Hot Rhod
11/08/2003 … Welshman Rhod Gilbert has won the BBC Three New Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Mon 11 August 2003
Fri 08 August 2003
A small fortune
Corbett sells his home for £1.35m
08/08/2003 … Ronnie Corbett has put his Croydon home on the market for £1.
Ooray for Aliwood
Baron Cohen 'to star in Spielberg film'
08/08/2003 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to take several roles in a new Steven Spielberg film, according to Press reports today.
Thu 07 August 2003
Fringe al fresco
Comics' impromptu open-air show
07/08/2003 … Stephen K Amos launched an impromptu open-air comedy show after his Edinburgh venue had to be evacuated.
Fat fine for Chubby
Comic fined for hitting sweary fan
07/08/2003 … Roy "Chubby" Brown has been fined £200 after hitting a fan with an umbrella - to stop him swearing.
Beeb looks north for comedy
New talent unit for Manchester
07/08/2003 … The BBC is to set up a comedy development team in Manchester.
7 ups writers' fees
BBC deal hailed as 'great news'
07/08/2003 … Comedy writers are to benefit from a new BBC deal over repeat fees.
Rolling in the aisles
BBC says 'I do' to wedding sitcom
07/08/2003 … BBC1 is to make a sitcom based around the stressful lead-up to a wedding.