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Australia drops The Office USA
01/07/2005 … Australian TV has dropped the American remake of The Office after just two episodes because of disappointing audiences.
Fri 01 July 2005
Thu 30 June 2005
Radio 2 takes Flight
30/06/2005 … Perrier-nominated folk parodists Flight of the Conchords have landed their own Radio 2 series, with a host of names from the comedy circuit lending a hand.
After Darkplace
Garth Marenghi duo's new project
30/06/2005 … The team behind Garth Marenghi's Darkplace are working on another Channel 4 series.
Kay pens new comedy
... and Nathan Barley could be back
30/06/2005 … Peter Kay is writing a new sitcom for Channel 4.
Fawlty directions
Cleese voices car navigation system
30/06/2005 … John Cleese, who as Basil Fawlty once gave his car a ‘damn good thrashing’ with a branch, is to be the calming voice of a new in-car navigation system.
Wed 29 June 2005
4 buys Earl sitcom
29/06/2005 … Channel 4 has brought its first new American sitcom in four years, My Name Is Earl.
Lovely Dudley
Dagenham honours its favourite son
29/06/2005 … The theatre in Dudley Moore’s home town of Dagenham has honoured its most famous son.
Tue 28 June 2005
The writing's on the wall
28/06/2005 … A plaque has been unveiled to Spike Milligan in his family home of Sligo.