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Bog-snorkelling champ's fury at comedy sketch
07/01/2009 … An Irish comedy programme has landed itself in trouble – with a world champion bog-snorkeller.
2009 Archives
Wed 07 January 2009
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tintint06
06/01/2009 … SIMON PEGG and Nick Frost have been cast as bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson in Steven Spielberg's forthcoming 3D Tintin movie, it was confirmed today.
Rip Torn's drink-drive arrest
Actor 'had a Christmas tree on his car'
06/01/2009 … Larry Sanders star Rip Torn has been arrested for drink-driving.
Another BBC clampdown
Complaint over Boyle's 'Jew' gag
06/01/2009 … The BBC has promised to take tighter control of Radio 4 comedy Political Animal, following a complaint that a Frankie Boyle gag was anti-semitic.
Tours des force
06/01/2009 … Many of the most acclaimed shows from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe are going on tour this spring.
Comedian wins Senate seat
...but Franken's victory is disputed
06/01/2009 … Al Franken has almost succeeded in his bid to become the first comedian to sit in the US Senate.