Noble victor
Ross wins two Melbourne awards
20/04/2002 … Ross Noble has won the most prestigious award in the Melbourne comedy festival.
2002 Archives
Sat 20 April 2002
Fri 19 April 2002
You've been quangoed....
Thomas exposes Establishment 'rot'
19/04/2002 … Mark Thomas has appeared before a Commons inquiry to attack public bodies as "rotten to the core".
Thu 18 April 2002
Banzai sold to Japan
Will it work? Place bet NOW!!!!!
18/04/2002 … Banzai, the show that parodies Japanese TV, has been sold - to Japan.
Comedy code
Hunt on for funny new web ideas
18/04/2002 … Channel 4 is giving aspiring comedy writers the chance to have their ideas made into a website.
Diller quits stand-up
18/04/2002 … Phyllis Diller is ending her stand-up comedy career - after 47 years.
Fringe first
The Stand launches its line-up
18/04/2002 … The Stand has become the first Edinburgh venue to launch its fringe programme.
It's Partridge season
BBC2 to rerun his entire output
18/04/2002 … BBC 2 is to air a season of programmes featuring hapless TV host Alan Partridge in the run-up to his new series.