Bugger Bognor
Deayton defies game show critics
20/08/2004 … Angus Deayton has hit back at tourism chiefs in Bognor Regis, who complained about his new show poking fun at their resort.
2004 Archives
Fri 20 August 2004
Hitting the wrong note
Ali G creator branded 'dangerous'
20/08/2004 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to be investigated by broadcasting watchdogs after complaints that he sang an anti-Semitic song.
Wed 18 August 2004
Pure genius
18/08/2004 … Dave Gorman is developing a new Radio 4 programme based on listeners’ ideas to make the world a better place.
Laugh at the disabled...
Office star creates sketch show
18/08/2004 … The Office actress Julie Fernandez is working on a comedy sketch show featuring a cast of disabled people.
Ross has it taped
18/08/2004 … Ross Noble’s Edinburgh show is to be recorded this weekend for a future DVD release.
Ethnic comics hailed
Richard Pryor nominees announced
18/08/2004 … Stephen K Amos, Danny Bhoy, Matt Blaize and visiting comic Ahmed Ahmed have all been nominated for the first Fringe award for ethnic comedy.
Moran more
18/08/2004 … Dylan Moran has announced a new run of West End dates following his sell-out run in May.
Mon 16 August 2004
I was nearly a rent boy
Norton tells all in autobiography
16/08/2004 … Graham Norton has confessed that he almost became a rent boy – but bottled out when he was first asked for sex.