Evans lands Producers role
17/12/2003 … Lee Evans is to star in the West End version of The Producers, it has been confirmed.
Wed 17 December 2003
Tue 16 December 2003
24/7
Digital comedy channel goes round the clock
16/12/2003 … BBC7, the digital home of some of radio's best comedy, has started broadcasting 24 hours a day.
'I'll hack your head off'
Racist nut threatens Lenny Henry
16/12/2003 … Lenny Henry has called in police after an anonymous caller threatened to cut his head off.
Mon 15 December 2003
Beeb poaches Norton
Graham signed to revive Saturday nights
15/12/2003 … Graham Norton has signed an exclusive two-and-a-half-year deal to work on the BBC.
A record breaker
Evans performs to biggest audience
15/12/2003 … Lee Evans has set a world record for performing to the biggest comedy audience.
Sun 14 December 2003
Billy joins the $1m-a-movie set
Connolly breaks magic pay barrier
14/12/2003 … Billy Connolly has joined the list of Hollywood actors making $1million a movie with his latest screen deal.
Gervais goes into politics
14/12/2003 … Ricky Gervais is working on a new stand-up show.
Sat 13 December 2003
Worth waiting for
Comic scoops award... two months late
13/12/2003 … British stand-up Paul Chowdhry has just been told that he won a comedy award - more than two months after the event.