Old News 2008Home || Old News Skip to news for 2008 | Mar | Feb | Jan Skip to really old news: | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 and 2002 March 200829/3/08 - David is about to sign on to join Michael Gambon and David Bradley in a revival of Harold Pinter's 1974 play No Man's Land. Rehearsals will take place in London in July and then No Man's Land will begin performances at the Gate Theatre in Dublin in August. After that run, it will cross to the West End in the late autumn for a short London season. 17/3/08 - We are sorry to report that David's house was burgled while he was at the Sport Relief recording on Friday night. Read about it here. 8/3/08 - There is now an official website for The Curse of Comedy, a season of new BBC Four dramas of which David stars in Rather You Than Me, to be broadcast on Wednesday 9th April. Keep checking back for more pictures and interviews. Cheers Gareth from the Beeb for this. 7/3/08 - Well done David and James! They have now completed their swim in 4 and a half hours and are now safely in Africa. They are also both on the cover of Radio Times promoting Sport Relief. February 200824/2/08 - Track David and James' progress for their Sport Relief challenge on this official tracking website. Cheers Geri. 21/2/08 - David Walliams is to embark on another demanding swim for charity - crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. He will join Olympic rowing champion James Cracknell for the 12-mile swim across the busy shipping channel for Sport Relief, to be shown on BBC One on Friday 14th March. 11/2/08 - Channel 4 is making a new documentary series called New Heroes of Comedy with David and Matt featuring in one of the programmes. The documentary will look at the rise of Lucas and Walliams from a chance meeting at the National Youth Theatre to Rock Profiles and Little Britain. January 20084/1/08 - We are very sad to report that David's Dad has died. We would like to extend our sympathies to David and his family. 3/1/08 - Matt will be on Celebrity Hijack tonight on Channel 4. |