Glasgow-ho-ho
Scotland's first all-comedy festival
23/01/2003 … Johnny Vegas, Mark Thomas, Ed Byrne, Frank Carson and Doug Stanhope will all appear in Scotland's first festival dedicated purely to comedy.
2003 Archives
Thu 23 January 2003
Goodnight, Seattle
23/01/2003 … Johnny Vegas, Mark Thomas, Ed Byrne, Frank Carson and Doug Stanhope will all appear in Scotland's first festival dedicated purely to comedy.
A wizard role
Tavare lands Harry Potter part
23/01/2003 … Jim Tavare has landed a part in the next Harry Potter film.
Cleese defends his reputation
Comic demands damages over article
23/01/2003 … John Cleese has launched a High Court bid for damages over an article that claimed his career was on the slide.
Foreign Office success
US critics rave over Gervais sitcom
23/01/2003 … Americans have had their first glimpse of The Office - and like what they see.
Beeb gets new comedy chief
Royle Family honcho jumps ship
23/01/2003 … The producer of The Royal Family has joined the BBC to oversee a raft of new comedy shows.
Wed 22 January 2003
Disco inferno
Comic's song aids Canberra firefighters
22/01/2003 … Australian stand-up Adam Hills has released a charity single to help fire-ravaged Canberra.
Experimental humour
C4 orders spoof science series
22/01/2003 … Channel 4 is to air a late-night science spoof described as "Chris Morris running the Open University".