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18/01/2008 … THE FINALISTS in the Hackney Empire new act contest on February 2 have been named as: Imran Yusuf, Steve Weiner, Gerry Howell, Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan…
2008 Archives
Fri 18 January 2008
Joe Wilkinson – Original Review
18/01/2008 … Joe Wilkinson certainly projects himself as a strange old cove, shuffling on stage with little self-assurance emanating from behind that thick, scraggly beard that…
Craig Campbell – Original Review
18/01/2008 … Ursine Canadian émigré Craig Campbell is one of those natural raconteurs who can instinctively entertain and amuse, no matter what yarn they’re spinning.
Thu 17 January 2008
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17/01/2008 … SPITTING IMAGE puppet of Tony and Cherie Blair have sold for £12,600 at auction at Bonhams, London – twice the expected price.
© BBC After You've Gone keeps going
20 more episodes in the pipeline
17/01/2008 … BBC One has ordered another 20 episodes of the Nicholas Lyndhurst comedy After You've Gone – enough to last until late 2009.
Past laughing
TV search for the 'funniest decade'
17/01/2008 … UKTV Gold has commissioned a series of programmes designed to determine the funniest decade for TV comedies.
Barrymore's back - playing Spike
17/01/2008 … Fallen star Michael Barrymore is making a controversial return to the stage – playing Spike Milligan in a new play about the comic genius.
© ITV Sitcom? No it's a 'mobicom'
ITV launches a comedy for mobiles
17/01/2008 … ITV has commissioned its first sitcom designed purely to be viewed over the internet and on mobile phones.