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  • On the Blog - Series Three hits the airwaves from 14 Jan - 18 Feb 2010 on Thursday nights at 10pm on BBC Radio 2.
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Nice Mum is the comedy double act Dave Marks and Kris Dyer who have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, on the London circuit and around the country.

On the Blog is the BBC Radio 2 sitcom they created, write and appear in and it stars Caroline Quentin, Simon Greenall and Andy Taylor. It first hit the airwaves in 2007, a second series followed in 2008 and in 2009 the first series was repeated in full. Series 3 begins in January 2010.

Tic Tacs
They appeared in a series of idents and adverts in 2008 and 2009 for this product which sponsored My Name Is Earl on Channel 4 and E4 and which infamously interrupted an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Everton at a highly critical moment. The Daily Express called it, "the lowest moment in ITV's history".

Edinburgh Fringe
Between 2002 and 2004 they performed three sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the Pleasance, Underbelly & Gilded Balloon venues gaining widespread praise from punters and critics alike. They were called "Brilliantly stupid" The Scotsman and "One of the funniest acts of the Fringe" The Stage. They went on to write sketches, jokes and scripts for national radio, winning commissions to write for, amongst others, Richard Herring and Parsons & Naylor.

Nice Mum Etc was a popular live sketch night that they hosted at the Etc Theatre in Camden from 2004-2006 which featured the best in new sketch comedy.

They are currently developing a new live show for 2010.

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"A brilliant show" Three Weeks
"Unadulterated insanity…huge energy…brilliantly stupid…a double act we will see a lot more of in years to come." Edinburgh Evening News