Big Yin's big gigs
Connolly to play to 67,000 fans
30/07/2004 … Billy Connolly has announced a run of 18 dates in London this autumn.
2004 Archives
Fri 30 July 2004
Thu 29 July 2004
A-ha for Hollywood!
Partridge may head for the movies
29/07/2004 … Steve Coogan is hoping to revive Alan Partridge for a big-budget Hollywood movie.
Scotch on the rocks
29/07/2004 … Film-makers are planning a remake of the 1949 Ealing comedy Whisky Galore! Producers have launched a fundraising drive to find the £400,000 needed to start…
Wed 28 July 2004
Roisin Conaty – Original Review
28/07/2004 … There's something very endearing about Conaty's modest stage manner that wills you to enjoy her observational material.
A bronze Bob
28/07/2004 … A statue has been erected to veteran American comic Bob Newhart in Chicago.
It's homo Simpson
Cartoon favourite to come out the closet
28/07/2004 … One of the regular characters in The Simpsons is to surprise fans by revealing they are gay.
Tue 27 July 2004
Taking the peace
Mason rapped over anti-Muslim remarks
27/07/2004 … America’s largest radio station is facing a probe by watchdogs after Jackie Mason made anti-Islamic remarks.
Mon 26 July 2004
Thanks a billion
Montreal boasts vast TV audience
26/07/2004 … A billion people will see footage from this year’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, its president has claimed.