Brand does Jane Austen
02/10/2007 … Russell Brand is to star in a spoof movie version of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice.
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Tue 02 October 2007
A Party person?
Baron Cohen 'plans Sellers remake'
02/10/2007 … Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly wants to star in a remake of the Peter Sellers movie The Party.
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'Open-minded' Walliams wins award
02/10/2007 … David Walliams has won an award for being the best male icon for lesbians.
Ronnie Hazelehurst dies
Composer of comedy's most famous theme tunes
02/10/2007 … Ronnie Hazlehurst, who wrote the theme tunes for some of the most enduring comedy shows of the Seventies and Eightie,s has died aged 79.
Vic and Bob... and Noel
02/10/2007 … Noel Fielding is to join Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer for a new sketch show.
Mon 01 October 2007
That was the life that was
01/10/2007 … Ned Sherrin, the mastermind responsible for bringing Sixties satire boom to TV, has died at the aged of 76.
Religious hatred now illegal
Law in force despite free speech fears
01/10/2007 … The Racial and Religious Hatred Act, which critics claimed would curb comedians’ right of free speech, comes into force today.
Fast Show pair plan TV return
...with spoof celebrity travelogue
01/10/2007 … Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are planning their first TV project together since The Fast Show.