Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
Series one intertitle
Genre	Surreal comedy, new wave comedy
Created by	Nigel Coan Noel Fielding
Written by	Nigel Coan Noel Fielding
Directed by	Nigel Coan Noel Fielding
Starring	Noel Fielding Michael Fielding Tom Meeten Dolly Wells Rich Fulcher Richard Ayoade
Opening theme	"Luxury Comedy Theme" by Loose Tapestries (Series 1) Variation of "Luxury Comedy Theme" by Loose Tapestries (Series 2–present)
Composer(s)	Sergio Pizzorno Noel Fielding Tim Carter
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Derrin Schlesinger
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Secret Peter
Release
Original network	E4
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) – 28 August 2014 (2014-08-28)
Chronology
Related shows	The Mighty Boosh Bunny and the Bull

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, known as Luxury Comedy 2: Tales from Painted Hawaii for season two, is a British surreal comedy television series written and directed by Noel Fielding and Nigel Coan. The initial format for the series changes after the first series, with series one being a surreal sketch show, and series two being a sitcom.The series stars Noel Fielding, his brother Michael Fielding, Tom Meeten, Dolly Wells, and occasionally Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown, and Richard Ayoade.The first episode premiered on 26 January 2012 on E4. The music for the first series was written by Noel Fielding and Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno, a good friend of Fielding's, under the band name Loose Tapestries. The duo were joined for the second series by Kasabian touring member, Tim Carter.

It is described on the Channel 4 website as "a psychedelic character based comedy show half filmed and half animated". The first series started airing on 26 January 2012 and lasted for seven episodes. Channel 4 announced in February 2012 that Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy had been recommissioned for a second series, which started airing on E4 on 31 July 2014. The series format has switched from sketch show to sitcom, set mainly in a Hawaiian coffee shop. It features many new characters as well as the majority of characters from the first run. The series is given the subtitle Tales from Painted Hawaii.

Each episode is structured around a plot involving Noel and his friends, accompanied by sketches featuring strange characters who are usually not connected to the main story. The first series is set in Noel's treehouse in a red and blue jungle, while the second sries Tales from Painted Hawaii is set on a fictional island in Hawaii, where Noel runs a coffee shop. There are fewer sketches in the second series than in the first, with most of the character sketches being set around the Hawaiian island. During the second series, most episodes revolve around the characters having to complete a task before the end of the show.