Yet more awards...
Office USA up for writing gongs
15/12/2005 … Ricky Gervais may have walked away from the British Comedy Awards without his usual clutch of gongs – but The Office is in line for some new accolades.
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Thu 15 December 2005
The sitcom is dead
15/12/2005 … Victoria Wood says The Office has killed off the traditional British sitcom.
'An abuse of power'
Free speech campaigners back Borat
15/12/2005 … Free speech campaigners have launched a formal protest against the Kazakh government’s censorship of Sacha Baron Cohen.
Hot Fuzz is go
15/12/2005 … Simon Pegg has got the green light to make a follow-up to Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz.
Wed 14 December 2005
And the winners are...
British Comedy Awards handed out
14/12/2005 … Little Britain has scored a double victory at the British Comedy Awards, beating Ricky Gervais' Extras to the best TV comedy prize, and winning the first Ronnie…
This is for Richard
Benefit gig planned in Pryor's honour
14/12/2005 … Richard Pryor’s widow Jennifer has announced plans for a huge memorial benefit gig for her husband next month.
Tue 13 December 2005
Hear here!
13/12/2005 … Comedy record label Sound Entertainment have launched a new website, www.
Borat's website shut down
Khazakhstan silences Baron Cohen
13/12/2005 … Kazakhstan authorities have pulled the plug on Sacha Baron Cohen’s website after he portrayed the country as a backward nation of cow-punching yokels who…