Spike's will resolved
14/08/2005 … The bitter family battle over Spike Milligan’s legacy has finally been resolved, more than three years after his death.
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Sun 14 August 2005
Cleese to undergo surgery
14/08/2005 … John Cleese it to undergo surgery on his digestive system.
Fri 12 August 2005
From G to whizz
Cohen lands racing driver role
12/08/2005 … Sacha Baron Cohen has landed a role in the next Will Ferrell movie.
What are the odds..?
12/08/2005 … Will Smith has become the gamblers’ favourite to win this year's Perrier award.
Thu 11 August 2005
The £9m woman
BBC appoints new comedy commissioner
11/08/2005 … The BBC has recruited Cheryl Taylor from independent producers Hat Trick to join its comedy commissioning team.
Wed 10 August 2005
Little wonder
10/08/2005 … Syd Little is to make his TV comeback, four years after his comedy partnership with Eddie Large ended.
Badly drawn boy
First sketches of Gervais' Simpsons face
10/08/2005 … The first sketches of how Ricky Gervais will look when he appears on The Simpsons have been published on the Internet.
Mon 08 August 2005
Bard jokes
Comics examine Shakespeare's humour
08/08/2005 … Ken Dodd and Armando Iannucci are to join the Royal Shakespeare Company – to help explain the Bard’s humour.