Foreign Extras
Gervais sitcom exported to 9 countries
17/10/2005 … Ricky Gervais’s Extras has been sold to nine countries, from Norway to New Zealand.
Mon 17 October 2005
A slice of the action
17/10/2005 … Armando Iannucci has directed a new range of adverts for pizza company Goodfella’s.
DVD Extras...
17/10/2005 … Ricky Gervais’s Extras is released on DVD on Monday – and we’ve five copies to give away.
Sat 15 October 2005
Radio's new Mr Comedy
15/10/2005 … The BBC has appointed the producer of TV comedies People Like Us, Absolute Power and Wild West as its new head of radio entertainment.
Fri 14 October 2005
In the news...
Stand-ups to star in media spoof
14/10/2005 … Stand-ups Phil Nichol, Kevin Day and Lucy Porter are to star in a new BBC Two news spoof.
Thu 13 October 2005
Northern stars
13/10/2005 … The shortlist for this year’s North West Comedy Awards have been released, with Johnny Vegas, Dave Spikey and Rob Brydon among the nominees.
Full of writ
13/10/2005 … Richard Pryor is suing a record company, claiming that 11 of his recordings were released without permission.
The last 'goodnight'
Private funeral for Ronnie Barker
13/10/2005 … Ronnie Barker has been cremated in a private family funeral, attended by just 40 close friends and family.