The Funny Brothers (TV series)

The Funny Brothers is a TV Show shown on BBC One and is also available to watch on YouTube the show stars brothers James & Matthew Harrison they broadcast their first episode on YouTube in late November 2007 and earnt a TV show on BBC One in December 2007 and they bring out a new series every month with 20 episodes in each series they started off with 32 Million views on YouTube and 2.4 Million watching on BBC to their most recent being watch by 26.9 Million on the BBC and nearly 800 Million views on YouTube they have had many well known guest stars from Psy to Girls Aloud. There first series put them past 1 Billion views on YouTube. The show ended in June 2013 after their 1500th epsiode as James and Matthew felt it was time to move on and do a little more serious programming but still comedy. The pair decided to revive the show in December 2013 to start up again in January 2014. The show won 32 Emmy Awards from 48 nominations, making it only the third show to earn 30 wins.

Lengths

 * Series 1 – Series 14: 30 minutes
 * Series 15 – Series 30: 40 minutes
 * Series 31 – Series 49: 50 minutes
 * Series 50 – Series 56: 60 minutes
 * Series 57 – present: 45 minutes
 * Three episodes (episode 500, 750, 1000): 120 minutes
 * Episode 1500: 150 minutes

Time Slots

 * Series 1 – Series 9: Monday to Thursday 6:45pm
 * Series 10 – Series 17: Monday to Thursday 7:20pm
 * Series 18 – Series 41: Monday to Friday 8:40pm
 * Series 42 – Series 44: Monday to Friday 9:30pm
 * Series 45 – Series 53: Monday to Friday 10:35pm
 * Series 54 – Series 56: Saturday and Sunday 11:00pm
 * Series 57 – present: Friday 9:00pm, Saturday 10:00pm and Sunday 9:45pm

Guests Appearances
The following have made more than 50 guest appearances

BAFTAs

 * Best Entertainment Performance (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (both won by James & Matthew)
 * Male Performance in a Comedy Programme (2): 2009, 2010 (won by both), 2011 (won by Matthew), 2012 (won by James)
 * Best Entertainment Programme (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
 * Best Comedy Programme (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
 * YouTube Audience Award (5): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

British Comedy Awards

 * Best Comedy Enterainment Personality (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (won by both)
 * Best Male Television Comic (4): 2009, 2010 (won by Matthew), 2011, 2012 (won by James)
 * Best Comedy Entertainment Programme (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
 * Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist (1): 2009 (won by both)
 * Best New Comedy Programme (1): 2009
 * People's Choice King or Queen of Comedy: (3): 2010 (won by James), 2011 (won by Matthew), 2012 (won by James)
 * Best TV Comedy Actor (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (won by both)