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14/06/2006 … Channel 4 is working on a new series of half-hour comedy films about celebrities in the news Each weekly episode of Star Stories would feature the same…
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Wed 14 June 2006
Lewis has heart attack
Jerry 'doing well' in hospital
14/06/2006 … Jerry Lewis has suffered a mild heart attack on board a flight across America.
End of an era
Perrier ends awards sponsorship
14/06/2006 … There will be no Perrier awards at the Edinburgh Fringe this year after the company ended its support of the prizes after 25 years.
Tue 13 June 2006
See the benefit
Win tickets to Comedy Store gig
13/06/2006 … Stewart Lee, John Moloney, Ian Moore and Gordon Southern are appearing at the Comedy Store on Monday in a gig to highlight the lack of research into of premature…
The mighty Nighty
US remake for Davis's dark comedy
13/06/2006 … Nighty Night could be the next British comedy hit to be remade for American audiences.
Lenny goes local
Henry to investigate regional humour
13/06/2006 … Lenny Henry is to tour the UK for a new BBC documentary series about regional humour.
Versed edition
Chris Addison signs two-book deal
13/06/2006 … Chris Addison has signed a publishing deal for a novel and a book of comic verse.
Mon 12 June 2006
Rory's no anti-Semite
TV watchdogs rule on racism compaint
12/06/2006 … Rory Bremner has been accused of anti-semitism after portraying Labour’s chief fundraiser, Lord Levy, as money-grabbing crook Fagin, complete with prosthetic…