Ricky goes all PC
...and turns down role as black man's brother
07/09/2005 … Ricky Gervais has revealed that he turned down the chance to star in a Hollywood movie – because he was worried about being politically incorrect.
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Wed 07 September 2005
Tue 06 September 2005
Virgin Vic
Reeves lands his own radio show
06/09/2005 … Vic Reeves is to become a permanent fixture on Virgin Radio, following a successful stint standing in for Suggs.
Lang the DJ
Chris Langham pens ITV radio comedy
06/09/2005 … People Like Us star Chris Langham is writing a new comedy for ITV1.
Golden oldies
Rare British dates for veteran US stars
06/09/2005 … Veteran American comic Stan Freberg is performing a rare British live date for a new Radio 4 series.
Mon 05 September 2005
Sales drive
Unseen Peter Kay film heads for DVD
05/09/2005 … A previously unscreened short film starring Peter Kay is to be released on DVD.
A Little offer
On The Ceiling ticket deal and competition
05/09/2005 … On The Ceiling – a new comedy by Young Ones star Nigel Planer – opens at the Garrick Theatre on September 12.
Sun 04 September 2005
A woman possessed
Cult past of Nighty Night star
04/09/2005 … Nighty Night creator Julia Davis has revealed that she was once in a fundamentalist religious cult who believed she was possessed by the devil.
A woman possessed
Cult past of Nighty Night star
04/09/2005 … Nighty Night creator Julia Davis has revealed that she was once in a fundamentalist religious cult who believed she was possessed by the devil.