Red's dead
Veteran Borscht Belt comic dies at 87
14/07/2006 … Veteran Catskills comedian turned actor Red Buttons had died at the age of 87.
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Fri 14 July 2006
Thu 13 July 2006
Painful viewing
McGuinness to host sadistic panel show
13/07/2006 … Patrick McGuinness is to front a new TV show subjecting celebrities to painful ordeals in the name of charity.
I still back Labour
Izzard's support amid funding scandal
13/07/2006 … Eddie Izzard has publicly thrown his support behind Labour amid the funding scandal engulfing the party.
Helpless?
13/07/2006 … A second series of the BBC Two comedy Help has reportedly been shelved because of the child pornography case facing star Chris Langham.
Wed 12 July 2006
Silly plucker
12/07/2006 … Frank Skinner is to learn to play the banjo for a new BBC One reality show.
Tue 11 July 2006
Comedy audiences grow
11/07/2006 … Audiences for BBC Two’s Monday-night comedy line-up are growing in the face of a glut of reality TV shows.
Office outing
UK stars to appear in US version
11/07/2006 … British stars of The Office are to make an appearance in the hit US version.
No butts
'Bill Hicks' is victim of smoking ban
11/07/2006 … His chain-smoking may have been legendary, but producers of a Fringe show about Bill Hicks have been warned not to let their star light up on stage.