Top banana
Conti's monkey act scoops BBC title
12/08/2002 … Nina Conti has won this year's BBC New Comedy Award.
Mon 12 August 2002
Thanks a million
12/08/2002 … Chortle has received its millionth visitor.
Feet of clay
12/08/2002 … Johnny Vegas is to star in a new radio comedy series, which he has also co-written.
Sun 11 August 2002
Ozzy theatens to sue Enfield
Rocker claims sitcom is based on him
11/08/2002 … Ozzy Osbourne has threatened to sue Harry Enfield over his new BBC comedy series.
You dirty old man
11/08/2002 … Steptoe and Son star Wilfred Brambell lusted after teenage boys and was once caught cottaging in public toilets, a new TV documentary claims.
Sat 10 August 2002
Seinfeld 'stole my idea'
Comic claims hit show owes him millions
10/08/2002 … Fringe performer Joey West says Jerry Seinfeld owes him millions of dollars for ripping off the idea for his hugely successful sitcom.
Fri 09 August 2002
Perrier is too sl-eau
09/08/2002 … Comedy promoters are calling on the Perrier shortlist to be revealed earlier so they can cash in on the prized nominations.
Tarbuck and friends...
09/08/2002 … BBC chiefs have announced the host of their hunt for the freshest new stand-up talent.