| Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy | |
|---|---|
 Series one intertitle | |
| Genre | Surreal comedy, new wave comedy[1] |
| 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) |
| Composers | Sergio Pizzorno Noel Fielding Tim Carter |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Derrin Schlesinger |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | Secret Peter |
| Original release | |
| Network | E4 |
| Release | 26 January 2012 – 28 August 2014 |
| Related | |
| The Mighty Boosh Bunny and the Bull | |
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Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, known as Luxury Comedy 2: Tales from Painted Hawaii for series 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.[2] The music for the first series was written by Noel Fielding and Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno, a good friend of Fielding's,[3] 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".[4] The first series started airing on 26 January 2012 and lasted for seven episodes. Channel 4 commissioned 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.[5]
- ^ "Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy".
- ^ "Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy - Production Details & Cast and Crew". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy - Channel 4 - Info - Press". Channel 4. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy". Channel 4. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ BBFC (n.d.). "The making of luxury comedy 2 - tales of painted Hawaii". Retrieved 31 July 2014.