Price of fame: £75
Fringe venue's fundraising idea
09/06/2004 … Would you spend £75 to be in the same room as Jo Brand? Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms is certainly hoping so.
2004 Archives
Wed 09 June 2004
Mon 07 June 2004
BBC picks up 'Girls'
Corporation snaps up hot US sitcom
07/06/2004 … The BBC has snapped up the rights to a raunchy US sitcom, before most American viewers have even seen it.
No smoke without ire
Non-smokers fuming at BBC sitcom
07/06/2004 … A new BBC sitcom has been slated by health campaigners for promoting smoking.
Pryor record
First black act to top UK comedy chart
07/06/2004 … Richard Pryor has become the first black comic to top the comedy DVD chart.
Not only... but also
Rare Pete & Dud scripts unearthed
07/06/2004 … Previously unseen scripts by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore have been unearthed for a new book.
Sat 05 June 2004
Neil Delamere – Original Review
05/06/2004 … Neil Delamere has an engaging, natural warmth with which he instantly befriends the audience, offering them the implicit reassurance that they’re in safe hands.
'My work is pap'
05/06/2004 … Lee Evans has confessed that he considers his stand-up as "pap".
Going, going, gob...
Spit The Dog fetches £5,000 at auction
05/06/2004 … Bob Carolgees has sold Spit The Dog at auction, netting more than £5,000.