I'm The Only Gay in the Village! 19 December, 2006 Oh no you're not!* Little Britainer Matt Lucas has finally tied the knot with his long-term boyfriend, Kevin McGee, at a private ceremony on Sunday (17th ... 2006 British Comedy Awards 14 December, 2006 A run down of this year's results from last night (13th December 2006)which sees a surprise lack of Gervais and only a hint of Lucas and Walliams. Best TV ... Tuck Off! 13 December, 2006 You'd have to be a complete cynic to think that the BBC were eager to sign up Little Britainer, Matt Lucas, for the part of Friar Tuck in next year's seri... Emmy Results 28 August, 2006 Well there were quite a few chances for UK glory in this year's Emmys but why bother lingering on what could have been and just get down to what it was (a... Simpsons Guest Stars 26 July, 2006 Hooray and hooray, sing loud all ye Keifer Sutherland fans - he's going to be on the Simpsons. The star of 24 will be playing the role of a US Army colonel... Little Britain's Broadcasting Corporation Deal 18 July, 2006 Matt Lucas and David Walliams have secured themselves a three-year contract with the BBC. The Little Britain stars are planning a brand new sketch show t... Iannucci's Future Retrospective 16 July, 2006 The glory days of news satire is to return to our screens in August as a new series is to be aired on BBC2 penned by the genius Armando Iannucci. Responsib... House Prices Rise Dramatically For Laurie 15 July, 2006 Hugh Laurie has certainly made a new name for himself playing cantankerous Dr Gregory House because recent contract negotiations have supposedly upped his... Return of the Scientologists! 14 July, 2006 The now-vergingin-on-legendary Scientology episode of South Park is finally to be aired again on Comedy Central. The first repeat was axed, with rumours fl... Play It Again, Frank 14 July, 2006 Frank Skinner is one of many celebrities who have been signed up by the BBC for a new reality show titled Play It Again. The programme will follow the volu... 2006 Emmy Nominations 13 July, 2006 Ricky Gervais is the big Brit name for this year's Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awards for landing himself (by association) a whole bunch of ... Extras Air Date 13 July, 2006 Ricky Gervais has announced the date for the airing for the new series of Extras. If you didn't know, the series features around struggling actor Andy Mill... Film4 For Free 13 July, 2006 Launching with the Oscar-winning comedy Lost In Translation, Channel 4's film channel Film4 is to become free-to-view. As a result, it will be available to... Office Moves 11 July, 2006 With the continuing success of the US version of Ricky Gervais's The Office, it has been mentioned that employees of the Slough-based paper company, Wernh... Knowing Me, Knowing USA 10 July, 2006 Steve Coogan is getting a big break across the pond as his production company, Baby Cow, has been signed to produce comedy shows for US network NBC. Coog... Who's Bovvered Now? 10 July, 2006 It has been announced that her cameo appearance in the last episode of Dr Who was just a taster of things to come. Catherine Tate is to be taking a more p... Emmy's For Will And Grace 8 July, 2006 The Emmy's are often quoted as being "TV's version of the Oscars", and as such they get a lot of publicity and winning one can really boost a show. Will &a... Langham Wins Award 2 July, 2006 Chris Langham, the actor facing child pornography charges, has won the best comedy actor award at the Monte Carlo TV awards for his role in The Thick Of It,... Paul O'Grady in hospital 1 July, 2006 Well loved comedian and former Lily Savage Paul O'Grady has been taken to hospital with chest pains. A friend said "It does appear he has had a heart atta... Flanimals Invade TV 29 June, 2006 That Ricky Gervais - is there nothing he can't do? The latest good news for him is that ITV have decided to turn Flanimals into an animated cartoon series.... Heeeeeere's Bender! 25 June, 2006 Sci-fi animated comedy Futurama is to return to the small screen, with Comedy Central paying for thirteen new episodes. However, you'll have to wait until ... Craig Charles Crack Binge 20 June, 2006 The Mirror has, today, released an incredibly damning report on Craig Charles, star of the incredibly successful Red Dwarf series and, currently, appearin... It Really Is All Over 20 June, 2006 It has been decided at the BBC that comedy Sports quiz They Think It's All Over is not to be recommissioned. The headline writes itself, really. The show,... New Sorkin Show on Channel 4 18 June, 2006 The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has a new project on the go, and now it's been confirmed that we'll be seeing it in the UK on Channel 4. Studio 60 on th... Lenny Henry On Tour 18 June, 2006 Anyone wondering what Lenny Henry has been up to should be pleased to know that he's hard at work as usual. He has announced plans to tour the UK looking a... Friends Star Moves Into Development 16 June, 2006 Being in a sucessful sitcom can be bad for your career, afterwards. And when you've been in Friends, probably the most successful sitcom of all time, then ... New Coogan Sitcom 11 June, 2006 If I say "Knowing me, knowing you" and you automatically say "Aha!" then you are aware of the problems that the absurdly talented Steve Coogan faces. He ha... There's Somebody Back at the Door! 9 June, 2006 One of children's greatest television entertainers is due to make a grand comeback in 2007 with his own 26 part sit-com. He shows all the characteristics o... Extras Cast List Announced! 8 June, 2006 Celebrity cameos can be a bit of a double edged sword. When they work well, they're a stroke of genius. When they don't, they're embarrassing for all conc... Flanimals and Flannel 7 June, 2006  Ricky Gervais IS taking over the media world. Not content with leading the way in television (The Office, Extras), stand-up (Animals, Politics),&... Hogfather Cast List 2 June, 2006 The full cast list for the Sky TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather has been annnounced. The story is about Death's granddaughter Susan attempting ... One Off On BBC One 1 June, 2006 The BBC have decided on five one-off comedy drama shows to be shown in the autumn, forming a new short season to showcase some ideas and possible run into ... Will & Grace & Gone 22 May, 2006 Groundbreaking sitcom Will & Grace has finished in the US, after eight years of tightly scripted innuendo, teasing, counselling and dating highs and l... 2006 BAFTA Results 8 May, 2006 The 2006 BAFTA awards were dished out last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, hosted by Davina McCall. It was a year where the usual award-hogs... Extra Bafta fun 7 May, 2006 Ricky Gervais and Ashley Jensen are going to be attending this years Bafta's, with Gervais (alongside Stephen Merchant) nominatef for the Writers award. Ho... Gorman on the Daily Show 6 May, 2006 US comedy TV spoof The Daily Show has had a bit of a British flavour recently, with UK comedian Dave Gorman recording three segments. Gorman, who first cam... Lucas goes Digit Al 6 May, 2006 Matt Lucas, UK comedy hotshot, star of Shooting Stars and of course Little Britain, is to be the face of a £200m campaign to publicise the switch to digit... Ricky Gervais Wins Another 2 May, 2006 Do you think Ricky Gervais has got tired of winning awards yet? The Rose d'Or TV prizes were awarded over the weekend, and Extras won both Best Sitcom and ... Week of Offensive Comedy on 4 2 May, 2006 Channel 4 is to spend a week in August running programmes on the theme of offensive comedy. Features include a documentary about the Monty Python film 'L... Four More Gervais For 4 28 April, 2006 You wait around for an hour and then, all of a sudden, three Ricky Gervais reports come along at once. First was the snowballing production of the second s... Gervais Hits Home(r) Run 27 April, 2006 The recent reports that said Simpsons creator, Matt Groening, was that disappointed at not having been invited on Ricky Gervais's second series of Extras mi... Friends Writers Acquitted 27 April, 2006 A sexual harassment case that was brought against Friends writers 6 years ago was finally thrown out of the California Supreme Court on 20th April. Amaan... Wits and Stones 25 April, 2006 With aged rocker, Keith Richards, due to appear in the second sequel of Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean it seems that the comedy acting bug is spreading... Extras II 18 April, 2006 Ricky Gervais' second series of Extras had speculative names attached to it even before the first series had aired. Not only that but HBO agreed to co-fin... South Park Attacks It's Own Network 15 April, 2006 Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the writers of South Park, have got themselves into trouble again. However, given that this seems to be their main aim in life, ... Parker and Stone get Peabody 10 April, 2006 The 65th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards were announced last week (no, me neither) with winners being recognised for 'achievement and meritorious serv... Have We Got News For You 7 April, 2006 A new series of Have I Got News For You will be starting on the 21st April, with the familiar faces of Paul Merton and Ian Hislop as the team lea... Jobless, Wifeless, Friendsless 6 April, 2006 Talk about kicking a man when he's down! Or, perhaps, he's kicking himself while he's down. Whatever. It seems that the 'trial separation' Matt LeBlanc is ... Bailey in the Wild 6 April, 2006 "Klingon Motivational Speaker" Bill Bailey is to be the presenter of Wild Thing: I Love You on Channel 4. At first glance, this might appear to be a vehicl... Iannucci Wins Again 3 April, 2006 BBC2 and BBC4 comedy series The Thick Of It has picked up the award for Best Comedy/Entertainment Show at the Broadcasting Press Guild. The award, voted fo...