Stop copying me!
McGowan slates Dead Ringers copycats
21/12/2003 … Impressionist Alistair McGowan has hit out at the BBC for trying to usurp him with Dead Ringers.
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Sun 21 December 2003
Fri 19 December 2003
Bona to vada their eeks again
19/12/2003 … A stage show based on the classic radio series Round The Horne is to open in London's West End next month.
Thu 18 December 2003
Gervais goes Global
Ricky nominated for top US award
18/12/2003 … Ricky Gervais has been nominated for a Golden Globe award for his work in The Office.
Theatrical Lee
Evans lands ANOTHER West End role
18/12/2003 … Lee Evans is to star in another West End show, it has been announced.
Wed 17 December 2003
Evans lands Producers role
17/12/2003 … Lee Evans is to star in the West End version of The Producers, it has been confirmed.
Who dares wiNZ
Comics in line for Kiwi awards
17/12/2003 … Andy Parsons (pictured), Glenn Wool, Phil Nichol and The Flight of The Conchords have all been nominated for comedy awards in New Zealand.
Sketch Show heads for States
17/12/2003 … The Sketch Show has become the latest British comedy show to be picked up by American TV - thanks to Frasier star Kelsey Grammer.
Tue 16 December 2003
'I'll hack your head off'
Racist nut threatens Lenny Henry
16/12/2003 … Lenny Henry has called in police after an anonymous caller threatened to cut his head off.