Playing drunk
Vegas to star in Dickens drama
24/12/2004 … Johnny Vegas is to star in a TV adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.
Fri 24 December 2004
Thu 23 December 2004
Missing millions
Comedy awards lose ratings battle
23/12/2004 … The British Comedy Awards were trounced in the ratings by BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing.
Bart's Bard
23/12/2004 … Ricky Gervais is to write an episode of The Simpsons.
A Store of memories
BBC1 documents Comedy Store rise
23/12/2004 … BBC1 is to screen an hour-long documentary about the 25-year history of the Comedy Store.
Wed 22 December 2004
We're not joking
Comedians threaten strike action
22/12/2004 … New York’s comedy clubs are bracing themselves for strike action – by the stand-ups themselves.
And the winners are...
Little Britain triumphs at awards
22/12/2004 … The Office has officially passed the comedy torch to Little Britain, after Matt Lucas and David Walliams picked up three British Comedy Awards.
Tue 21 December 2004
Funniest scene ever
21/12/2004 … John Cleese's rant demanding ‘What have the Romans done for us?’ has been named the funniest movie scene ever.
Hotter than Kylie
21/12/2004 … More people are buying Peter Kay calendars for their walls than Kylie Minogue, Abi Titmuss or Robbie Williams.