And the nominees are...
Chortle awards shortlist revealed
02/03/2005 … Daniel Kitson, Will Smith (pictured) and Alun Cochrane lead the running in this year’s Chortle live comedy awards.
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Wed 02 March 2005
Office fan 'foiled fraud'
Gervais targeted by gang, court told
02/03/2005 … The gang who tried to scam nearly £200,000 from Ricky Gervais were rumbled when a fan of The Office became suspicious of their bad impersonation of him, a…
Carr's new vehicle
02/03/2005 … Jimmy Carr is to continue is domination of Channel 4’s entertainment schedules with a new Friday-night panel show.
Tue 01 March 2005
Little Britain snubs Blair
01/03/2005 … Little Britain has spurned Tony Blair’s request to appear on the show.
Best of British
01/03/2005 … Little Britain has been nominated for two TV Baftas.
Happy as Barry...
Cryer celebrates his 70th birthday
01/03/2005 … Veteran comic Barry Cryer is to celebrate his 70th birthday next month with a star-studded gig in London.
Taylor-made comedy
01/03/2005 … Comic Karen Taylor, star of ITV1's The Sketch Show, has landed her own BBC3 sitcom, described as a ‘female Young Ones’.
Nobody expected this...
Spanish Inquisition named top Python sketch
01/03/2005 … Monty Python’s best sketch has been named… and it doesn’t involve a dead parrot.