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17/11/2006 … Why did Aussie comic Brendon Burns walk from ITV2's I’m A Celebrity…? spin-off.
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Fri 17 November 2006
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Mutual Relief
Lucas and Kay join for charity single
17/11/2006 … Matt Lucas and Peter Kay are to record a cover version of Proclaimers hit I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) for Comic Relief.
Thu 16 November 2006
The clip joint
16/11/2006 … A new website has been set up, offering more than ten hours of stand-up comedy.
© ITV I'm a comic, get me out of here
16/11/2006 … Brendon Burns has left the ITV2 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here spin-off after just three days.
© BBC More glamour and drugs...
16/11/2006 … BBC Three has commissioned new series of both Drop Dead Gorgeous and Johnny Vegas’s Ideal.
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16/11/2006 … Perrier-winner Laura Solon is to star in a new BBC One sitcom set in a local newspaper office.
Wed 15 November 2006
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US network invests in political comedy
15/11/2006 … The BBC is to make a pilot episode of political comedy The Thick Of It for American network ABC.
Shuffle the jokers
BBC Three's new comedy showcase
15/11/2006 … Rob Rouse is to host a new BBC comedy showcase mixing stand-up performances with home-made clips of the type seen on YouTube.