Office rules
Sitcom trounces rivals for ratings
01/10/2002 … Almost 5 million people watched The Office last night - more than any other programme in its time slot.
Tue 01 October 2002
Aherne quits sitcom
01/10/2002 … Caroline Aherne has walked out on a new TV sitcom.
Ricky announces live run
01/10/2002 … Ricky Gervais has announced a run of live dates in London.
Daniel Kitson – Original Review
01/10/2002 … Kitson is the perfect antidote to the slick, laddish, sex-and-drugs comics that pervade the circuit.
Andy Zaltzman – Original Review
01/10/2002 … Zaltzman has set himself a difficult course, aiming as he does to blend big political ideas with surreal humour, and still keep it funny.
Alfie Joey – Original Review
01/10/2002 … At heart Alfie Joey is a good old-fashioned entertainer: with his spot-on impersonations and enthusiastic banter, he'd be right at home at a Royal Variety Performance.
Jay Sodagar – Original Review
01/10/2002 … Sodagar's opening gambit ("Don't worry, no one ordered a cab - and, yes, I do speak English") is an uncomfortable one.
Martin Cassidy – Original Review
01/10/2002 … The scope of Cassidy's material is very limited - stretching fom Ready Steady Cook all the way to Can't Cook Won't Cook, with some DIY SOS thrown in for good measure.