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Sun 09 January 2005
Sat 08 January 2005
Kate's Extras special
Winslet to appear in Gervais sitcom
08/01/2005 … Kate Winslet is to appear in Ricky Gervais's follow-up to The Office.
Thu 06 January 2005
Comic found dead
06/01/2005 … Former comedian Benni Esposito has been found dead at the Dundee artist’s studio where he worked.
Wed 05 January 2005
Rhod almighty
05/01/2005 … Comic Rhod Gilbert has been chosen as the Voice Of Wales.
Tue 04 January 2005
Porridge locked out
How Home Office hindered filming
04/01/2005 … The Home Office refused to allow the producers of Porridge to film inside a genuine jail, files released today reveal.
Cuckoo goes cheap
Comics stage free West End show
04/01/2005 … The comics performing in the West End smash One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest are staging a free performance next week.
Generous to a fault
Benefit gigs for tsunami victims
04/01/2005 … Britain’s comedy industry has rushed to respond to the tsunami disaster, with several fundraising gigs already set up.
Mon 03 January 2005
Bouncing back
03/01/2005 … Steve Coogan is planning a return to TV with a raft of new ‘flawed and inadequate’ characters.