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  • It’s been confirmed that Shooting Stars – the Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer-hosted celebrity gameshow is returning for a Christmas special and clip show special in the seasonal period. Six...

    Shooting Stars Christmas 2008

    It’s been confirmed that Shooting Stars – the Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer-hosted celebrity gameshow is returning for a Christmas special and clip show special in the seasonal period. Six...

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  • The new Current TV (Sky 183, Virgin 155) season of Rebels features young at heart hip-hop grannies from China “breaking phat onez” and declaring war on those who believe hip-hop...

    Hip Hop Grannies

    The new Current TV (Sky 183, Virgin 155) season of Rebels features young at heart hip-hop grannies from China “breaking phat onez” and declaring war on those who believe hip-hop...

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  • This in itself reads like something from a jokebook, perhaps a distant relative of the Not the Nine O’Clock News sketch based on the discussion of a film about the...

    Old Jokes Unearthed

    This in itself reads like something from a jokebook, perhaps a distant relative of the Not the Nine O’Clock News sketch based on the discussion of a film about the...

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  • You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 – or even at the venue...

    Fawlty Reunion

    You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 – or even at the venue...

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  • Steve Coogan‘s first tour in a very long time sees the comic master bringing back Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauling Calf and other (less successful) characters, as the name of...

    Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters

    Steve Coogan‘s first tour in a very long time sees the comic master bringing back Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauling Calf and other (less successful) characters, as the name of...

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  • If there was ever a “secret” gig that I would want to go to outside of the world of music, it would be Robin Williams turning up at the London...

    Robin Williams at LSE

    If there was ever a “secret” gig that I would want to go to outside of the world of music, it would be Robin Williams turning up at the London...

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  • “In England they’ve got no time for comedy. They don’t laugh at all. They have no muscles in their faces. So they just stare blankly with their dead, cold eyes.”...

    Oh Danny Bhoy…

    “In England they’ve got no time for comedy. They don’t laugh at all. They have no muscles in their faces. So they just stare blankly with their dead, cold eyes.”...

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  • So formulating an interesting post about Have I Got News For You, I was blown away to discover that TV favourite Stanley Baxter is making a return to television for...

    Stanley Baxter Returns!

    So formulating an interesting post about Have I Got News For You, I was blown away to discover that TV favourite Stanley Baxter is making a return to television for...

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  • Our Frankie Boyle has caused a wee bit of a storm this week, thanks to a two year old clip on the current compilation run of Mock the Week. During...

    My Pussy is Haunted

    Our Frankie Boyle has caused a wee bit of a storm this week, thanks to a two year old clip on the current compilation run of Mock the Week. During...

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  • Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand’s schoolboy misdemeanour should by now have been dealt with swiftly and decisively, with Wossy removed from radio and Brand subjected to heavy input from a...

    The Real Winner – Brand, Ross, Sachs or Georgia “Voluptua” Baillie?

    Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand’s schoolboy misdemeanour should by now have been dealt with swiftly and decisively, with Wossy removed from radio and Brand subjected to heavy input from a...

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