© BBC A taste of Dick
Freddie Starr 'drank Emery's ashes'
10/06/2007 … Freddie Starr, who so famously ‘ate my hamster’, has now claimed he drunk Dick Emery’s ashes.
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Sun 10 June 2007
© BBC Fri 08 June 2007
Not as big as Sid's...
08/06/2007 … Star-struck Sarah Silverman hosting the MTV Awards this week: ‘Oh my God, this is weird.
Frank gets topical
08/06/2007 … Frank Skinner is working on a new topical TV show.
© NBC Universal Knocked Up, or knocked off?
08/06/2007 … An author is suing the makers of the new comedy movie Knocked Up, claiming they stole the idea from her.
Prize fools
08/06/2007 … Both Virgin Radio and an internet TV channel set up by former US vice-president Al Gore have launched separate new comedy competitions.
Thu 07 June 2007
Borat is sued again
Victim claims 'emotional damage'
07/06/2007 … Borat has been sued yet again – this time by a New York businessman he chased down Fifth Avenue.
Up with the Lark
French to star in period drama
07/06/2007 … Dawn French is to star in a new period drama that BBC One hopes will revive its Sunday night ratings.
Wed 06 June 2007
He'll die laughing
06/06/2007 … A convicted murderer is collecting jokes to use as his last words before he is executed later this month.