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Lead Balloon

November 2024 •English

Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair. It stars Dee as Rick Spleen, a cynical and misanthropic comedian whose life is plagued by petty annoyances, disappointments and embarrassments. Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power and Tony Gardner also star. The first series of six episodes was broadcast on BBC Four in 2006, with the first episode achieving the highest ratings for a comedy on the channel. Repeats of the series were run on BBC Two and BBC HD, bringing it to a larger audience. A second series of eight episodes aired on BBC Two in November 2007, and a third series began airing in November 2008. A fourth and final series commenced broadcast on 31 May 2011 on BBC Two and ended on 5 July. Comparisons were made by critics to the successful American comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, and positive comments were made about Lead Balloon's characters, particularly Magda, the Eastern European housekeeper. The first series was released on DVD in November 2007. The show's theme tune is a cover version of "One Way Road", written by Noel Gallagher and performed by Paul Weller.

Pitch Meeting

November 2024 •English

What if some of the worst movie-making decisions were made with the best intentions? Step inside the pitch meetings for some famous movies!

The Most Upsetting Guessing Game in the World

November 2024 •English

The 'Most Upsetting Guessing Game' is a comedy/improv guessing game based on 'Party Quirks' from the Aunty Donna Podcast. Each week a 'party host' is selected and tasked with guessing what 'characters' are attending their party. Sounds simple enough? It's not... it's cooked.

Huge in France

November 2024 •French

Famous comedian Gad Elmaleh moves to LA to reconnect with his son and must learn to live without the celebrity perks he's accustomed to in France.

Running Man

November 2024 •Korean

A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop.

COMEDIANS of the world

November 2024 •English

Global stand-up comedy series features a diverse set of comics from 13 regions bringing their perspectives on what's funny around the world.

Lazy Susan

November 2024 •English

Like dogs loose at a football match, Freya Parker and Celeste Dring burst onto the screen. Social commentary and people falling over in a smart yet totally stupid sketch show.

El Club de la Comedia

November 2024 •Spanish

La semana más larga

November 2024 •Spanish

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

November 2024 •English

Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up best when he says, 'You've finally made a show about nothing.'

Live at the Apollo

November 2024 •English

A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.

La sai l'ultima?

November 2024 •Italian

Jam

November 2024 •English

Adapted from Blue Jam, a late night radio show, Jam consists of six shows featuring dark humour and unsettling sketches unfolding over an ambient soundtrack. From the mind of Chris Morris.

Sin código

November 2024 •English

Axel Etcheverry is a young hacker.One day,he steals the password of the site of the Police department.Gabriel Nielsen is a policeman.One day,he's going to arrest Axel,but he does not arrest him because they become friends.Axel will help Gabriel on his cases.

Por amor a vos

November 2024 •Spanish

Margarita (Claribel Medina) is a woman who due to the twists and turns of life must take charge of a goal without having much idea of ​​the trade. She arrives accompanied by her son León (Nicolás Cabré). In his new life, he will have the help of Beto (Miguel Ángel Rodríguez), the manager of the building across the street, a noble man who lives in an eternal relationship crisis.

Sue Perkins' Big American Road Trip

November 2024 •English

Sue Perkins experiences the modern phenomenon of #vanlife in the USA, as she campervans across California and Colorado to discover the highs and lows of life on the road.

Little Miss Jocelyn

November 2024 •English

Little Miss Jocelyn is a British TV sketch comedy written by and starring Jocelyn Jee Esien. The show is made up of studio sketches and hidden camera footage in which unsuspecting members of the public become part of a sketch. The series ran for 2 series from 22 August 2006 until its cancellation on 14 February 2008. 12 episodes aired whilst a 13th episode was never broadcast for unknown reasons but is featured as a bonus extra on the Series 2 DVD. In 2007, Esien featured in Girls Aloud and Sugababes' Comic Relief video for "Walk This Way", where she puts a parking ticket on Ewen Macintosh, a reference to the character Jiffy from the show Little Miss Jocelyn.

Taskmaster NZ

November 2024 •English

Jeremy Wells and his loyal assistant Paul Williams torment some of Aotearoa's best, brightest, and most available comedians. Who will earn the Taskmaster's respect and a gold statue of his head?

Fist of Fun

November 2024 •English

Fist of Fun was a British comedy television and radio programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. A lot of the show's comic material was adapted from Lee and Herring's radio programme Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Each episode of Fist of Fun featured several disparate sketches and situations. Fist of Fun began as a BBC Radio 1 series in 1993, before becoming commissioned as a television series on BBC Two in early 1995. It was broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday nights, and was successful, but not a major ratings-winner. The second series was aired on Friday nights, and although its ratings were relatively good, the show suffered from a lack of preparation and poor promotion. The show was not given a third series, and Lee and Herring went on to write This Morning with Richard Not Judy, for BBC Two. Many other comedians who appeared in the series went on to fame themselves, including Kevin Eldon, Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona, Alistair McGowan, Al Murray, John Thomson, Rebecca Front, Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Ben Moor and Sally Phillips.

Kings of Comedy

November 2024 •English

Kings of Comedy was a reality television series broadcast made by Endemol for Channel 4. The show was presented by Russell Brand and narrated by Matthew Rudge. The premise was that eight comics lived in a Big Brother-style house to try to determine whether old-school comics or the newer generation are best. The winner got the chance to make his own pilot show.