Karl goes it alone
03/08/2006 … Ricky Gervais’s sidekick Karl Pilkington has been commissioned to make four short films for Channel 4.
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03/08/2006 … Ricky Gervais’s sidekick Karl Pilkington has been commissioned to make four short films for Channel 4.
03/08/2006 … Eddie Izzard is to play a drunk, fiery chef in a new miniseries commissioned by Five.
03/08/2006 … Welsh stand-up Chris Corcoran is to host a unique live advert for an internet dating site on prime-time ITV.
03/08/2006 … MPs are calling on the BBC to pull Armando Iannucci’s new comedy show because it features spoof footage of Tony Blair being assassinated and terrorists crashing…
02/08/2006 … Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to star in a new sitcom from My Family creator Fred Barron.
01/08/2006 … British stand-up John Oliver has been signed to appear on acclaimed US satire The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
01/08/2006 … The replacement for the Perrier awards will this year hand out a third prize to celebrate the show that ‘best captures the comedy spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe’.
01/08/2006 … BBC Two has brought the rights to air the spin-off film from hit Australian comedy Kath & Kim.
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