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Fri 12 October 2007
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Jennifer Saunders audience slumps
12/10/2007 … Jennifer Saunders’s new sitcom is proving a turn-off for viewers.
Comedy Awards will not be aired
12/10/2007 … ITV have refused to allow the British Comedy Awards to air on any rival channel this year.
It's too PC, and they swear too much
Kielty complains about stand-up
12/10/2007 … Stand-up is being damaged by political correctness and comics who swear too much, Patrick Kielty has complained.
Beam me up, Peggy
12/10/2007 … Simon Pegg is to play Scotty in the next Star Trek film.
Wed 10 October 2007
Solon switches sides
ITV snaps up Perrier-winner's show
10/10/2007 … ITV2 has picked up a sketch show from Perrier award-winner Laura Solon from the BBC.
Babs won't Carry On
10/10/2007 … Barbara Windsor has turned down a role in the new Carry On film.
Pam Ann joins BA
10/10/2007 … Bogus air stewardess Pam Ann, has landed an advertising deal with British Airways.