By royal appointment
Djalili added to variety show bill
16/10/2002 … Omid Djalili has been added to the bill of this year's Royal Variety Performance.
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Wed 16 October 2002
Tue 15 October 2002
Izzard gets raunchy...
15/10/2002 … An explicit drama starring Eddie Izzard and new episodes of Smack The Pony have been unveiled in Channel 4's new winter schedule.
Meera's £100,000 gamble
15/10/2002 … Meera Syal has waived her £100,000 fee for the movie Anita And Me to ensure it got made.
Cracking film, Gromit
Aardman's new short goes online
15/10/2002 … A new Wallace and Gromit film has been released after a six-year absence - but only on the Internet.
Cold Feet still hot
Comedy wins National Television Award
15/10/2002 … Cold Feet as been named most popular comedy at the National Television Awards.
Coogan's cartoon draws fire
Anti-vivisectionists blast project
15/10/2002 … Animal rights activists have slammed Steve Coogan's new comedy for making light of vivisection.
Still standing
ITV names talent contest finalists
15/10/2002 … ITV has announced the finalists in its search for new comedy talent, Stand-Up Britain.
Mon 14 October 2002
Djalili lands sitcom deal
US network signs Brit-Iranian comic
14/10/2002 … Omid Djalili has signed a deal to develop a new sitcom for American TV.