Drop the dead ideas
06/01/2004 … Leading comedy writer Andy Hamilton says he won't be writing for BBC1 any more because it is obsessed with short-term ratings at the expense of developing good…
Tue 06 January 2004
Sun 04 January 2004
Aussie comic Gibson dies
04/01/2004 … Australian comedian Lynda Gibson has died after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.
BBC scoops top US sitcom
Arrested Development comes to UK
04/01/2004 … The BBC has brought the rights to air hit American sitcom Arrested Development this autumn.
Sat 03 January 2004
Jim's benefit for slain PC
Davidson gig to raise cash for widow
03/01/2004 … Jim Davidson is to hold a benefit gig for the widow of murdered police officer PC Ian Broadhurst.
Monkhouse mourned
Private family funeral for Bob
03/01/2004 … Bob Monkhouse has been cremated after a private family funeral.
I'm free!
Skinner to get Black Country honour
03/01/2004 … Frank Skinner is to be granted the freedom of his home borough.
Fri 02 January 2004
Heeeere lies Johnny
02/01/2004 … American comedy legend Johnny Carson, the king of late-night TV for three decades, has died at the age of 79.
Thu 01 January 2004
Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed
01/01/2004 … It’s not the best of starts for any show: a 45-minute delay caused by technical problems.