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Browse 31 movies from Avalon Television
Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood arguments and to paper over present-day fractures in their relationships.
Jun 2007
Dan is about to introduce the woman of his dreams to his family, but as they are so quirky, will everything go to plan?
Dec 2015
Surreal sitcom set in an all-night garage, where two misfits on the nightshift live out their whims and fantasies. Peter has a brilliant idea - he will become a film star and leave the garage far behind. He moves the CCTV cameras and records his acting showreel, but when Nigel is robbed of the night's takings, the crime goes unrecorded. With no evidence of a hold-up, Nigel and Peter realise they must fake the CCTV tapes and re-enact the robbery, or lose their jobs.
Mar 2007
A woman's stroller rolls terrifyingly down a hill, her baby at risk, who will save her baby?
Oct 2022
Don Rodolfo is a shameless libertine, the greatest swordsman the world has ever seen and a total idiot. Now barricaded inside a remote tavern, surrounded by the Catalan army and facing almost certain death, Rodolfo has ten minutes to drink a bottle of Valdepañas and tell his epic tale.
Apr 2021
Rose Matafeo has kissed nearly 10 men in her life, AKA she’s a total horndog. But what is horniness? Is it that intangible essence of excitement and adventure that has inspired humankind since the dawn of time? An understanding of the overwhelming power of love as the key to true personal flourishing? Or is it simply wanting to bone everyone, all the time? Recorded at The Ambassadors Theatre, London.
Aug 2020
Taskmaster's Alex Horne has a side career: he's the leader of a band called The Horne Section. They've already performed with some of the biggest names in music and comedy and now they've scored their very own television special featuring Alex and the band's spontaneous and free-wheeling combination of live music and comedy.
May 2018
Building her hour-long set around a 16,000-word note kept over time on her phone, Rose Matafeo leans into her insightful and self-deprecating humor to share candid takes on relationships – from dating in her 20s vs. 30s to supporting friends through breakups and the stark differences between herself and her parents at the same age.
Dec 2024
Phil Wang riffs on reheated rice, octopus intelligence and the importance of fact-checking in this special filmed at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
Sep 2024
Chris Ramsey's 106-date nation-wide tour Chris Ramsey Live 2018: The Just Happy To Get Out Of The House Tour, is filmed for broadcast in front of a very special homecoming crowd of 6,500 fans at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena on 3rd November 2018.
Feb 2019
Multi-award-winning comic Jayde Adams’ debut stand-up special Serious Black Jumper sees the Bristolian take a completely new direction. Having packed away the sequins and glamour (for now), Jayde has gotten rid of the show stopping musical numbers and glitzy costumes to reinvent herself as a ‘Successful Independent Woman Person’, exploring what it means to be a feminist this century. Working class woman of the people and “Britain’s Funniest Woman comic” (Daily Mail) invites you to discover what it takes to be a real role model, whilst wearing the feminist wardrobe staple attire; the Serious Black Jumper™.
Jan 2020
Self-styled supervarmint Harry Hill is back with another live video - what were the chances of that happening, eh? Harry offers his bizarre observations on life, ably assisted by his backing band, the Caterers, his chief scientist, Finsbury Park, failed chicken-catcher Burt Kwouk, Stouffer the Cat and, of course, the badgers.
Nov 1998
Alex Horne tries to discover why some games survived, and examines the best of those that did not. Whilst revisiting his own childhood haunts, he attempts to relaunch the ancient sport of the Quintain, horseless jousting, and tries his damnedest to understand the rules of the Jingling Match. Not forgetting his attempt to restage the forgotten spectacle of Cricket on Horseback. This might just be a journey to the very heart of sport itself, but if not, it will be a lot of fun playing games that have not been seen for hundreds of years and even more fun discovering why.
Jul 2010
From London's Royal Court Theatre, acclaimed comedian Ahir Shah dishes on class, family and multiculturalism in the UK from his grandfather's view.
Greg is back with his first stand up show in four years, and biggest ever tour, You Magnificent Beast.
Apr 2018
'Using the stinking carcass of so-called comedy as a lens, we shall focus harsh philosophee, religion, poetrie and base animal passion onto your ear, causing it to smoulder'
Jan 1996
Critically acclaimed American comic, and co-creator & star of ‘Catastrophe’, Rob Delaney unpacks the horror and the joys of his life in London: swimming in tea, getting scammed, being a father and a husband, the monarchy, the rise of the sexbots, and the disappearance of his friend Jackie.
Dave Gorman tells the story of his attempt to find 10 'Googlewhacks' (websites containing two unique words when searched on Google) and meet their owners before his 32nd birthday, in order to win a bet.
Nov 2004
Russell has been busy cementing his place as one of the hottest properties in comedy with his BBC6 Music show every Sunday, loads of Mock The Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks on BBC2, Would I Lie To You? and Live At The Apollo on BBC1, Law of the Playground on Channel 4 and Tough Gig, The Brits and The British Comedy Awards on ITV! But it is on stage where Russell really storms it.
Nov 2008
Self-deprecating comic Russell Howard plows ahead through politics, porn, social media and his own shortcomings. Yet he somehow keeps it positive.
Dec 2017