Game on
Still Game scoops Scottish Bafta
13/11/2006 … BBC sitcom Still Game has been named the best programme to come out of Scotland – by the viewers themselves.
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Mon 13 November 2006
Tube says no to 'Niggas'
13/11/2006 … London Underground has banned adverts for Reginald D Hunter’s West End run, fearing the word ‘Niggas’ would cause offence.
Very Magnernamious
Cider firm to sponsor Glasgow fest
13/11/2006 … Irish cider firm Magners has stepped in to sponsor the Glasgow Comedy Festival.
Diagnosis Mirza
13/11/2006 … Shazia Mirza has performed her bridge-building gigs in India, attracting hundreds of fans but a mixed critical response.
Fri 10 November 2006
© C4 Americans get IT
10/11/2006 … The IT Crowd has become the latest British comedy to be picked up for a US remake.
Kay joins The Producers
10/11/2006 … Peter Kay is joining the cast of the smash hit Mel Brooks musical The Producers - after using his autobiography to ask for a role.
Reunited...
Lee & Herring return for one night
10/11/2006 … Stewart Lee and Richard Herring are perform as a double act for the first time in more than seven years.
David Walliams goes straight
Drama role fort Little Britain star
10/11/2006 … David Walliams is to take a major straight acting role in two new BBC films by writer and director Stephen Poliakoff.