Brand X with Russell Brand is an American late-night talk show, stand up comedy television series that premiered on FX on June 28, 2012, starring British comedian Russell Brand and created by Brand and Troy Miller. Its second season concluded on May 2, 2013. On June 6, 2013, FX announced that Brand X would not be renewed for a third season. However, FX has reportedly picked up a scripted pilot starring Brand that will be loosely based on his life.
Join Alan Watts in season one of On Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life. His inaugural season introduces and begins to break down our understanding of what is and what could be.
F2F is a youth chat show series on the Granada Talk TV channel; it featured phone-ins, studio guests and comedy sketches/interstitials. The series ran between October 1996 and August 1997. It was presented by Sacha Baron Cohen and Natasha Kaplinsky, in their first major TV roles. Baron Cohen's Ali G and Borat characters first appeared on this program.
The program involves specialists, mainly owners of antique shops and experts in fine art, appraising various "treasures" that people possess. The show's distinctive features include the element of surprise, where unexpected items receive high appraisals, or things perceived as valuable turn out to be replicas and are valued much lower. Viewers also get to enjoy the expert insights and knowledge about the appraised items.
The team that brought you The Gruen Transfer, Gruen Planet and Gruen Nation is proud to bring you Gruen Sweat. Host Wil Anderson and regulars Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft will be joined by guest panellists as they commentate on the brandtathlon better known as London 2012, exposing the marketing machine that underpins, underwrites and over-exploits the Olympics.