Chubby's back
Brown hits the road after cancer ordeal
31/10/2002 … Roy 'Chubby' Brown has returned to the stage after seven months off for throat cancer treatment.
Thu 31 October 2002
Baddiel and Skinner Unpanned
Duo cleared after racism complaint
31/10/2002 … Frank Skinner and David Baddiel have been cleared of making a racist comment on their Unplanned show.
Wed 30 October 2002
'I'm no Nazi'
30/10/2002 … Jackie Mason has lashed out at a critic who savaged his current Broadway show.
BBC tell Angus: off
Deayton axed over tabloid claims
30/10/2002 … Angus Deayton has been dropped from Have I Got News For You after a series of damaging newspaper stories about his private life.
Audiences go West
French sitcom sheds 1.3m viewers
30/10/2002 … Dawn French's new sitcom Wild West has shed a fifth of its viewers in a week.
Newhart honoured
30/10/2002 … Bob Newhart has picked up the Mark Twain Award For American Humour.
The Office 'could be back'
30/10/2002 … The Office could be back for a third series, creator Ricky Gervais has said.
Tue 29 October 2002
Virtually done
BBC's online sitcom nears completion
29/10/2002 … The seven writers for the BBC's latest sitcom will meet for the first time tomorrow - even though they have spent the last three months working together.