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08/06/2006 … David Bowie, Orlando Bloom and Chris Martin are among the big-name stars appearing in the next series of Extras.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 08 June 2006
Lack of the net!
Footy comics hit by website collapse
08/06/2006 … Two comics’ hopes for World Cup rush on their football anthem have been dashed after the collapse of a music download site.
Wed 07 June 2006
Feeling lucky, punk?
07/06/2006 … Adrian Edmondson’s sitcom about a punk dad has been commissioned by Radio 2.
Mon 05 June 2006
TV sets, for free
See top stand-ups tape telly show
05/06/2006 … Some of the stars of this year’s Edinburgh festival are to record sets for the Paramount Comedy Channel.
How very dare you!
05/06/2006 … A complaint that Catherine Tate’s effeminate character Derek is offensively homophobic has been rejected by BBC governors.
Sun 04 June 2006
He ought to be hung
Vic wins place in Royal Academy show
04/06/2006 … Vic Reeves is to exhibit two paintings at the art world’s prestigious Royal Academy summer exhibition.
Unfairly Branded
Russell hits back at tabloid kiss-and-tell
04/06/2006 … Russell Brand has hit back at a tabloid journalist who targeted him in a typical‘honey trap’ sting.
Sat 03 June 2006
Seeing double
Iannucci works on two BBC pilots
03/06/2006 … Armando Iannucci is producing two new sitcom pilots with Chris Addison and Father Ted writer Arthur Mathews.