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01/12/2006 … COMICS Lee Mack and Michael McIntyre have been added to the bill of Monday's Royal Variety Performance, which will be broadcast on BBC One on December 12.

Whore-py birthday

The week's trivia round-up

01/12/2006 … Stuff you may have missed reading in the past seven days - lucky you!Matt Lucas bought fiance Kevin McGee a full-size Tardis for his boyfriend Kevin McGee’s birthdayRussell…

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01/12/2006 … THE BORAT MOVIE has been banned by censors in every Arab country except Lebanon.

Five buys Whose Line?

88 US episodes to air from January

30/11/2006 … Channel Five has bought the rights to 88 episodes of the US version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

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1,000 acts head for Leicester

30/11/2006 … The Leicester comedy festival has announced its 2007 line-up, with headliners Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and Paul Merton.

Lenny snubs home town

Anger that his tour skips Dudley

30/11/2006 … Lenny Henry has disappointed fans in the Black Country by leaving his home town off his latest tour schedule.

Merchant of music

Extras co-creator lands DJing slot

30/11/2006 … Stephen Merchant has landed his own show on BBC 6 Music in the New Year.

Putting on the writs...

Leno sues joke book author

30/11/2006 … Chat show host Jay Leno is suing a joke book author for stealing his material.