Fraud trial starts
Gervais 'victim of £200k sting'
27/02/2005 … Four men and a woman will stand trial this week, accused of siphoning nearly £200,000 out of Ricky Gervais’s bank account.
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Sun 27 February 2005
Sat 26 February 2005
15 minutes of Fame Academy
26/02/2005 … Al Murray has been voted off Celebrity Fame Academy – before the show even got properly started.
Thu 24 February 2005
A TV movie...
Izzard film lands US distributor
24/02/2005 … A documentary film about Eddie Izzard’s life, comedy and transvestitism has secured a North American distributor.
Three of the best
24/02/2005 … Green Wing, Nighty Night (pictured) and Peep Show are to battle it out for two of the most prestigious awards in TV.
Better than Nasa
24/02/2005 … It’s the sort of news that would send David Brent’s raging ego into overdrive.
Fringe 'faces crisis'
Director warns of 'crunch year'
24/02/2005 … The Edinburgh Fringe could be heading for a crisis, its director warned today.
Wed 23 February 2005
Put the Al in festiv-al
Murray to host Fringe TV series
23/02/2005 … Al Murray is to present six hour-long TV shows from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 22 February 2005
Rage against Gene
Pryor slams 'sanctimonious hypocrite'
22/02/2005 … Richard Pryor’s wife Jennifer has launched a blistering attack on his one-time co-star Gene Wilder as a “sanctimonious hypocrite” who only got…