No Bex appeal
31/01/2005 … BBC1's new Friday-night comedy line-up has taken a battering in the ratings.
Mon 31 January 2005
Sun 30 January 2005
Rowan's back
30/01/2005 … Rowan Atkinson has signed up to star in his first movie in three years.
Morning glory
BBC7 launches comedy breakfast show
30/01/2005 … Digital radio station BBC7 is to launch its own breakfast show, based around the best in archive comedy.
Papal like us
Italians buy 'offensive' Pope comedy
30/01/2005 … Italy is to screen to Vatican-based cartoon sitcom that the BBC cancelled after a protest campaign by Catholics.
Sat 29 January 2005
Heckled off
29/01/2005 … Jim Davidson stormed off stage last night rather than face a heckler.
Fri 28 January 2005
Topical paradise
28/01/2005 … The BBC is to launch a satirical comedy show that aims to be the next That Was The Week That Was.
Thu 27 January 2005
Beyond the Grave
New romcom from Meldrew creator
27/01/2005 … One Foot In The Grave creator David Renwick has written a new six-part romantic comedy for BBC1.
Ford fined
27/01/2005 … Scottish comic Ford Kiernan has been fined £3,500 for his road rage attack on a taxi driver.