Doubt over Chapman 'finds'
Sketches had been performed before
20/07/2002 … EXCLUSIVE The 'unseen' Monty Python sketches due to be premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe are not as much as a revelation as had been claimed.
Sat 20 July 2002
Fri 19 July 2002
Iranian storms Canada
Djalili attracts Montreal heat
19/07/2002 … Omid Djalili is proving a hit at the Montreal comedy festival.
Top of the Billy
Connolly biog tops bestsellers
19/07/2002 … The biography of Billy Connolly by wife Pamela Stephenson has jumped to the top of the bestseller list.
Simpsons go easy on Bush
Dubya-bashing show axed after 9-11
19/07/2002 … An episode of The Simpsons ridiculing George W Bush was axed in the wake of September 11, its top producer has revealed.
Wed 17 July 2002
BBC2
Governors heap praise on sitcom
17/07/2002 … BBC governors have singled out The Office as the single defining programme of BBC2.
Byrne out
17/07/2002 … Ed Byrne has announced the first batch of dates in what he claims will be the biggest solo stand-up tour of the UK.
Remembering Joan
17/07/2002 … Carry On star Joan Sims is to be remembered with a blue plaque.
Mon 15 July 2002
The $5m comic
15/07/2002 … American comic Eddie Griffin has sold the film of his stand-up routine for more than £3million.