Date with destiny
Welsh stand-up to host a live TV ad
03/08/2006 … Welsh stand-up Chris Corcoran is to host a unique live advert for an internet dating site on prime-time ITV.
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Thu 03 August 2006
Eddie's really cooking...
Izzard to star in Five's Kitchen drama
03/08/2006 … Eddie Izzard is to play a drunk, fiery chef in a new miniseries commissioned by Five.
Karl goes it alone
Geravais's sidekick to star in short films
03/08/2006 … Ricky Gervais’s sidekick Karl Pilkington has been commissioned to make four short films for Channel 4.
It pays to be a Coward
Sketch group land Radio 4 series
03/08/2006 … Sketch group Cowards have landed a six-part Radio 4 series on the back of a successful pilot episode.
Making his Mark
MPs praise Thomas over arms trade exposé
03/08/2006 … Mark Thomas has been praised by a parliamentary committee for his undercover work exposing the arms trade.
Wed 02 August 2006
After Rodney
02/08/2006 … Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to star in a new sitcom from My Family creator Fred Barron.
Tue 01 August 2006
From Oz to you
BBC Two buys Kath and Kim movie
01/08/2006 … BBC Two has brought the rights to air the spin-off film from hit Australian comedy Kath & Kim.
The third way
If.comeddies announce another award
01/08/2006 … The replacement for the Perrier awards will this year hand out a third prize to celebrate the show that ‘best captures the comedy spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe’.