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Golden age of political comedy ahead?
12/10/2008 … Armando Iannucci has predicted a golden age of political comedy as the global economy crashes.
Sun 12 October 2008
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12/10/2008 … JO BRAND is to chair a judging panel for the new £25,000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize for volumes that shed light on diseases, doctors and attitudes to the sick.
Fri 10 October 2008
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10/10/2008 … RICKY GERVAIS is to perform with Bruce Springsteen at New York's Town Hall on November 5 in a benefit for injured American servicemen.
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Arrest threat for 'Good Samaritan' comic
Wrigglesworth's run-in with Virgin trains
10/10/2008 … Stand-up Tom Wrigglesworth was threatened with arrest – after coming to the aid of an elderly train passenger who had been reduced to tears by Virgin Train staff.