Coming of age
25/03/2004 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the third biggest event in the worldwide comedy calendar kicks off tonight.
Thu 25 March 2004
Croft work
Veteran writer pens autobiography
25/03/2004 … Veteran scriptwriter David Croft is to publish his autobiography next month.
Bernard's not a hoot
Angry footy fans axe Manning gig
25/03/2004 … Sheffield Wednesday has scrapped a gig by Bernard Manning after a barrage of complaints from disgusted fans.
Wed 24 March 2004
Anna Keirle – Original Review
24/03/2004 … Daffy Cornish bumpkin Keirle has funny in her veins, with a disarming daftness and an endearingly babbling manner.
BBC3 relegates comedy
...but The Boosh finally arrive
24/03/2004 … The new BBC3 spring schedules have been unveiled with comedy relegated to a back seat.
No laughing matter
Activists campaign to axe Coogan comedy
24/03/2004 … Animal rights activists are campaigning to have Steve Coogan's latest comedy pulled from BBC2 before it hits the air.
Ricky goes to town
24/03/2004 … Ricky Gervais has announced a run of London dates as part of his new Politics tour.
Back from the dead
Life Of Brian cashes in on Gibson row
24/03/2004 … Monty Python's Life Of Brian is to be resurrected to cash in on the furore created by Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ.