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2010 Archives
Fri 29 January 2010
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Film role for Peter Kay
Comic lined up for Irish comedy
29/01/2010 … Peter Kay is set to star in an Irish film about a cop tracking down a drug baron.
Thu 28 January 2010
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Keith Lemon: The movie?
Leigh Francis awaits green light
28/01/2010 … Leigh Francis is writing a film for his Keith Lemon character.
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Hunt is on for comedy film writers
See your script made – and win £1,000
28/01/2010 … A new talent hunt has been launched for comedy film writers, with a £1,000 first prize.
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28/01/2010 … OUTNUMBERED was named Best Comedy Programme at Wednesday night's Broadcast Awards, where The Inbetweeners won Best Multichannel Programme.
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28/01/2010 … BILL HICKS is the best comedian of all time, followed by Stewart Lee and Tommy Cooper - according to a snap survey of 100 visitors to the Leicester Comedy Festival…
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Was Thick Of It special dropped?
28/01/2010 … Armando Iannucci has denied that a planned election-night special of The Thick Of It has been ditched because the writers couldn’t be sure who will win.