From YouTube to the Apollo
First UK gig for ventriloquist Dunham
28/01/2009 … YouTube phenomenon Jeff Dunham is coming to the UK for a one-off comedy show at the Hammersmith Apollo.
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Wed 28 January 2009
Tue 27 January 2009
Jo Brand judges public speaking show
...with Alistair Campbell and Earl Spencer
27/01/2009 … Jo Brand is to judge a new primetime BBC Two contest to find Britain’s best young public speaker.
Community coppers are a laughing stock
27/01/2009 … So-called ‘plastic policemen’ are set to become the object of futher ridicule with a new sitcom about a hapless Police Community Support Officer.
© C4 Ted festivities go on, go on, go on, go on
27/01/2009 … The annual festival in honour of Father Ted has proved so popular that organisers have added a second weekend of celebrations.
Red Dwarf returns to Earth
27/01/2009 … Red Dwarf is returning to TV, 21 years after it first aired.
Mon 26 January 2009
Lenny: 'I'm terrified of Shakespeare role'
Henry's fears about playing Othello
26/01/2009 … Lenny Henry has admitted he is ‘terrified’ of appearing in his first Shakesperean play next month.
Sat 24 January 2009
US remake for Ab Fab
24/01/2009 … A new Americanised remake of Absolutely Fabulous is on the cards, after the Fox network ordered a pilot episode.
Fri 23 January 2009
'He has a really nice package...'
23/01/2009 … John Cleese's girlfriend Barbie Orr - 42 years his junior - calls the comic 'Fossil'.