KATY BRAND’S BIG ASS SHOW – SERIES 2
(2008) 6 X 30’ ITV2
Katy Brand is back for another run of anarchic fun. Returning characters include: Kate Winslet out in the community, just being normal; Kate Moss, plus BFFs Sadie and Stella, growing up, going out and grappling with A-levels; here’s ‘jack of all trades’ Lily Allen turning her hand to anything from acting to hair bleaching; Armed Forces TV reporter Captain Rosie presents ‘Privates Out’, investigating life on ‘civvy street’; Caroline is still making sense of life with an armful of magazines and glass of white wine; and Jesus’ Girlfriend dealing with the trials of dating the Son of God. There’s plenty more musical send ups, including Amy Winehouse, Ting Tings, Mika, Leona Lewis and even Katy’s spin on a reformed Take That. New characters include; Katy & Katherine Parkinson playing a pair of Victorian Strumpets, hapless Olympic hopeful Cheryl Mirmikidis, a nun who hates her job, a Government front-bencher with a ‘refreshing’ take on dealing with the media, and East End gangster Her Majesty, The Queen.
KATY BRAND’S BIG ASS SHOW - S1
(2007) 6 X 30’ ITV2
‘Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show’; a parallel world of crazy celebrities with big egos and even bigger flaws. This new sketch show presents Katy’s outrageous take on 21st century icons. Each celebrity’s characteristics are amplified to their limit. Katy does not imitate her favourite superstars and neither does she allude to look like them; Katy’s stars are exactly as she sees them in her warped head.
JOHNNY VAUGHAN’S STAR SCANDALS
(2005) 1 X 60’ C4
BOY GEORGE’S QUEEREST TV MOMENTS
(2005) 1 X 60’ C4
FIGHTING TALK
(2003 – PRESENT) BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
Now in its sixth series, Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live, currently hosted by Colin Murray. Each week, the show offers a razor-sharp breakdown of all that’s happening in the volatile world of sport, where points are awarded for punditry. Regular guests include John Rawling, Martin Kelner, Greg Brady, Gary O’Reilly and Mark Watson. The first series, originally presented by Johnny Vaughan, aired in October 2003. The first series featured guest appearances from Gordon Ramsay, Bob Mortimer and Kris Akabusi , Bradley Walsh and Stan Collymore. Between 2004-2005, the show was presented by Christian O’Connell, culminating in a gold award for Fighting Talk at the 24th Sony Radio Academy Awards.
LIVE AT JOHNNY’S
(2004) 30 X 30’ BBC3
Live at Johnny’s is TV for all those viewers bored of reality shows, tired of soaps and fed up with property makeover programmes.
A slab of comedy, entertainment, special guests and wry observation, the show heads out of the studio and up the garden path, to come live from every man’s castle… his shed!
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/02_february/11/johnny_ids.shtml 11.02.04)
JOHNNY VAUGHAN TONIGHT - SERIES 1, 2 & 3
(2002-2003) BBC 1/ BBC CHOICE/ BBC 3
Late night BBC talk show presented by Johnny Vaughan and featuring Lauren Laverne. The show starred featuring guests such as Jennifer Lopez, Colin Farrell and Matt Damon. The show included the mini soaps ‘Magicians in Love’, ‘Clowns Across the Pennines’ and ‘Johnny’s Channel’.
ADAM & JOE’S WORLD OF ANIMATION
(2001) 60’ C4
“Back in Autumn 2001 as the world was preparing to become ‘a more frightening place’ Joe and I were busy making a series of 6 short programmes for Channel 4 about various aspects of the animation scene in California. This was a sort of spin off series from a programme we made a year previously called Adam & Joe’s World Of Animation, a one hour special about modern animation (or ‘cartoons’ as they were once known) which we had presented as children’s TV presenters in the style of shows like Smart”
(ADAM BUXTON, April 7th , 2006)
GOIN DOWN TO SOUTH PARK
(1999) 54’ C4
A documentary on hit TV show “South Park” (1997) with interviews from the creators of the show, along with interviews from all other staffs and clips from “South Park” episodes, and Matt and Trey’s previous works such as Spirit of Christmas, The (1991), American History (1992), and many more.
Excerpt from article written by Charles Brubaker

