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Johnny tipped to win Big Brother
04/01/2006 … Johnny Vegas has been tipped as a favourite to win this year's Celebrity Big Brother – even though he hasn’t been confirmed as taking part.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 04 January 2006
Oldies but Goodies
3 million watch trio's revival
04/01/2006 … More than 3 million viewers watched BBC Two’s The Return Of The Goodies, reviving hopes the original series will be repeated.
Join the family...
04/01/2006 … Ricky Gervais's episode of The Simpsons has been given the thumbs-up by creator Matt Groening.
An interesting Development
'Arrested' writers mock their plight
04/01/2006 … Writers on doomed American sitcom Arrested Development have been chronicling the show’s demise in its own scripts Executives at the Fox network have slashed…
Mon 02 January 2006
An Army of extras
02/01/2006 … Dozens of ordinary people who played non-speaking extras in Dad’s Army have finally been given a voice.
Sun 01 January 2006
We break 10,000 mark
Chortle's record visitor numbers
01/01/2006 … An average of 10,000 visitors came to Chortle every day in December.
Davis in kidney scare
Office star rushed to hospital
01/01/2006 … The Office star Lucy Davis has been rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected kidney failure.
Funny as Cancer
...but Leos don't make us laugh
01/01/2006 … More comedians are born under the sign of Cancer than any other.