Living on a Pryor
Classic stand-up made into sitcom
27/02/2003 … Richard Pryor's classic stand-up routines are to be converted into a sitcom.
2003 Archives
Thu 27 February 2003
Red Dwarf: The plot
27/02/2003 … More details of the Red Dwarf movie have emerged.
Wed 26 February 2003
Hogwarts and all
JK Rowling to star in The Simpsons
26/02/2003 … JK Rowling and Sir Ian McKellen are to appear in a forthcoming episode of The Simpsons set in London.
Mass protest
Catholics angry over Pope cartoon
26/02/2003 … Protestors are calling the BBC to ban its cartoon series Popetown because they claim it features "anti-Catholic bigotry".
Tue 25 February 2003
A laughable state
Why comedy's better in Britain
25/02/2003 … Australian comic Sarah Kendall says she prefers working in Britain - because the country's a mess.
Mon 24 February 2003
Kitson triumphs at Chortles
24/02/2003 … The winners of Chortle's live comedy awards have been announced - with Daniel Kitson taking two honours.
The tension mounts...
Chortle awards announced tonight
24/02/2003 … The comedy industry is preparing to honour the best comedians around at the Chortle Live Comedy Awards tonight.
Comic in kid sex scandal
Gags really get BBC chiefs' goat
24/02/2003 … BBC chiefs have censored a scene from the Live Floor Show in which comic Brendon Burns simulated sex with a goat.