Whiter than white?
Friends finally seeks ethnic actress
31/01/2003 … Friends bosses are making a rare demand for the next actress to join the hit sitcom she shouldn't be white.
Fri 31 January 2003
Wed 29 January 2003
Animated discussions
Leary to make cartoons from stand-up
29/01/2003 … Denis Leary has signed a deal for two new comedy shows for American TV.
'Stand-up bored me'
Why Lee's happy off the circuit
29/01/2003 … Stewart Lee has admitted he used to get so bored with stand-up that he would deliberately disrupt his routine - just for the thrill getting it back on track.
Marion, Geoff and Ed
29/01/2003 … Rob Brydon will be taking his Marion And Geoff stage show to the Edinburgh Festival.
Driving audiences away
Just 1.4m see Marion and Geoff
29/01/2003 … Marion And Geoff was trounced in the ratings by every other terrestrial TV programme last night.
Stand up for yourself
29/01/2003 … Out-of-work people in some of Scotland's most deprived areas are being groomed for jobs in comedy under a scheme to revitalise the area.
Is it coz I is back?
29/01/2003 … Ali G is to return to Channel 4 later this year with a show filmed in the States.
Promoted to the board
29/01/2003 … The makers of Monopoly are planning a version set in Slough to cash in on the success of The Office.