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1. 1. It's extras all round at British Comedy Awards

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 November 2005 Extras, Ricky Gervais' follow-up to The Office, has bagged a record five nominations at this year's British Comedy Awards.

2. 2. Review: The Life Of Graham: The Authorised Biography Of Graham Chapman

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 November 2005 A REMARKABLE, and brilliantly Pythonesque fact that appears in this biography of Graham Chapman is that without the intervention of The Queen Mother, the Monty Python star might never have opted for a career in comedy.

3. 3. The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell… And Back (Atlantic)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 November 2005 THE Darkness have played on the comedy-rock route in the past, with their second album supposed to illustrate their maturity.

4. 4. Arena dates for Little Britain duo

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 November 2005 COMEDY favourites "chav" teenager Vicki Pollard and unconvincing cross-dresser Emily Howard are heading for the M.E.N. Arena. The Little Britain tour is in town for the first of two huge shows tonight.

5. 5. It's elementary for Watson

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 November 2005 IT was a close-run, knuckle biting evening but, in the end, the hi-octane antics and PA shattering sound effects of Andy Watson that earned him the City Life Comedian of the Year crown. Marissa Roberts was the first to shake his sweaty hand.

6. 6. Bolton Octagon's winter and spring season

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 November 2005 BOLTON Octagon have unveiled their next season, with some of the highlights including the Miller At The Octagon mini-season featuring A View From The Bridge and Broken Glass; Dario Fo's Accidental Death Of An Anarchist; Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange; and Blonde Bombshells Of 1943, by Alan Plater.

7. 7. Match of the play!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 November 2005 AS a footballer, he regularly lit up Manchester's Theatre of Dreams - and now Andy Ritchie's talents are going to be under the spotlight on an entirely different stage.

8. 8. Richard Whiteley named most popular presenter

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 14 November 2005 THE late Countdown host Richard Whiteley was named Britain's most popular presenter at the Variety Club Show Business Awards.

9. 9. Clark continues to turn the tables

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 November 2005 AS time goes by, veteran comic Jim Davidson may regret apparently canceling a show in Plymouth because there were wheelchair users in the front row. Laurence Clark's riposte is in Bolton tonight.

10. 10. The Lowry's winter and spring season

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 November 2005 EXCITING new productions and a few old favourites make up the new season of drama at The Lowry from January. Find out more, here.

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