Dark side of the Goon
21/12/2004 … A new play about the life and work of Spike Milligan is opening in the West End in February.
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Tue 21 December 2004
Hotter than Kylie
21/12/2004 … More people are buying Peter Kay calendars for their walls than Kylie Minogue, Abi Titmuss or Robbie Williams.
Funniest scene ever
21/12/2004 … John Cleese's rant demanding ‘What have the Romans done for us?’ has been named the funniest movie scene ever.
Mon 20 December 2004
Spring time for Evans
Lee boards The Magic Roundabout
20/12/2004 … Lee Evans has joined the cast of the new movie based on The Magic Roundabout.
Leics is more
City unveils its biggest festival
20/12/2004 … The Leicester Comedy Festival has revealed the line-up of its 12th annual event.
Sun 19 December 2004
Why do I bother?
Frustrated Ancona ends Big Impression
19/12/2004 … Ronni Ancona says there are unlikely to be any more Big Impression series because of the frustrations of ‘dumbing down’ for a mass audience.
Sat 18 December 2004
Allen's key
18/12/2004 … The groundbreaking career of Dave Allen is to be celebrated in a new Radio 4 documentary.
Fri 17 December 2004
Another gay in the village
Elton John films Little Britain cameo
17/12/2004 … Sir Elton John is to appear in a Little Britain sketch for next year’s Comic Relief, claiming to be the ‘only gay in the village’.