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Enthusiasm star to make UK debut
27/04/2007 … Curb Your Enthusiasm star Susie Essman is to make her UK stand-up debut at the Newbury Comedy Festival.
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Fri 27 April 2007
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BBC sketch show to be remade in US
27/04/2007 … An American version of BBC sketch show Man Stroke Woman is in the pipeline, with Will & Grace star Sean Hayes lined up to appear.
Celebrity leaks...
27/04/2007 … Alan Carr says he never throws up when he’s drunk – but does wet the bed.
Thu 26 April 2007
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Freeman to play washed-up conjuror
26/04/2007 … Martin Freeman is to play a has-been magician in a new Channel 4 comedy.
Ben Elton loses his Grip
26/04/2007 … Ben Elton’s return to TV comedy has been a ratings failure.
Why not take All Of Me?
Latifah to remake Steve Martin classic
26/04/2007 … Steve Martin’s classic 1984 comedy All Of Me is to be remade as a vehicle for brash hip-hop star Queen Latifah.
By Pryor arrangement
Richard Pryor's widow settles lawsuit
26/04/2007 … Richard Pryor's widow has settled her legal action over the release of 11 of his stand-up recordings.
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Scratch n sniff for My Name Is Earl
26/04/2007 … My Name Is Earl is to become the first networked US television show to feature a ‘scratch-and-sniff’ episode.