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Dee: 'Stand-up was like a dreamscape'

22 October 2009 4:34 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Jack Dee has revealed that he felt thrilled by the experience when he started doing stand-up comedy. The Lead Balloon star began his career at The Comedy Store in Leicester Square after initially considering becoming a vicar. Dee told the Evening Standard of his early gigs: "It was like walking into a cone of light, and you feel inside it, embraced by it. "Reality becomes heightened. I remember thinking, 'God, this is weird, it's like a dreamscape'. I think the strongest impulse (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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The Online Encyclopaedia Of British Comedy at Pozzitive.co.uk

8 June 2009 3:38 PM, PDT | The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news »

Pozzitive.co.uk is billed as a new online ‘Encyclopaedia Of British Comedy’ and was launched by Pozzitive owners David Tyler and Geoff Posner with the aim of providing a friendly, insider’s-eye view to the wealth of information they have, all of which is now at your fingertips.

Pozzitive is a multi-award winning comedy production company (6 BAFTAs, 6 Sony Awards and 2 International Emmys), and over the years have produced and directed such classic TV , Radio and Online projects as “Spitting Image”, “Coogan’s Run”, “Not The Nine O’Clock News”, “French & Saunders”, “Harry Enfield & Chums”, “Dinnerladies”, “Little Britain”, “The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries”, “Saturday Live Again”, “Radio Active”, “Carrott’s Lib” and “The Young Ones”.

They continue to work on comedy projects such as Armando Iannucci’s ‘Charm Offensive’ and ‘Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation’. They are also currently producing the second series of popular sitcom “Cabin Pressure »

- Paul Larn

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ITV's 'Boy Meets Girl' drops to 2.4m

11 May 2009 5:29 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

The second episode of ITV drama Boy Meets Girl lost a million viewers on Friday, according to early figures. The four-part series, which stars Martin Freeman and Paterson Joseph, opened with an unspectacular 3.43m (15.7%) on May 1 but was down to 2.44m (11%) on Friday. It was almost beaten in its slot by NCIS, which took 2.33m (10.5%) for Five. A double-bill of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA had a decent 2.16m (10.2%) for Channel 4, with a further 185k (1.3%) on timeshift, while BBC Two's English Heritage put in 1.74m (7.9%). A Jack Dee-fronted Have I Got News For You brought in 5.19m (23.2%) to BBC One in the first half of the hour, then the third (more) »

- By Neil Wilkes

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'Shooting Stars' returns for full series

3 April 2009 3:30 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

BBC Two has recommissioned cult panel show Shooting Stars. The show will return for a full series following the success of a one-off special last Christmas. The new series, which will be hosted by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, will see Celebrity Big Brother winner Ulrika Johnson return as head of one of the teams. Comedian Jack Dee will become captain of the opposite team after his debut on the Christmas special. “We’re really looking forward (more) »

- By Dan French

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2009 | 2008

4 articles from 2009

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