I groped a corpse
22/11/2001 … Billy Connolly has confessed to groping a dead body while drunk.
Thu 22 November 2001
Noble intentions
22/11/2001 … Ross Noble has announced dates for a tour of Britain and Ireland in the New Year.
Get the benefit
Classic Aids fundraiser out again
22/11/2001 … A 1991 benefit featuring the likes of Rowan Atkinson, Eddie Izzard and Ben Elton is to be rereleased on video.
Sayle now on
22/11/2001 … Alexei Sayle is to return to TV in a new show entitled Ask The Professor.
Wed 21 November 2001
Row hits Only Fools plot
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scene ditched
21/11/2001 … Plans to show Del Boy competing in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in a Christmas Only Fools And Horses special have been scrapped in a row between BBC and ITV.
Smiley cultures
BBC showcases black and Asian comics
21/11/2001 … Black and Asian stand-ups are to be showcased in a BBC2 show next month.
The booze talking
Comic's drink lecture for Radio 4
21/11/2001 … Kevin Hayes's Edinburgh show The Devil's Drop is being made into a Radio 4 show.
Tue 20 November 2001
Norton wins Emmy
20/11/2001 … Graham Norton has won an International Emmy for his Channel 4 chat show.