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Chump's x Margate Film Festival: Oxide Ghosts - The Brass Eye Tapes: Screening and Q&A with Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee Michael Cumming’s acclaimed Brass Eye documentary ‘Oxide Ghosts’ celebrates the legendary comedy series. After the success of sell-out tours in 2017, 2022 & 2024, the film is currently only available at one-off events and festivals. Made from hundreds of hours of unseen and behind the scenes footage from his personal archive, Oxide Ghosts shares insights into the process of making the cult TV series Brass Eye. Michael directed the series and pilots and, over a two-year period, witnessed the highs and lows from a very personal perspective. The film carries the blessing of Chris Morris and provides a unique glimpse of his extraordinary working practices. At this special show, in his introductions and post film Q&A (featuring Stewart Lee), Michael both builds and shatters Brass Eye myths. Event duration: 100mins approximately. Intro: 10 min + Film 60 min + Q&A 30 min (approx.) https://margatefilmfestival.co.uk

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Chump's x Margate Film Festival: King Rocker - Screening and Q&A with Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast of London), investigate a missing piece of punk history: Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult Birmingham bands The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar for over four decades. But how, if at all, does Robert want to be remembered? The anti-rockumentary King Rocker weaves the story of Birmingham’s undervalued underdog autodidact into that of the city’s forgotten public sculpture of King Kong, eschewing the celebrity interview and archive-raid approach for a free-associating bricolage of Indian food, bewildered chefs, vegetable gardening, prescription medicines, pop stardom and pop art. Featuring: Frank Skinner, Nigel Slater, Robin Askwith, Samira Ahmed, John Peel, Gina Birch, Marc Riley, Danny Fields, John Taylor, Paul Morley, Fuzzbox, Kevin Eldon, Nish Kumar, Bridget Christie, Andrew O’Neill, Seann Walsh, Paul Putner, Steve Beresford and more Event duration: 130mins approximately. Intro: 10 min + Film 90 min + Q&A 30 min (approx.) https://margatefilmfestival.co.uk

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LAST FEW TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA GULBENKIAN WEBSITE Chump’s Comedy returns to The Gulbenkian with an end of year festive special! An unmissable comedy line up show headlined by Sam Campbell! Sam Campbell Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner, Taskmaster Champion and surrealist genius from Australia. Since moving to the UK he’s taken the comedy scene by storm winning awards, selling out tours and appearing on TV shows including Would I Lie to You?, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and the upcoming series of Last One Laughing (2026). Celya AB Originally from Paris, Celya moved to the UK and won Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards. Celya has toured the world from Montreal to Melbourne and also Chorley... As seen/heard on Live At The Apollo and Off Menu. Johnny White Really-Really Described by Chortle in their five-star review as “a truly singular mind and talent”, Jonny’s unique brand of comedy is “taking the artform in a genuinely modern direction”. He has appeared on Starstruck, The Paddock and Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared amongst others Dom McGovern Dom is a BBC New Comedy Award nominee, and co-writer of Chicken Shop Date. His episodes have been viewed more than 20 million times on YouTube alone. He is also the co-host of cult hit comedy night Slay24, and the drag cabaret night OurGayMaria. Doors 7pm Show starts 7.30pm

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