Comics given a lift
10/03/2003 … Comics are to perform in what is being touted as the world's most unusual venue - an aluminium lift on Brighton beach.
Mon 10 March 2003
Norton rapped
Bee Gees gag was too offensive
10/03/2003 … Graham Norton has been rapped over a bad-taste joke about the late Maurice Gibb.
Scouse of fun
10/03/2003 … Liverpool produces more comedians per head than anywhere else in Britain, a new survey claims.
Sun 09 March 2003
Red alert
Dwarf stars set for fans' weekend
09/03/2003 … The stars of Red Dwarf have been lined up to for a fans' convention next month.
Hollow victory
Sketch troop scoop Aspen prize
09/03/2003 … British sketch group The Hollow Men, have picked up a top award at the Aspen comedy festival.
Fri 07 March 2003
It's grin up north
Comedy's north-south divide revealed
07/03/2003 … A new survey has exposed a north-south divide in comedy tastes.
Thu 06 March 2003
Leno heads for UK
Digital channel snaps up talk show rights
06/03/2003 … Jay Leno's top-rated American talk show is coming to the UK.
Fat chance
Club staff boycott Chubby tribute
06/03/2003 … Nightclub staff have boycotted a Roy "Chubby" Brown tribute night over fears they would be subjected to a torrent of racist and sexist abuse.