The write start
05/03/2004 … The BBC has launched a talent hunt for the next great sitcom writer.
2004 Archives
Fri 05 March 2004
The practice
Ricky previews in the West End
05/03/2004 … Ricky Gervais is to appear in the West End all next week.
Thu 04 March 2004
Family reunion
04/03/2004 … Cult animated sitcom Family Guy is to return three years after being dumped by network executives.
Doctor, doctor...
Comedy writers join Time Lord's team
04/03/2004 … League of Gentleman star Mark Gatiss and Coupling creator Steven Moffat have joined the writing team for the new series of Doctor Who.
The opening of Spam...
04/03/2004 … The Monty Python stage musical is to have its world premiere in Chicago on December 21, it has been announced Spamalot, based on the 1975 film Monty Python And…
Part of the Family
04/03/2004 … Producers of the American version of The Royle Family have announced one of their leading roles.
Wed 03 March 2004
Mostly humourous
Rare Douglas Adams heads for CD
03/03/2004 … The BBC is to release a collection of rare recordings of Douglas Adams to mark the 25th anniversary of Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
See Endgame cheap-Lee
03/03/2004 … Lee Evans is starring in a major new production of Samuel Beckett's comedy Endgame.