A bit disappointing, to be Frank
12/07/2010 … The attempt to get Frank Sidebottom to No 1 in the charts has failed.
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Mon 12 July 2010
O'Grady brings Lily back from the dead
Savage returns after six years
12/07/2010 … Paul O'Grady is bringing back his comedy alter-ego Lily Savage, six years after vowing he’d killed her off for good.
© BBC Gavin & Stacey to return
Ruth Jones reveals one-off special
12/07/2010 … Gavin & Stacey is to return, its co-writer Ruth Jones has revealed.
Fri 09 July 2010
Say it with... smoke
09/07/2010 … ‘I'm not condoning torture, but…’ Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail today.
Rise of the right-wing comic?
09/07/2010 … A stand-up show featuring only right-wing comedians is being made for a new conservative-biased channel in America.
Psst! Wanna buy Peter Sellers's Golden Globe
09/07/2010 … Peter Sellers’s Golden Globe award and the last document he ever signed are to be auctioned off next week.
Sidebottom's send-off
09/07/2010 … An estimated 5,000 Frank Sidebottom fans gathered in Manchester last night to celebrate his life and work.
Thu 08 July 2010
Gervais up for an Emmy
08/07/2010 … Ricky Gervais has been nominated for another Emmy award – for the TV versions of his podcasts.