Mersey mission
Liverpool plans comedy hall of fame
21/03/2002 … Liverpool's rich comedy history could soon be honoured in an official hall of fame.
2002 Archives
Thu 21 March 2002
Give it up for...
Walker heads organ donor drive
21/03/2002 … Comedian Curtis Walker is to spearhead a government campaign to encourage black people to donate their organs when they die.
Wed 20 March 2002
Johnny come lately
20/03/2002 … Johnny Vegas has been named best newcomer at the Royal Television Society awards for his role in Paul Whitehouse's Happiness.
Hugh Grant for PM
20/03/2002 … Hugh Grant is being lined up to play a fictional Prime Minister in a new comedy from Richard Curtis.
Brass Eye up for a Bafta
Nomination irks children's charity
20/03/2002 … The Brass Eye special on paedophilia has been nominated for two awards in the television Baftas, sparking a new bout of controversy.
Remembering Willie
20/03/2002 … A plaque has gone up in Mornington Crescent Tube station to honour Willie Rushton.
Mon 18 March 2002
Jeff Green – Original Review
18/03/2002 … Green's material covers the most familiar of bases, rarely venturing much beyond the perennial topic of the differences between men and women.
Sun 17 March 2002
See gong show for free
17/03/2002 … The Comedy Store has recently revived its gong show, the ruthless show for which it first made its name.