Ricky hits the road
Gervais announces his first tour
24/02/2004 … Ricky Gervais has announced his first national stand-up tour.
Tue 24 February 2004
Mon 23 February 2004
Jerry well done
Springer opera nets four Oliviers
23/02/2004 … Jerry Springer: The Opera won four of Britain's leading theatre awards last night.
The Crouches to return
...but now with a black writer
23/02/2004 … BBC's first black sitcom, The Crouches, is to return despite attracting a critical mauling and only modest audiences.
Sat 21 February 2004
Seriously rich
Ben Elton pays himself £1m a year
21/02/2004 … Ben Elton earned almost £1million last year, according to his company accounts.
Fri 20 February 2004
Sleeping with the NME
New sitcom about stuggling band
20/02/2004 … Adam Buxton is to star in a new Channel Four sitcom about a struggling Brighton band.
Heckler costs bar £2,300
Compensation after comic attacked
20/02/2004 … An Irish bar owner has been ordered to pay £2,300 compensation after a comedian was attacked by a heckler.
Tour axed over race fears
20/02/2004 … A French comic who offended Jews has been forced to cancel a live tour after organisers said they could not guarantee the safety of his audience.
Manning for Deputy PM
Comic's new job as Prescott lookalike
20/02/2004 … Bernard Manning has landed a new comedy role as a John Prescott lookalike.