Dave's on board
18/08/2003 … Dave Gorman has been elected to the board that runs the Edinburgh Fringe.
Mon 18 August 2003
Milking Manning's image
Comic to be face of anti-dairy drive
18/08/2003 … Bernard Manning is to be the face of a new campaign encouraging people not to drink milk.
Pay row hits US sitcom
Not everybody loves Raymond's deal
18/08/2003 … America's second biggest sitcom has been hit by a pay row that is putting its new series at risk.
John Leslie chucked out
Rowdy pals disrupted Fringe show
18/08/2003 … John Leslie has been thrown out of an Edinburgh Fringe show after his rowdy pals started heckling the comedian.
I've Goon too far
Biographer 'too harsh' on Spike
18/08/2003 … Spike Milligan's biographer has admitted he was too hard on the former Goon.
Fri 15 August 2003
12 angry comics
Hancock script makes stage debut
15/08/2003 … The comics starring in the stage version of the classic film 12 Angry Men at the Edinburgh Fringe are to take on Tony Hancock's spoof version.
The Empire fights back
15/08/2003 … London's iconic Hackney Empire has been saved - again.
Naughty... but nice
Accolade for Graham Chapman play
15/08/2003 … A new play about the troubled life of Monty Python star Graham Chapman has won a coveted award at the Edinburgh Festival.