Ennio Marchetto: Paper With A Pulse
12/02/2002 … Venetian mime artist Ennio Marchetto is a real curiosity, a genuinely unique performer who draws on the rich, but largely forgotten heritage of the traditional fool,…
Tue 12 February 2002
Mon 11 February 2002
Nye's work for Morley
11/02/2002 … Former Coronation Street star Ken Morley is to feature in a new sitcom from Simon Nye, the creator of Men Behaving Badly and The Savages.
Sykes: I'm glad I'm blind
...so I don't have to endure TV
11/02/2002 … Eric Sykes says he's glad he has lost his sight and his hearing - so he doesn't have to endure television.
Razor laugh
Shaving firm's new comedy contest
11/02/2002 … A new competition for comedians has been launched - by razor manufacturers Wilkinson Sword.
Sun 10 February 2002
The Chortle Awards
10/02/2002 … 2002 WINNERS Best touring comedian Ross Noble Nominees: Bill Bailey, Rich Hall as Otis Lee Crenshaw, Al Murray Best male circuit comedian Daniel Kitson…
Sat 09 February 2002
Bush-bashing book beats ban
09/02/2002 … American satirst and anti-corporate activist Michael Moore is to finally release his book, despite pressure to have it pulped.
Character building
09/02/2002 … Lenny Henry is to unveil a cast of new characters in his new sketch show, his first comedy programme in three years.
Fri 08 February 2002
Scots comic Duffus dies
08/02/2002 … Dundee-based comedian George Duffus has died of throat cancer.