guide, 4th May 2017Preview: Murder in Successville series three
Murder in Successville is back on our screens next week, with a third series once more bringing Tom Davis back as uncompromising cop DI Sleet, alongside a whole new roster of celebrity rookie-cops to help him solve a crime. But is the third series up to the high standards set by the two before it? Our editor Paul Holmes took a sneaky peek to find out...
Paul Holmes, The Velvet Onion, 12th April 2017Filming starts on Murder In Successville Series 3
BBC Three has ordered a third series of Murder In Successville, the unique comedy format starring Tom Davis. Guest stars in the new series include Professor Green, Richard Osman and Reggie Yates.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd February 2017What comedy brings to the experience of grief
In her podcast, Cariad Lloyd talks to other comics about death, a subject that stand-ups rarely deal with directly on stage.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd December 2016The 14th series of the knowingly esoteric quiz has reached the letter N which, for this opening episode, should probably stand for "new host". Sandi Toksvig takes over in the big chair and - considering how Stephen Fry's bluff smartypants approach helped define QI - the transition is remarkably seamless. Panellists Romesh Ranganathan, Cariad Lloyd, Phill Jupitus and original fixture Alan Davies are effortlessly steered and/or needled as required.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 21st October 2016QI: Toksvig triumphs in her first appearance as host
Does the series have a future with Toksvig as host? Indubitably - a word we probably first heard used in a sentence on QI.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 21st October 2016Preview: QI - Series N
It was sad to see Stephen Fry leave QI at the end of Series M, but fans of the intellectual panel game have no need to worry with Sandi Toksvig in charge.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th October 2016