The gospel of St Michael
28/05/2006 … Michael Palin is to publish his private diaries from the time he was with Monty Python.
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Sun 28 May 2006
I'm not a celebrity...
Iannucci rejects reality TV approach
28/05/2006 … Armando Iannucci has been asked to be on the next series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! However the satirist admits the approach came…
Fri 26 May 2006
The jokes on us
Win World's Greatest Stand-Up DVDs
26/05/2006 … A new DVD, filmed over 23 years of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, is promising 90 minutes of the World’s Greatest Stand Up.
Thu 25 May 2006
Nautical but nice
25/05/2006 … Billy Connolly is to join wife Pamela Stephenson on a televised quest to trace the routes of her great-grandfather.
That Mitchell and Webb movie
Film - and tour - in the pipeline
25/05/2006 … Peep Show actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to star in their own feature film.
Wed 24 May 2006
Oldies but Goodies
Cult heroes head for Edinburgh
24/05/2006 … The Goodies are to perform live at this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
Tue 23 May 2006
Playhouse of fun
BBC One unveils five comedy specials
23/05/2006 … BBC One has unveiled a series of one-off comedy-dramas, featuring the likes of Dave Spikey and Lenny Henry, as part of its drive to revive its comedy programming.
Girls! on film
Work starts on new BBC3 sitcom
23/05/2006 … Filming is about to start on new BBC Three sitcom Live! Girls! The six-part sitcom has been written by twins Beth and Emma Kilcoyne, and stars Emma with Sam…