Helpless?
13/07/2006 … A second series of the BBC Two comedy Help has reportedly been shelved because of the child pornography case facing star Chris Langham.
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Thu 13 July 2006
Wed 12 July 2006
Silly plucker
12/07/2006 … Frank Skinner is to learn to play the banjo for a new BBC One reality show.
Tue 11 July 2006
Comedy audiences grow
11/07/2006 … Audiences for BBC Two’s Monday-night comedy line-up are growing in the face of a glut of reality TV shows.
Office outing
UK stars to appear in US version
11/07/2006 … British stars of The Office are to make an appearance in the hit US version.
No butts
'Bill Hicks' is victim of smoking ban
11/07/2006 … His chain-smoking may have been legendary, but producers of a Fringe show about Bill Hicks have been warned not to let their star light up on stage.
Mon 10 July 2006
Wisdom has heart op
10/07/2006 … Norman Wisdom is recovering after undergoing heart surgery.
United States of Boosh
10/07/2006 … Saxondale and The Mighty Boosh could be remade for American audiences, thanks to a new international deal.
Exporting horror
10/07/2006 … Horror spoof Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace has been sold to America.