Kay's royal appointment
17/11/2008 … Peter Kay is to appear at this year’s Royal Variety Performance for the first time in a decade, in the guise of his spoof talent-show winner Geraldine McQueen.
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17/11/2008 … Peter Kay is to appear at this year’s Royal Variety Performance for the first time in a decade, in the guise of his spoof talent-show winner Geraldine McQueen.
17/11/2008 … Writer Martin Kelner has accused the BBC of subscribing to a ‘smug’ comedy consensus.
16/11/2008 … On The Buses star Reg Varney has died at the age of 92.
14/11/2008 … ‘Most people in comedy are saying so little and risking so little.
14/11/2008 … Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have both been nominated for British Comedy Awards, despite the furore over the Andrew Sachs phone calls.
14/11/2008 … Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules has been sentenced 120 hours community service for assaulting two binmen.
13/11/2008 … Ricky Gervais is to appear on children's TV show Sesame Street.
13/11/2008 … Comedy panel shows are ‘testosterone-heavy bear pits’ – and that’s according to the man behind many of themBill Matthews, who co-created Never Mind the Buzzcocks…
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