Becks on the box
29/04/2002 … David Beckham is set to appear in a new BBC sitcom.
Mon 29 April 2002
Comedy washout
Freak downpour stops radio pilot
29/04/2002 … A Radio 4 comedy pilot has been abandoned after water gushed through the studio ceiling.
'Last bastion of sexism'
29/04/2002 … Comedy is a last bastion of sexism, impressionist Jan Ravens has claimed.
Channel Gore...
29/04/2002 … Channel 4 has signed up Perrier Award winner Garth Marenghi.
Ladykillers revisited
Coens to remake Ealing classic
29/04/2002 … The Coen brothers are planning to remake the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers.
Sun 28 April 2002
Ali G to tour?
28/04/2002 … Ali G is reportedly planning a live tour of Britain - to end in Staines.
Comedy secrets revealed
28/04/2002 … Television executives are to reveal the secrets of how new comedies are commissioned.
A bed of Roses
Los Dos Bros and Kumars triumph in Montreux
28/04/2002 … Channel 4's Los Dos Bros has won the top sitcom prize at the Montreux television festival.