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'Little Britain has got talent' this year as child performers wow BGT judges
Friday 12 April 2013
It is a case of Little Britain's Got Talent this year after a series of brilliant young acts wowed the judges on the talent search show.
Britain's Got Talent judges walk out after row with Simon Cowell
Tuesday 09 April 2013
Britain's Got Talent judges Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden fell out with Simon Cowell and David Walliams so badly during filming they walked out of an audition.
Pompidou: BBC backs Matt Lucas' 'original and ambitious' silent comedy
Monday 25 March 2013
Comic Matt Lucas is to star in a silent comedy-style show for BBC1 - his first new character series without sidekick David Walliams.
The cast 'urn' their keep with unusually sombre show at the Old Vic's 24 Hour Musical gala
Thursday 13 December 2012
Alice Jones' Arts Diary
David Walliams reveals suicide attempts
Thursday 04 October 2012
TV funnyman David Walliams has revealed he has tried to kill himself several times during his life-long battle with depression.
The best you could say about Ed's speech? He didn't completely fluff it
Wednesday 03 October 2012
There was no insight on the most important issues of the day, nor did Mr Miliband say anything of any real note for those outside Westminster village
Little Britain given a whole new meaning
Friday 02 September 2011
I've spent more of my life playing music than speaking. If I ever really wanted to express an idea, emotion or even a storyline, music has always been my first choice. But having released eight albums, I was keen to find a fresh approach for my ninth so this album started as something quite different – a script.
Children's Audiobooks: A-monstering and a-Viking we will go
Sunday 24 July 2011
You need, don't you, some CDs in the car going to Penzance or Porto or Palmyra; something to stop the little darlings asking are you nearly there yet; a story that you, too, will find bearable – even enjoyable. Here are some corkers.
Copycat comic capers
Sunday 26 June 2011
Jim Tavaré and Sid Bowfin are bald, wear tails and play stringed instruments. But it's no joke, says Tavaré, who is fighting back
Bridesmaids, Paul Feig, 124 mins (15)
Sunday 26 June 2011
It's got the rudery and crudery, but this is also a sassy, smart comedy where the women are competent and it's the sugared almonds that get skewered
Jamie's kitchen nightmare: his show is getting the chop
Thursday 05 May 2011
Celebrity chef switched to 'graveyard slot' as TV ratings plummet
Leigh Bowery: A life less ordinary
Wednesday 23 March 2011
The performance artist and designer Leigh Bowery is being celebrated at the ICA. In an extract from her book, Sue Tilley remembers a flamboyant friend
Limmy: New king of angry comedy
Friday 11 February 2011
There are lots of angry young men out there who are fed up with being ignored by terrestrial television. They don't want celebrity, stupidity or faux bonhomie; they don't want phone-ins and nostalgia; they want honesty. Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights should have delivered, but it failed. It was unfunny and smacked of him being given a chance and not knowing what to do with it.
Second series for Lucas and Walliams show
Saturday 29 January 2011
The latest comedy show from Little Britain duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams has been recommissioned for a second series, the BBC announced today.
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Serena Williams apologises after comment that rape victim 'shouldn't have put herself in that position'
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Disability campaigners celebrate 'victory' after government rethink over plans to make it more difficult to claim disability benefits
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Bankers could face jail after report urges the Government to introduce new criminal offence for reckless management
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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We never knew Nigella Lawson - and we still don’t
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