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06/07/2009 … ROYLE FAMILY star Liz Smith, 87, is retiring from acting because a recent stroke has left her ‘exhausted’.
Mon 06 July 2009
Sun 05 July 2009
Family comedy *does* still exist
But maybe not where you expect, says Chris Thomas
05/07/2009 … Many people ache on about how ‘comedy isn’t what it used to be’, and that there is far too much crude humour, swearing, violence and sexiness on our screens.
'This is insanity'
Ted writers protest blasphemy law
05/07/2009 … Father Ted creators Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan are backing a protest against planned new anti-blasphemy laws in Ireland.
Sat 04 July 2009
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04/07/2009 … JIMMY CARR is the second most upbeat celebrity on Twitter, after Jamie Cullum, according to a computerised linguistic analysis of his Tweets.
Fri 03 July 2009
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03/07/2009 … IVOR DEMBINA won the £75 Correspondents prize in June for his piece on Jewish comedy.
Closing the Comedybox?
Web channel's videos all go offline
03/07/2009 … Online comedy channel Comedybox appears to have ceased operating, after all its videos vanished from the web.