A Mighty Wind-up
22/01/2004 … Stewart Lee has hit out at film distributors Warner Bros for twisting his words for their posters publicising A Mighty Wind.
2004 Archives
Thu 22 January 2004
Belzer's sketchy film idea
22/01/2004 … Law & Order star Richard Belzer is returning to his comedy roots with a new sketch film.
Glasgow-ho-ho
City launches second comedy festival
22/01/2004 … The second Glasgow International Comedy Festival has officially been launched, boasting 35,000 tickets over 150 performances.
Wed 21 January 2004
Brand's gag causes a stink
21/01/2004 … The BBC has apologised to the Albanian ambassador after Jo Brand offered to fart their national anthem.
Tue 20 January 2004
Rowan denies breakdown
...and demands damages over press stories
20/01/2004 … Rowan Atkinson has taken legal action over what he called "quite ridiculous" newspaper reports he checked into a clinic on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Office producer quits BBC
20/01/2004 … Independent TV company Talkback have poached The Office's producer from the BBC.
The same old favourites
Familiar faces in awards line-up
20/01/2004 … The four best comedy moments from last year's TV have been named.
Good in the Sack...
BBC2 ratings tumble after show pulled
20/01/2004 … The BBC's decision to pull the reality comedy show The Sack Race appears to have backfired.