'Absolutely shameless'

Fans' backlash over Peter Kay DVD

05/11/2007 … Peter Kay is risking another backlash from fans by issuing a compilation DVD of his stand-up act.

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05/11/2007 … SIMON PEGG has ruled himself out of the running to be the next Doctor Who, saying: 'I'm too much of a fan to actually play the Doctor.

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05/11/2007 … PARAMOUNT Comedy 2 has today launched a +1 timeshift channel, showing all programmes one hour later, for Sky subscribers.

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05/11/2007 … CHARITY Scotscare is asking people to name their favourite Scottish comedy moment in a bid to drum up attention to their cause.

US writers' strike starts

Comedy shows are the first to go dark

05/11/2007 … Hollywood writers have voted to go on an indefinite strike, which will hit comedy shows the hardest.

Out come the freaks

ITV2 pilots Congress Of Oddities

04/11/2007 … ITV2 has commissioned a pilot from Victorian sketch duo The Congress Of Oddities.

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04/11/2007 … RONNI ANCONA is expecting a baby girl in January, a year after tragically giving birth to a stillborn boy.

Waste of Spaced

Spaced director angry at US remake

04/11/2007 … Spaced director Edgar Wright has launched a furious attack on the TV executives remaking the comedy for American audiences.