Office audience slumps
08/10/2002 … The Office has slumped in the ratings, losing 1.
2002 Archives
Tue 08 October 2002
Bowen quits over 'nig-nog' jibe
08/10/2002 … Jim Bowen's showbusiness career lies in ruins today after he called a black woman a "nig-nog".
First time lucky?
08/10/2002 … TV presenter Adrian Goldberg has been acclaimed at a comedy talent competition - after his first ever stage appearance.
Mon 07 October 2002
Not like that...
How BBC spurned 'indistinct' Cooper
07/10/2002 … Tommy Cooper was once rejected by the BBC and accused of having an "unpleasant manner", according to a new radio show.
Coogan drawn to animation
He'll voice new vivisection comedy
07/10/2002 … Steve Coogan is making an animated comedy about freed laboratory animals for BBC2.
Sun 06 October 2002
Father's day
06/10/2002 … Irish premier Bertie Ahern has unveiled a sculpture in memory of Father Ted star Dermot Morgan.
Sat 05 October 2002
Is it because I is black?
Blackwood: Oxbridge and racism are holding me back
05/10/2002 … Richard Blackwood says that the comedy scene is inherently racist and dominated by Oxbridge types.
Fri 04 October 2002
World's best joke revealed
04/10/2002 … Scientists have revealed the world's funniest joke - and the worst.