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Comedy
Gavin And Stacey
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Gavin And Stacey is a brand-new comedy series about young love, two
nations coming together and endless Welsh omelettes, written by and
starring Ruth Jones (Little Britain, Nighty Night, Fat Friends) and James
Corden (The History Boys, Fat Friends).
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Stacey is from Barry, in Cardiff, and Gavin is from Essex. But the
difference in backgrounds and culture doesn't hinder their romance,
which flourishes when they finally meet for the first time after hitting it
off during numerous flirtatious work calls.
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Stacey's guardian-uncle, Bryn, has pledged to look out for his niece –
when not obsessing over his faulty satellite navigation system – whilst
Gavin is doted on by his sometimes emotionally volatile mother, Pam,
who only wants the best for her "little prince".
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On the occasionally rocky route to Gavin and Stacey's wedding, the
two very different sets of families and friends must learn to get along
together. The couple's best friends, the forthright Nessa and best man
Smithy, get along very, very well but, unfortunately, only when
they're plastered.
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Gavin is played by Mathew Horne (Catherine Tate, Teachers), Stacey by
Joanna Page (Gideon's Daughter, Love Actually), Bryn by Rob Brydon, Pam
by Alison Steadman, Nessa by Ruth Jones and Smithy by James Corden.
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KC2
Rush Hour
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Rush Hour is a brand-new comedy sketch show focusing on the all-too-familiar, annoying grind of being stuck in a traffic jam.
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Set during the daily scrum, where everyone seems to want to get to where no one really wants to go, Rush Hour dips into the lives of the disturbed drivers and peculiar passengers as they argue, flirt and bicker their way through their journeys.
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The cast includes David Armand, Naomi Bentley, Frankie Boyle, Adam Buxton, Kerry Godliman, Miranda Hart, Sanjeev Kholi, Marek Larwood, Bruce McKinnon, Lorna Watson and Katy Wix.
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RL/DB
Thieves Like Us
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Welcome to a comedy underworld where dishonesty is the best
policy and petty crime pays – but only just enough to cover the rent
and buy a pint.
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Bex and Ollie are a couple of small-time crooks making their living by
lifting and shifting stuff from warehouses, shops and offices – pretty
much anywhere they can.
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They're not big-time bank robbers but,
instead, prefer low-risk raids from companies big enough to survive
the loss of a few wide-screen TVs. The not-so-dynamic duo are
aim-low, live-low crooks with a conscience, and that suits them
just fine.
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Away from the various schemes, scams and bungled burglaries that
constitute their "day jobs", Bex and Ollie seek some form of
domestic bliss with their long-suffering girlfriends, Mel and Belinda,
two girls who understand the true meaning of Tammy Wynette's
Stand By Your Man.
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Bex is played by Tom Brooke, Ollie by Fraser Ayres, Mel by Jessica
Harris and Belinda by Chereen Buckley.
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Thieves Like Us is written by Danny King and based on his acclaimed
novel, The Burglar Diaries.
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HT
Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
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Bafta award-winning comedienne Karen Taylor writes and stars in
a brand-new series featuring a mix of sketches, stand-up,
monologues and running jokes. Viewers can expect a fresh and
saucy outlook inspired by Karen's single life, including her
seemingly never-ending search for a decent man.
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Karen is probably best known for writing and starring in two
series of the Bafta-winning and Golden Rose nominated The
Sketch Show, which also introduced Lee Mack to a prime-time
audience.
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She also co-wrote and starred in ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three's one-off
comedy, May Contain Nuts, and has been a regular face on TV
shows including Law Of The Playground and FAQ U (both Channel
4). She also starred alongside Steve Coogan on his hugely
successful live DVD.
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APR
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
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Rob Brydon's terrifyingly plausible, genuinely ground-breaking and funny Annually Retentive returns for a second veil-raising series on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three.
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The first series took viewers behind the scenes of Rob's generic, tired and wholly
unoriginal comedy panel show, in which he shared all manner of "spontaneous" comedy
moments with team captains Dave Gorman and Jane Moore.
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Celebrity guests
included David Walliams, Sir Elton John, Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, David Mitchell,
Robert Webb, Alistair McGowan, Ronni Ancona, Marcus Brigstocke, Alexei Sayle and
Omid Djalili.
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Throughout this new series, viewers will see how Rob deals with a new producer; watch as he tries to become "The Face of Wales"; follow his experiments in hair transplantation;
meet his bizarre and embarrassing family; share in his health scare; and cringe at his
ongoing efforts to woo beautiful celebrity booker Sara (Sharon Horgan) – all against a background of bitching, back-biting and gossiping.
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NR2
Smalltime
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Smalltime opens the door of a low-security prison visiting room for a comedic peek into the
lives of a group of banged-up petty crooks and the family, friends and fiends who visit
them weekly.
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Under the watchful eye of the under-valued, officious prison visiting officers, the prisoners
struggle to maintain marriages, rebuild relationships and catch up on the lives on the outside of
their loved ones and their loathed ones.
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Wannabe hard man Clint likes to refer to himself as "frisbee", because he always returns to
prison but, as his somewhat smarter wife points out, it should actually be "boomerang".
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Michael, meanwhile, refuses to turn grass to aid his appeal, because he's rather attached to his
kneecaps, so whilst incarcerated he endures card games with his cheating Dad and his wittering
Nana, who often visits armed with a crucifix.
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Add to the criminal mix the facially pierced Blind Gaz, a grubby kids creche where hepatitis is
spread by a Fimble and a visiting officer who thinks the vending machine running out of
Crunchie bars is a code red situation and that's Smalltime.
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Smalltime stars John Henshaw (Early Doors), Steve Edge (Phoenix Nights) and Naomi Radcliffe
(Coronation Street).
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HT
Comedy Shuffle With Rob Rouse
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Rob Rouse hosts a new talent showcase highlighting a whole generation of comic performers, writers, animators and mischief-makers for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three.
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Each week, a special guest from the world of
comedy takes viewers on a trip where anything goes – so long as it's funny. There is live comedy in front of a studio audience, as well as filmed material including sketches, stand-up, animation and musical comedy from hot names on the circuit and brand-new discoveries from the web.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three has its first broadband-only comedy commission in which a new comedy act, The Cowards, take over the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three website. The Cowards is a hyper-real sketch show, on the edge of absurdity, which exposes the tiny mysteries of comtemporary social etiquette.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Entertainment Publicity
Ideal
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Ideal is back for a third series, starring Johnny Vegas as the hapless,
small-time dope dealer Moz, trying to stay one step ahead of the
law, despite his everyday catalogue of murder, mayhem and
madness.
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His long-suffering girlfriend, Nicki (Nicola Reynolds), has
moved back in – bringing baby Sanjeev with her – determined to
give their relationship one last shot. This means that Moz has to
juggle his busy "career" with the demands of being a new dad and
his natural inclination to do as little as possible.
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This new series of Ideal features a host of new characters, as well
as a welcome return to, amongst others, Moz's neighbour Judith
(Joanna Neary), his best friend the police constable (Tom
Goodman-Hill) and regular visitor Brian (Graham Duff).
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Front Desk
Man Stroke Woman
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Ash Atalla's (The Office, The IT Crowd) sketch show, Man Stroke Woman, returns for a second series with an array of new characters that look set to stretch the realms of the absurd.
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As well as revisiting some favourite characters, the series features new sketches set in some more formal surroundings, including a headmaster's study and Crown courtroom, and enters the high-pressure worlds of restaurant chefs and cabaret club performers.
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All the original cast members are back for more: Nick Frost (Spaced, Shaun Of The Dead), Amanda Abbington (The Robinsons), Daisy Haggard (Green Wing), Meredith MacNeill (Festival, Confetti), Ben Crompton (Ideal) and Nick Burns (Absolute Power, Nathan Barley).
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