Rik's rage
03/10/2005 … Rik Mayall has launched an attack on the BBC – claiming he’s been axed from their channels because he isn’t gay.
Mon 03 October 2005
Sat 01 October 2005
Andy Watson – Original Review
01/10/2005 … Abuzz with nervy energy, Andy Watson has an irresistible, infectious style that has the audience rapt from the get-go.
Sam Avery – Original Review
01/10/2005 … Liverpudlian Sam Avery's set revolves around the typical concerns of your twentysomething lad – which pretty much extends to fags and beer.
Paul Betney – Original Review
01/10/2005 … Newcomer Paul Betney has a form of sclerosis which makes him shake incessantly.
Adam Bloom – Original Review
01/10/2005 … Bloom's obsessive enthusiasm for the art of comedy is patently obvious from the moment he bundles onto the stage in a buzz of nervous energy.
Steph Davies – Original Review
01/10/2005 … Thsi newish Liverpudlian comic paints an unremittingly unflattering portrait of her home town, full to overflowing of rat-like Scallies.
A write result
Duo win £10,000 script contest
01/10/2005 … Two office temps have beaten more than 1,500 aspiring comedy writers to win a £10,000 Channel 4 competition.
These 'pathetic' censors
Gervais's fury over advert edits
01/10/2005 … Ricky Gervais slammed censors who demanded changes to his new radio advert for a prostate cancer charity as 'pathetic'.