Added Extras
17/08/2005 … BBC Two has commissioned a second series of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Extras.
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Wed 17 August 2005
The Marks brothers
17/08/2005 … Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman and Bob Mortimer have been signed up to be the new faces of Marks & Spencer.
Tue 16 August 2005
The Cat's pyjamas
16/08/2005 … The Jimmy Carr panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats has landed a second series after attracting good ratings.
Up for the Dubble
16/08/2005 … The shortlist for this year’s Dubble Act award, for the best comedy partnership on the Edinburgh Fringe, has been announced.
After Jerry Springer...
New stand-up opera heads for London
16/08/2005 … The creators of Jerry Springer: The Opera are to take their new production, set in a stand-up club, to the West End stage.
Extras leak probed
Website releases pirate episode
16/08/2005 … The BBC has launched an investigation after a pirated episode of Ricky Gervais’s Extras was leaked onto the internet.
Mon 15 August 2005
The longest laugh
15/08/2005 … Mark Watson has started his record-breaking 2,005-minute long show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Headline
15/08/2005 … Chortle is to broadcast stand-up Mark Watson’s record-breaking 2,005-minute long show live on the internet.