Cowards
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Cowards are a British four-man comedy act.
Cowards comprise Tim Key (double Perrier Award nominee), Stefan Golaszewski, Tom Basden and Lloyd Woolf. Their humour is said to put a unique spin on the dilemmas of the modern male; hyper-real sketches on the edge of absurdity; comedy exposing the mysteries of contemporary social etiquette.
Cowards took over the BBC Three website on the 25 January 2007 and built their own comedy world. Living inside the website for a six-week duration, Cowards would walk on to the screen and encourage visitors to click through to their comedy area. In that area users could view a range of pre-filmed sketches and animation, as well as 'overhead' sketches filmed to give the impression the act are ‘living’ on the site. As part of the BBC 360 degree development strategy the material will be used as a pilot for a TV series.
Cowards formed in October 2004 and began performing their sketches live. They were highly prolific, and would perform an entirely new hour of material every month.
In August 2005 and August 2006 they had total sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing at the Pleasance.
Their first radio series was broadcast in April 2007 on BBC Radio 4.
