'Pool winners
Comics vie for Liverpool award
07/08/2002 … Brendan O'Caroll, Silky and Keith Carter have been nominated for a comedy award.
Wed 07 August 2002
Tue 06 August 2002
Title fight
ITV comedy show 'stole our name'
06/08/2002 … A group of teenage performers is furious with TV producers who unwittingly stole the name of their show, The youngsters, from Market Harborough, are planning a…
Now you see it...
06/08/2002 … Dead Ringers is to be made into a TV series.
Flight of fancy
Fringe audience send punter to Spain
06/08/2002 … Fringe-goer Dave Allman is going on a dream trip to Spain after being picked on at Edinburgh's rowdy Late 'n' Live.
Mon 05 August 2002
Coogan branded a 'cad'
05/08/2002 … American gossip columns have branded Steve Coogan a "cad" for chatting up two women in one night.
It's all gone pear-shaped
Car theft tops comics' unlucky week
05/08/2002 … Comic Brian Damage and his wife Krysstal are stranded in Edinburgh after his car was stolen and torched.
Sun 04 August 2002
Quid pro quo
Vegas sells wedding pics for £1
04/08/2002 … Johnny Vegas has shunned Hello! and OK! magazines - and offered his wedding photos to Viz.
Crying all the way to the bank
Hat Trick TV for sale after cash crisis
04/08/2002 … One of the biggest producers of TV comedy is partially up for sale.