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Gervais and Merchant vie for best actor
14/11/2006 … Extras co-creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are to go head-to-head for the best comedy actor accolade at the British Comedy Awards.
2006 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 14 November 2006
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Ready to tour again
Gervais previews new live show
14/11/2006 … Ricky Gervais is planning a new national stand-up tour next year – and is ready to preview it.
Club comedian Oates dies
...as does comic actor Stevens
14/11/2006 … Veteran comedy actor Ronnie Stevens and clubland comic Chubby Oates have both died in the past few days.
MTV drops Brand
14/11/2006 … MTV is dropping Russell Brand's chat show 1 Leicester Square.
Mon 13 November 2006
Game on
Still Game scoops Scottish Bafta
13/11/2006 … BBC sitcom Still Game has been named the best programme to come out of Scotland – by the viewers themselves.
Tube says no to 'Niggas'
13/11/2006 … London Underground has banned adverts for Reginald D Hunter’s West End run, fearing the word ‘Niggas’ would cause offence.
Very Magnernamious
Cider firm to sponsor Glasgow fest
13/11/2006 … Irish cider firm Magners has stepped in to sponsor the Glasgow Comedy Festival.
Diagnosis Mirza
13/11/2006 … Shazia Mirza has performed her bridge-building gigs in India, attracting hundreds of fans but a mixed critical response.