Oi Enfield, No!
16/01/2005 … A TV advert featuring Harry Enfield goading Winston Churchill as a ‘porky prime minister’ has been banned.
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Sun 16 January 2005
Hicks brought to book
Friend writes 'definitve biography'
16/01/2005 … Bill Hicks’s lifelong friend has written what he claims is the definitive biography of the stand-up legend.
Comedy college
Hunt for best student comic begins
16/01/2005 … Chortle’s hunt for the best student comic in Britain kicks off this weekend.
It's Barley seen...
16/01/2005 … Chris Morris’s new media satire Nathan Barley is proving a ratings flop – attracting just three per cent of the audience on Friday night.
A career gamble
16/01/2005 … Comic Cole Parker has landed a new series on Challenge TV.
Fri 14 January 2005
Borat? He's a riot
14/01/2005 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen has been accused of almost staring a riot at an American rodeo.
Bad news, Johnny
14/01/2005 … ITV1 sitcom Dead Man Weds has lost 700,000 viewers in its first week on air.
Benefits galore
More aid for tsunami survivors
14/01/2005 … Jimmy Carr, Mackenzie Crook, pictured, and Jeremy Hardy are all taking part in the biggest comedy benefit so far announced for the victims of the tsunami disaster.