Promoted to the board
29/01/2003 … The makers of Monopoly are planning a version set in Slough to cash in on the success of The Office.
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Wed 29 January 2003
See you in court, Tony
Thomas takes legal action against PM
29/01/2003 … Mark Thomas is to take Tony Blair to court should he declare war on Iraq.
Mon 27 January 2003
Phoenix to rise again?
27/01/2003 … Phoenix Nights could be heading back for a third series.
Sun 26 January 2003
Who are we?
Izzard show to probe British identity
26/01/2003 … Eddie Izzard is to host a TV series about the English national identity.
Charisma transplant
Why Fielding landed music vid role
26/01/2003 … Noel Fielding has been recruited to star in a new music video - to make up for the band's lack of charisma.
TV needs new ideas
26/01/2003 … Channel 4 is looking for ideas for its next season of the Comedy Lab.
Vic gets hitched
Reeves weds former club dancer
26/01/2003 … Vic Reeves has married former nightclub dancer Nancy Sorrell in front of 200 friends and family Guests, who had been asked to wear white, were said to include Johnny…
Sat 25 January 2003
A price on Saddam's head
Comic's dictator puppet is stolen
25/01/2003 … Saddam Hussein has been abducted from the set of BBC2's new stand-up show Someone made off with a puppet of the Iraqi leader belonging to Dara O'Briain, pictured,…