Kevin Turvey Kevin Turvey Kevin Turvey was a British television comedy character, created by actor and comedian Rik Mayall, who featured in the BBC sketch show "A Kick Up the Eighties" in 1981. Turvey, an awkward and socially inept character who spoke with a broad West Midlands accent, was a self-styled "investigative journalist" who still lived with his mother, wore a shapeless blue anorak, fancied a local girl called Theresa Kelly (who was never depicted), and rarely ventured outside his home town of Redditch, north Worcestershire. Each week, his "investigations" amounted to little more than an over-excited, rambling, uninformed monologue delivered straight
The Agony of... show searched for answers on dating, cohabitation, marriage, and divorce. It featured personalities such as Brett Tucker (actor), Damian Walshe-Howling (actor), Waleed Aly (broadcaster, academic), Ed Kavalee (actor, TV host), Adam Elliot (Academy Award-winning animator), Josh Lawson (actor, screenwriter), Lawrence Leung (broadcaster, comedian), Lawrence Mooney (comedian), Dave Thornton (comedian, broadcaster), John Elliott (businessman), Tom Elliott (businessman, broadcaster), Kick Gurry (actor), Andrew Knight (screenwriter, producer), Glynn Nicholas (playwright, producer), Sam Pang (TV host, broadcaster), Tim Ross (author, broadcaster), Scott Brennan (actor), Des Dowling (comedian). "Agony Uncles" was nominated for Best Comedy in Sketch or Light Entertainment at the 2012 AWGIE Awards.