France hails Jerry
Lewis gets nation's highest honour
16/03/2006 … Jerry Lewis has been given France's most prestigious award, the Legion of Honour.
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Thu 16 March 2006
Wed 15 March 2006
We need more Spaced
Pegg sitcom is most-missed comedy
15/03/2006 … Spaced has been voted the most-missed TV comedy of all time.
Exec's appeal
15/03/2006 … BBC comedy supremo Jon Plowman has been hailed for his outstanding contribution to the world of television.
Shown the D'Or
International award for Gervais
15/03/2006 … Ricky Gervais is to receive an honorary Rose D'Or Award at this year's prestigious international TV festival in Switzerland.
Tue 14 March 2006
Hicks missed
Comedy fans' favourite dead comic
14/03/2006 … Bill Hicks has been voted the most-missed comedian – by a huge margin.
Hayes quits South Park
Ridicule of religion gets too much
14/03/2006 … Soul singer Isaac Hayes is quitting South Park, complaining of the show's "inappropriate ridicule" of religion.
Fantabulosa ratings
Nearly 1m see Kenneth Williams drama
14/03/2006 … The Kenneth Williams drama Fantabulosa became the most-watched programme in the history of BBC Four last night.
ITV woos Kay
Comic 'offered golden handcuffs deal'
14/03/2006 … ITV is reportedly trying to poach Peter Kay away from Channel 4 by offering him a lucrative ‘golden-handcuffs’ deal.