Aherne's return
She creates new sitcom down under
18/09/2001 … Caroline Aherne has created a new BBC2 sitcom based in Australia.
2001 Archives
Tue 18 September 2001
Mon 17 September 2001
'I'll never tour again'
17/09/2001 … Victoria Wood has vowed never to tour again.
Mel and Sue tour axed
17/09/2001 … Mel and Sue's tour scheduled for November has been cancelled because Mel Giedroyc is having a baby.
Best of the Fest
17/09/2001 … Ed Byrne, Trev and Simon (pictured), Daniel Kitson, Sean Lock and Parsons and Naylor have all been confirmed for the Manchester Comedy Festival later this month.
Play to win
Tickets for comedy tour up for grabs
17/09/2001 … The first Play UK Comedy tour kicks off this Wednesday, fielding a strong line-up of some of the best comics on the circuit.
Eastern promise
Comic gets a boost from Real EastEnders doc
17/09/2001 … John Ryan says he could easily have ended up a criminal rather than a comic.
Sat 15 September 2001
Rev Obadiah Steppenwolf III – Original Review
15/09/2001 … The loud-mouthed bible-bashing alter-ego of former teacher Jim Muir simply demands attention with his in-your-face evangelical preaching.
Thu 13 September 2001
Good Fortune?
Comic stumbled into diplomatic dispute
13/09/2001 … John Fortune has told how he was kissed by former Greek premier Andreas Papandreou after posing as a British civil servant.