Tonightly
- TV sketch show
- Channel 4
- 2008
- 16 episodes (1 series)
A topical comedy show hosted by Jason Manford which ran on weeknights during August 2008. The aim of the show was to give new talent a platform. Stars Jason Manford, Andi Osho, Nathaniel Tapley, Danny Morgan, Steve Weiner and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th August 2008
- Time
- 11:05pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jason Manford | Host / Presenter |
| Andi Osho | Host / Presenter |
| Steve Weiner | Steve Lipshitz |
| David Armand | Doug Zeffer (Movie Producer) |
| Nick Tanner | Graham Poole (Movie Reporter) |
| Mark Talbot | Reporter |
| Eirlys Bellin | Consuela (Cleaner) |
| Liam Hourican | Boris Johnson |
| Ken Livingstone | Guest |
| Aiden Spackman | Writer |
| Nico Tatarowicz | Writer |
| Christine Rose | Writer |
| Nick Tanner | Writer |
| Alistair Griggs | Writer |
| Stuart Heritage | Writer |
| Dale Shaw | Writer |
| Christopher Davies (as Chris Davies) | Writer |
| David Armand | Writer |
| Robert Evans | Writer |
| Damien O'Brien | Writer |
| Eirlys Bellin | Writer |
| Tim Van Someren | Director |
| Nathan Eastwood | Producer |
| Andrew O'Connor | Executive Producer |
| Phil Clarke | Executive Producer |
| Poppy Delbridge | Producer |
| Chris Moore | Editor |
| Mark Lucey | Editor |
| Adam Bokey | Editor |
| Jason Boxall | Editor |
| Rudi Thackray | Production Designer |
Press
On the face of it, Tonightly's mix of topical gags, spoof characters and sketches does not seem entirely ground-breaking and indeed remarkably similar to its Channel 4 predecessor, The 11 O'Clock Show.
On first viewing, Tonightly is a lot safer than its predecessor, and grindingly familiar. Bloke does gags about news, bloke sits behind desk to introduce female co-host who does... more gags about news.
Whether the new talent on show becomes established in the way of its late-night Channel 4 predecessor, I'm not so sure. But hats off to Channel 4 for trying out a TV comedy show which features neither a panel show element - or Alan Carr.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 5th August 2008