Island hopping
Today Melbourne, tommorow New Zealand...
30/03/2005 … Many of the stars of the Melbourne festival will be heading over to New Zealand once the event is over.
Wed 30 March 2005
BBC rejects Springer furore
Governors anger Christian protesters
30/03/2005 … The BBC governors have rejected thousands of complaints over the airing of Jerry Springer - The Opera Around 63,000 people complained when the show, co-written…
Tue 29 March 2005
Office tops US ratings
29/03/2005 … The American remake of The Office has got off to a cracking start in the ratings.
Mon 28 March 2005
The mane event
Laughing Horse finalists named
28/03/2005 … The finalists in the annual new act competition run by the Laughing Horse chain of comedy clubs have been announced.
Vic loses TV ads
Campaign shelved over drink-drive rap
28/03/2005 … Vic Reeves has been dropped from his TV car insurance adverts after being charged with drink-driving.
Sun 27 March 2005
Lucy Porter – Original Review
27/03/2005 … Lucy Porter has to be one of the loveliest act on the circuit.
It's comedy karaoke
27/03/2005 … Reciting other comedians' material is usually frowned on in today’s stand-up - but a new invention encourages exactly that, combining the twin entertainments…
Sat 26 March 2005
The new satire boom
26/03/2005 … Satire is booming, according to the comics performing in Melbourne.