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Jamie Demetriou is so hot right now. From Stath Lets Flats to his scene-stealing cameo in Fleabag, the British-Cypriot comic’s fantastically strange style of comedy has not only won him Baftas, but also caught Hollywood’s eye: he starred in Apple TV Plus’s The Afterparty and is appearing Greta Gerwig’s forthcoming Barbie movie. Before Barbie, though: Demetriou’s biggest project yet, his Netflix musical comedy special A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou. The comic material is decidedly British, with a Netflix sheen: silly, but lacking the sharpness of Stath or his live sketch characters. It’s that attempt to straddle both worlds that leaves Demetriou’s comedy feeling surprisingly watered down.

In the opening scene, an adult Demetriou lies curled up in a ball, in utero. His life flashes before him in sketch form, the comic playing a lolloping child in a tight primary school uniform, an...

Exclusive: Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow is forging Live at the Moth Club for UKTV, a comedy series from the legendary East London venue featuring major UK comedy stars such as Stath Lets Flats creator Jamie Demetriou and What We Do In The Shadows star Natasia Demetriou.

Airing on BBC Studios-owned UKTV channel Dave, the program will show performances from the club along with pre-recorded sketches showing what’s happening “backstage” and during production.

Others to take part include Demetriou’s Stath Lets Flats co-star Ellie White, Pls Like’s Arnab Chanda, Channel 4’s Cardinal Burns’ Dustin Demri-Burns and Seb Cardinal, The Bubble’s Ben Ashenden and Dreaming Whilst Black’s Alexander Owen.

This new wave of British comedians are partaking in some of the nation’s biggest comedy shows at present, led by Demetriou’s triple BAFTA-winning Stath Lets Flats for Channel 4, which is currently being taken out to the U.

British broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered an apocalyptic comedy series starring Friday Night Dinner and The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird.

The ad-supported, public service broadcaster has handed the six-part order to Jax Media, the company behind series including Netflix’s Russian Doll and HBO Max’s Search Party, and Universal International Studios, the London-led global production arm of the NBCU studio.

Everyone Else Burns explores life in a hyper-religious community and asks: how does an idiosyncratic family navigating modern day life protect themselves from eternal hell fire?

Bird stars alongside Kate O’Flynn, Amy James-Kelly, Lolly Adefope, Al Roberts, Soph Galustian, Harry Connor, Ali Khan, Lloyd Griffith, Kadiff Kirwan, Morgana Robinson, Arsher Ali, Liam Williams, Kath Hughes, and Seb Cardinal.

It is a coming-of-age comedy about a Mancunian family and the puritanical Christian sect they are devoted to. Will patriarchal David Lewis ever ascend the church ranks and become an Elder?...

Sharon Horgan & Michael Sheen To Lead Jack Thorne’s ‘Best Interests’

Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen are to lead the Jack Thorne-scripted BBC One drama Best Interests. The duo will play married couple Nicci and Andrew who have two daughters: Katie (Alison Oliver) and Marnie (Niamh Moriarty). Marnie has a life-threatening condition and doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. Thus begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Additional cast include Noma Dumezweni, Chizzy Akudolu, Des McAleer, Mat Fraser, Gary Beadle, Jack Morris, Pippa Haywood, Shane Zaza, Lucian Msamati and Lisa McGrillis. Thorne said: “Best Interests cases are both compelling and revealing. Our country has a very troubled relationship with disability and these cases put a spotlight on that. But our drama is first...

Digital Spy has an exclusive clip of the Young Dreams gals from Cardinal Burns, ahead of the series two finale tonight (May 28).

The second run of the show, written and performed by Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns, will conclude with a double bill from 10.30pm on Channel 4.

The sketch show transferred from E4 to Channel 4 for its second series, making it the first programme to do so in over ten years.

In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Cardinal and Demri-Burns discussed the 'promotion', as well as the sitcom that they are working on.

The pair have also recently announced details of their first UK tour - they will play 30 dates from September 8, beginning at London's Soho Theatre.

In 2012, they received three British Comedy Awards nominations, winning Best Sketch Show. They were also nominated for a BAFTA and the Rose d'Or award for comedy in 2013.

Sketch shows are a notoriously tricky genre to get right.

But two comedians doing it good and proper are Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns.

The pair's loud, lithe and sometimes gloriously daft show Cardinal Burns exploded onto E4 in 2012, after which it was nominated for Best Comedy at the BAFTAs and scooped Best Sketch Show at the British Comedy Awards.

A second series was swiftly commissioned, this time moving to Channel 4, and the first episode airs tonight (April 30).

Digital Spy met the duo at a pub in North London to talk about going mainstream, having genitals stuck to their faces and what's so good about bad gigs…

What did you make of the reaction to series one?

Dustin: "We were overjoyed. It's what you hope for. Obviously you put it out and you want people to laugh and to enjoy it."

Seb: "I think we were sort of surprised...

Interview Jake Laverde 30 Apr 2014 - 06:22

Jake chats to the comedians behind Cardinal Burns - Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns - and finds out what's in store in series 2

So imagine it's a sunny day. You're out on the estate enjoying the rare bright weather. All around you is vibrant celebration. Kids kicking a football around gleefully, tunes pumping out of a stereo and girls testing themselves and each other's skipping rope skills. Now imagine that two drunken businessmen have staggered over, still clutching their fried chicken, loudly demanding that they want a go. You join in watching what is sure to be a lesson in painful humiliation... except they're good. In fact they're better than good. They're nailing each precise jump with a bit of flare. Now they're doing tricks you never imagined were possible. Handstands and flips! Everyone is stunned. The ropes come to a stop, and the crowd cheers.

Digital Spy has an exclusive clip from series two of Cardinal Burns.

Award-winning comedy duo Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns return with a new six-part series of their sketch show next Wednesday (April 30).

Skip to It, released to DS, is the opening sketch in episode one of the Channel 4 comedy.

The BAFTA-nominated series is the first show to transfer to the channel from E4 in over ten years.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, Cardinal Burns announced details of their first UK tour.

The pair will play 30 dates from September 8, kicking off at London's Soho Theatre.

Cardinal Burns will air from Wednesday, April 30 at 10.30pm on Channel 4.

Cardinal Burns have announced details of their first UK tour.

The duo behind the E4 sketch show of the same name - Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns - will play 30 dates from September 8, kicking off at London's Soho Theatre.

They will also play shows in Hayes, Lincoln, Salford, Weston-super-Mare, Kidderminster, Harrogate, Norwich, Cambridge, Poole, Gloucester, Brighton, Leeds, Bangor, High Wycombe, Leicester, Southampton and Swindon.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, April 11.

The BAFTA-nominated series returns for a second run on Channel 4 in late April. It is the first show to transfer from E4 in over ten years.

Cardinal Burns previously performed together at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, before enjoying sell-out runs at the Soho Theatre and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, along with appearances at Latitude, Leeds and Reading music festivals.

In 2012, they received three British Comedy Awards nominations, winning Best Sketch Show. They were also nominated for...