'A second-rate Beadle'
Jan Ravens deridess her own show
03/11/2002 … Jan Ravens says her own show makes her feel like "a second-rate Jeremy Beadle.
Sun 03 November 2002
Not 'aving it
Kay blocks Man U stars' freebies
03/11/2002 … Peter Kay has banned Manchester United stars from getting into his sell-out shows for free.
Sat 02 November 2002
Nothing funny about it...
Palin says comedy is losing its edge
02/11/2002 … Michael Palin says he's depressed about the state of comedy.
Bill Woolland – Original Review
02/11/2002 … Woolland spends a lot of time geeing up the audience, but we could really with less banter and more punchlines.
Fri 01 November 2002
Anne-gus Deayton
01/11/2002 … Anne Robinson is to host next week's edition of Have I Got News For You.
Drew Barr – Original Review
01/11/2002 … A warm, animated delivery can, unfortunately, do little to hide the paucity of the material here.
Thu 31 October 2002
Magic formula
Variety returns to BBC1 Saturdays
31/10/2002 … Paul Zerdin, Nina Conti and Men In Coats have taken part in a pilot of a new BBC1 variety show.
Bookies' favourite
31/10/2002 … Paul Merton and ITN political editor John Sergeant are favourites to replace Angus Deayton as host of Have I Got News For You.