Gervais 'not appearing in US Office'
18/03/2009 … Producers of the American version of The Office have denied reports Ricky Gervais is to make a guest appearance in a forthcoming episode.
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Wed 18 March 2009
Peep Show gets 7th series
18/03/2009 … A seventh series of Peep Show has been ordered – before the sixth has even aired.
Tue 17 March 2009
© BBC It's the end for Gavin & Stacey
Corden confirms series 3 will be the last
17/03/2009 … Gavin and Stacey will definitely end after its third series, co-writer James Corden has confirmed.
© Fox Family Guy copyright claim rejected
Song parodies given the legal OK
17/03/2009 … A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that claimed Family Guy infringed the copyright of the song When You Wish Upon A Star when they parodied it on the show.
Baron Cohen tricks US National Guard
New scenes from Borat revealed
17/03/2009 … Sacha Baron Cohen has been up to his old tricks – conning the Alabama National Guard into letting him train.
Mon 16 March 2009
Student Awards: Now it's over to you
16/03/2009 … The heats of the Chortle Student Comedy Award have come to an end – with Joe Lycett triumphing at the gig in Sheffield University last night.
Ban this filth!
How police called for Derek & Clive prosecutions
16/03/2009 … Police forces across Britain demanded that Peter Cook and Dudley Moore be prosecuted for obscenity over their foul-mounted Derek and Clive albums, newly released…
Fri 13 March 2009
BBC pulls Horne & Corden sketch
Scene axed after German school shoting
13/03/2009 … The BBC has pulled a school shooting sketch from repeats of Horne & Corden in the wake of the attack in which 15 German schoolchildren died.