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* [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British culture]]<br>
* [[Satiresatire]]

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'''Armstrong and Miller''' are an English [[stand-up comedy|comedy]] [[double act]] consisting of the actor-comedians [[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]] and [[Ben Miller]]. They have performed in two eponymous television sketch shows, the satirical ''Timeghost'' [[podcast]], and many individual television appearances.

Armstrong and Miller was a short-lived radio programme thatoriginally airedbroadcast in March 1998. There were 4four 15-minute episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In addition to Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller it starred [[Samuel West]], and [[Tony Gardner]].

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''The Children's Hour'' was a UK 4 four-part comedy programme originally broadcast by the BBC on Radio 4 between 2 December 1998 and 30 Decemberin 1998. It starred Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller as media journalists Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones in a spoof music/children's/cultural review programme.

====''Saturday Armstrong and Miller Live''====

==== ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' ====

After the conclusion of the first show, the duo split and branched into acting and presenting, amongst other things. After some five years in hiatus, they renewed their partnership for a new show produced by [[Hat Trick Productions]] for [[BBC One]]. The first studio recording took place on Friday, 23 February 2007, at [[BBC TV Centre]] and was first broadcast on 26 October 2007.<ref>{{citenews|title=BBCcite -press Press Office - The Armstrong and Miller Show: Armstrong and Millerrelease|url=httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/12/armstrong_biog.shtml|publisherwork=BBC Press Office|title=The Armstrong & Miller Show|date=12 October 2007|access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>

During an appearance on UKBritish Chat[[chat Showshow]] "''[[Friday Night With Jonathan Ross"]]'' on Friday 25 September, it was confirmed that the second series of ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' would begin airing on BBC1BBC One on 16 October 2009. There were 6six episodes in the series.

Following the success of the first few series, they published a book, ''The Armstrong & Miller Book'', in early October 2010 based on the characters from the show. The third series of the show began airing on BBC1BBC One on 30 October 2010.

In August 2008 they launched a series of podcasts entitled "''Timeghost"'', producedparodying byart [[Timesand culture Online]],critics.<ref>{{cite newsweb| url=httphttps://entertainmentshows.timesonlineacast.co.ukcom/toltimeghost/arts_and_entertainment/stage/comedy/podcasts/article4538686.ece about| workpublisher=The[[Hat TimesTrick Productions]]| locationwork=London [[Acast]]| title=TimeghostArmstrong 4and The Credit CrunchMiller: Timeghost| access-date=2008-08-196 |May accessdate=2010-04-252024}}</ref> parodying art and culture critics.<ref>{{cite news

They also wrote and starred in ''[[So 90s]]'', a weekly comedy show which aired on [[MTV Europe]] between 1997 and 1999. TheirThey mostcollaborated recent collaboration ison a one-off sitcom called ''Felix and Murdo'', broadcast on Channel 4 on 28 December 2011.

They collaborated with fellow [[Footlights]] alumni [[Mitchell and Webb]] for the [[Red Nose Day 2009|2009]] [[Red Nose Day]] fundraising event. They co-wrote and starred in several short sketches, including one incorporating Armstrong and Miller's iconic World War II airmen characters.

The pair have formed a production company named Toff Media.<ref name="You">{{cite journal|last=Paton|first=Maureen|date=2009-07-19|title=In a Taxi with Ben Miller|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1199589/In-taxi-Ben-Miller.html|journal=You - The Mail on Sunday|pages=49}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/armstrong-and-miller/1844342.article|work=[[Broadcast (magazine)|Broadcast]]|title=Armstrong and Miller|workfirst=broadcastnow.co.ukRobin|last=Parker|date=11 September 2008|access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>

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