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Births, deaths and racists
Your weekly fix of comedy trivia
29/06/2007 … Let’s start with a little exclusive: Nighty Night star Julia Davis gave birth to twin boys this week.
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Your weekly fix of comedy trivia
29/06/2007 … Let’s start with a little exclusive: Nighty Night star Julia Davis gave birth to twin boys this week.
Comic's hearse protest at fag ban
29/06/2007 … Stand-up Liam Mullone is protesting at England’s new smoking ban – by converting a hearse into a mobile smoking room.
ITV pilot for drunk kids' entertainer
28/06/2007 … Drunken children’s entertainer Jeremy Lion is to shoot a sitcom pilot for ITV1.
New sitcom about a recovering alcoholic
28/06/2007 … Green Wing’s Stephen Mangan is to star in new BBC Two sitcom about a recovering alcoholic.
Comic had a history of depression
28/06/2007 … The coroner’s report into the suicide of American comedian Richard Jeni has revealed a tragic history of depression.
28/06/2007 … Channel 4 has acquired the rights to Kelsey Grammer’s new US sitcom Back To You.
28/06/2007 … ITV has dropped its stand-up show Tough Gig in the face of dismal viewing figures.
Major web comedy channel planned
27/06/2007 … Comedy supremo John Lloyd and music giant Warner have joined forces to create a major new internet comedy channel.
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