Ricky packs a punch
Gervais triumphs in boxing bout
11/12/2002 … Ricky Gervais has won his boxing match against Grant Bovey.
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Wed 11 December 2002
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Eddie shifts his discs
10/12/2002 … Eddie Izzard's latest DVD has sold 10,000 copies in the States in its first week of release.
Byrne to pen student sitcom
10/12/2002 … Ed Byrne is to write a sitcom based on his previous job working in a student union.
Balloon 'to be demolished'
10/12/2002 … Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon is almost certain to be demolished following the weekend's devastating blaze.
Ban on Bush cartoon lifted
BACC/ITC U-turn on ITV's 2DTV DVD ad
10/12/2002 … The ban on the advert showing George Bush trying to put a video into his toaster has been lifted.
Ho ho ho
Comedy heroes boost C5 Xmas line-up
10/12/2002 … Channel Five has turned to a raft of comedy greats to bolster its Christmas schedules.
Vic braves Mastermind chair
And his specialist subject: pirates
10/12/2002 … Vic Reeves is to take part in a celebrity version of Mastermind.
BBC2's ratings drive
Marion & Geoff heads winter line-up
10/12/2002 … New full-length episodes of Marion and Geoff are among the highlights of BBC2's new winter schedule, unveiled today.