Making a Stand
16/08/2001 … Scottish comedy club The Stand has its sights set on expanding south of the border.
Thu 16 August 2001
Wed 15 August 2001
Wax lyrical over ads
Ruby to host Commerical Breakdown
15/08/2001 … Ruby Wax is to present the next series of Commercial Breakdown.
Tue 14 August 2001
Angus on TV
Sideways glance at telly faves
14/08/2001 … Angus Deayton is to host a short BBC series taking a typically wry look at TV shows from around the word.
Judge Coogan
14/08/2001 … Steve Coogan is to judge the final of the So You Think You're Funny? competition.
Connolly abuse mystery
Big Yin hints that he was victim
14/08/2001 … Billy Connolly has hinted that he could have been the victim of child sex abuse.
Simpsons exposed
14/08/2001 … The Simpsons are to parody Harry Potter, Erin Brockovich and 2001: A Space Odyssey in their next series.
Mon 13 August 2001
Manchest-ha
13/08/2001 … Manchester is to get its own ten-day comedy festival.
You old devil
13/08/2001 … Bob Monkhouse is to provide the voice of the Devil in a new animated sketch show The 73-year-old comedy veteran will play the star of Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show,…