The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC Two since 2007. The programme was written and created by Jennifer Saunders and Tanya Byron. The first series aired in 2007 and a second series is being made.
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle sees Saunders play a talk show host called Vivienne Vyle, a caricature of Jeremy Kyle and other talk show hosts. The programme also stars Miranda Richardson as the talk show's pr...
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The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC Two since 2007. The programme was written and created by Jennifer Saunders and Tanya Byron. The first series aired in 2007 and a second series is being made.
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle sees Saunders play a talk show host called Vivienne Vyle, a caricature of Jeremy Kyle and other talk show hosts. The programme also stars Miranda Richardson as the talk show's producer.
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle is described as a black comedy and a show-within-a-show, following both the on-screen and off-screen life of fictional TV host Vivienne Vyle, played by Jennifer Saunders. The programme follows the life of Vyle as she tries to balance her newly-ascendant fame with her personal life. The BBC described the show as "Ab Fab meets The Larry Sanders Show with quite a bit of Ricki Lake and Oprah thrown in". In a similar vein to confessional-style shows such as The Jerry Springer Show and Trisha, Vyle's show...
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