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The Keith Barret Show is a spoof ___MASK55___ chat show hosted by Keith Barret ( Rob Brydon ) who interviews celebrity couples in the hope of finding the secret to a successful marriage ( though in fact many of his interviewee couples were not married ; see below ). It was devised by Paul Duddridge and co written with Rob Brydon . In each programme , there are a selection of clips from venues such as speed dating or interviews with relationship experts . Robert Brydon Jones , MBE ( born 3 May 1965 ), known professionally as Rob Brydon , is a Welsh actor , comedian , radio and television presenter , singer and impressionist . He played ___MASK3___ Paul Hamilton in the Australian / British comedy series " Supernova ", Bryn West in the sitcom " Gavin & Stacey " and Keith Barret in the ___MASK55___ comedy series " Marion and Geoff " and its spin - off " The Keith Barret Show ". Aristophanes ( or ; c . 446  c . 386 BC ), son of Philippus , of the deme Kydathenaion , was a comic playwright of ancient Athens . ___MASK42___ of his forty plays survive virtually complete . These , together with fragments of some of his other plays , provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy , and are used to define it . Human Remains is a British black comedy television series written by and starring Rob Brydon and Julia Davis . It consisted of six episodes that aired in 2000 . Each episode documented the relationship of a different couple , all of whom were played by Brydon and Davis and all but two of whom were extremely unhappy , in the style of a fly on the wall documentary . In 2009 , The Guardian called it `` ___MASK24___ of the best comedies in the past ___MASK29___ years '' . Much of the show ' s humour is derived from very bleak ideas and situations . Domestic violence , chronic depression and death all feature prominently throughout the six episodes . Julia Davis later used some of these themes in her solo project , Nighty Night . Ruth Jones , who would later work with Davis in Nighty Night , appears in the third episode . She would later co - write the acclaimed series Gavin and Stacey , in which both Brydon and Davis would star . ___MASK76___ Lions is a 2010 British black comedy film , directed by Chris Morris in his directorial debut , and written by Morris , Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong . The film is a jihad satire following a group of homegrown terrorist jihadis from Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England . The first stage production of ___MASK76___ Lions will be performed by Oxford University in February 2017 and will take place at the Michael Pilch Studio at Balliol College Nighty Night is a ___MASK55___ black comedy television sitcom written by and starring Julia Davis . It was first broadcast on 6 January 2004 on ___MASK54___ before moving to BBC2 . Julia Charlotte L Davis ( born 25 August 1966 ) is an English comedian , actress , writer , director and producer . She is known for writing and starring in the ___MASK54___ comedy " Nighty Night " ( 2004  2005 ) and ___MASK4___ comedies " Hunderby " ( 2012 ), for which she won a BAFTA TV Award for best comedy writing , and " Camping " ( 2016 ), which she also directed . She is also known for playing Dawn Sutcliffe in " Gavin & Stacey " ( 2007  2009 ). Her film roles include " Love Actually " ( 2003 ), " Cemetery Junction " ( 2010 ) and " Four Lions " ( 2010 ). Marion and Geoff is a ___MASK55___ television mockumentary , produced by Baby Cow Productions and screened on ___MASK49___ in 2000 , with a second series following in 2003 . The series starred Rob Brydon as Keith Barret , a naïve taxi driver going through a messy divorce from his wife , Marion , who , though he fails to realise it , has had a long - standing affair with her colleague , Geoff . Each episode is presented as a monologue , filmed by a fixed camera in the confines of his cab . Black comedy or dark comedy is a comic style that makes light of subjects that are generally considered serious or taboo . Literary critics have associated black comedy and black humor with authors as early as the ancient Greeks with Aristophanes . Black comedy corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor . The British Broadcasting Corporation ( ___MASK55___ ) is a British public service broadcaster . It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over 20 , 950 staff in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in public sector broadcasting ; including part - time , flexible as well as fixed contract staff , the total number is 35 , 402 . ___MASK54___ ( stylised as BBC II !) is a British digital publisher and broadcaster operated by the BBC . It launched on 16 February 2016 , having previously been a broadcast channel since 9 February 2003 . ___MASK54___ was originally intended as a replacement for ___MASK93___ . The service ' s remit was to provide " innovative " programming to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old , leveraging technology as well as new talent . Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas - themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis . It features an ensemble cast , many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous film and television projects . The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ___MASK29___ separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals , many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress . Most of the film was filmed on location in London . The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday , followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later .