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Can canned laughter Culture

Can canned laughter

31st August 2007
We Brits invented ‘friendly fire’ World

We Brits invented ‘friendly fire’

29th August 2007
Truth: the first Casualty of TV drama? Culture

Truth: the first Casualty of TV drama?

22nd August 2007
I love Richard and Judy Culture

I love Richard and Judy

17th August 2007
Newsround: Britain’s least Craven news show Culture

Newsround: Britain's least Craven news show

10th August 2007
Where there’s a welly, there’s a way Culture

Where there's a welly, there's a way

3rd August 2007
The welcome return of the ‘stage Irishman’ Culture

The welcome return of the ‘stage Irishman’

13th July 2007
The end of Ireland as we know it? Culture

The end of Ireland as we know it?

6th July 2007

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800 years of hurt Politics

800 years of hurt

27th June 2007
Heard the one about the dead comedian and the sports presenter? Culture

Heard the one about the dead comedian and the sports presenter?

22nd June 2007
The Samsonite demise of heavy metal Culture

The Samsonite demise of heavy metal

15th June 2007
In defence of the offensive Politics

In defence of the offensive

8th June 2007
Why EastEnders is in soapy bubble Culture

Why EastEnders is in soapy bubble

25th May 2007
A potted history of bellowing on the box Politics

A potted history of bellowing on the box

18th May 2007
Nothing should be ‘no laughing matter’ Culture

Nothing should be ‘no laughing matter’

11th May 2007
What’s wrong with a TV-induced coma? Culture

What’s wrong with a TV-induced coma?

4th May 2007
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