No offence
US watchdogs reject TV complaints
26/01/2005 … American TV watchdogs have rejected a raft of complaints about everything from Friends characters discussing a phallic-shaped cake to mention of homosexual kissing…
2005 Archives
Wed 26 January 2005
Tue 25 January 2005
Carry On's Patsy dies
25/01/2005 … Carry On actress Patsy Rowlands has died at the age of 71.
Stuff your job!
Ricky rejects role in Office USA
25/01/2005 … Ricky Gervais has revealed that he was offered the lead role in the American remake of The Office.
Mon 24 January 2005
The show must go on
24/01/2005 … Comics are planning to shatter the world record for the longest ever stand-up show – with a 36-hour marathon.
On the Rockies road
Aspen festival line-up revealed
24/01/2005 … Eddie Izzard, Stewart Lee and Adam Hills are to appear the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen next month.
Five's funnies
Best new sitcom ideas revealed
24/01/2005 … New comedies by The Office’s Mackenzie Crook, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and Garth Marenghi creator Matt Holness are all being considered by Channel…
Comedy on the council
24/01/2005 … A London council is subsidising people to go and watch comedy.
Sun 23 January 2005
Tate's in the States
23/01/2005 … Catherine Tate makes her American TV debut tonight – and critics are already hailing her as the next Tracey Ullman.