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Johnny Vegas sitcom dropped despite record ratings
04/08/2011 … The BBC has axed Johnny Vegas sitcom Ideal after seven series, its writer Graham Duff has revealed.
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Thu 04 August 2011
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Police Academy's Hightower dies
04/08/2011 … Police Academy star Bubba Smith has been found dead in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66.
Wed 03 August 2011
Who said he was no oil painting?
Frank Skinner in portrait show
03/08/2011 … Frank Skinner and Catherine Tate are to be immortalised in copies of famous portrait paintings in a new Sky Arts show.
Jonnie Marbles launches appeal
03/08/2011 … Jonnie Marbles has launched an appeal against his six-week jail term for throwing a shaving cream pie at Rupert Murdoch.
Stuart bags a comedy show...
03/08/2011 … Stuart Baggs, The Apprentice candidate humiliated by Sir Alan Sugar, is doing is own Edinburgh Fringe show.
Russell Brand set for faith-crisis comedy
03/08/2011 … Russell Brand is set to star in new comedy drama about a religious woman who has a crisis of faith.
Doug Stanhope goes to jail
03/08/2011 … American comic Doug Stanhope will play his next major gig in an Icelandic maximum security prison.
Tue 02 August 2011
Jonnie Marbles jailed
02/08/2011 … Sometime comedian Jonnie Marbles has been jailed for six weeks for his shaving-foam attack on Rupert Murdoch.