Armstrong and Miller
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| Medium | Television, Radio, Stage | ||
| Nationality | English | ||
| Years active | 1997-present | ||
| Genres | Sketch comedy | ||
| Subject(s) |
British culture Satire |
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| Notable works and roles | Armstrong and Miller (television), The Armstrong and Miller Show | ||
| Members |
Alexander Armstrong Ben Miller |
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Armstrong and Miller are an English stand-up comedy double act consisting of the actor-comedians Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. They have performed in two eponymous television sketch shows, the satirical Timeghost podcast, and many individual television appearances.
Armstrong and Miller was a short-lived radio programme that aired in March 1998. There were 4 15-minute episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In addition to Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller it starred Samuel West, and Tony Gardner.
The Children's Hour was a UK 4 part comedy programme broadcast by the BBC on Radio 4 between 2 December 1998 and 30 December 1998. It starred Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller as media journalists Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones in a spoof music/children's/cultural review programme.
Four series of the show have been made by Absolutely Productions, the first airing in 1997. The first two were titled Armstrong and Miller, and the last two The Armstrong and Miller Show. The first series, shown on the Paramount Comedy Channel, had six episodes and the subsequent series, all first shown on Channel 4, consisted of seven episodes. The second series was immediately repeated on the Paramount Comedy Channel after its initial broadcast.
The fourth series of the show was released on DVD in the UK in 2006.
After the conclusion of the first show, the duo split and branched into acting and presenting, amongst other things. After some five years in hiatus, they renewed their partnership for a new show produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. The first studio recording took place on Friday, 23 February 2007, at BBC TV Centre and was first broadcast on 26 October 2007.
During an appearance on UK Chat Show "Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" on Friday 25 September it was confirmed that the second series of The Armstrong & Miller Show would begin airing on BBC1 on 16 October 2009. There were 6 episodes in the series.
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