Cleese blasts Beeb
24/03/2002 … John Cleese has blasted the BBC as a bunch of control freaks - for planning a tribute to him.
Sun 24 March 2002
Fri 22 March 2002
Ho, ho, owe
Joan Collins stings Cryer for £1,500
22/03/2002 … Joan Collins has refused to pay Barry Cryer the full fee for writing jokes for her one-woman show, it has been claimed.
Do they understand you?
22/03/2002 … Scottish comic Fred MacAuley met Prince Philip today and the Duke immediately asked if audiences could understand him.
Thu 21 March 2002
Give it up for...
Walker heads organ donor drive
21/03/2002 … Comedian Curtis Walker is to spearhead a government campaign to encourage black people to donate their organs when they die.
Mersey mission
Liverpool plans comedy hall of fame
21/03/2002 … Liverpool's rich comedy history could soon be honoured in an official hall of fame.
'Game' over for Jim
21/03/2002 … Jim Davidson is quitting BBC1's ailing Generation Game to work on a new sitcom.
Wed 20 March 2002
Remembering Willie
20/03/2002 … A plaque has gone up in Mornington Crescent Tube station to honour Willie Rushton.
Brass Eye up for a Bafta
Nomination irks children's charity
20/03/2002 … The Brass Eye special on paedophilia has been nominated for two awards in the television Baftas, sparking a new bout of controversy.