Izzard's Labour gift
08/08/2001 … Eddie Izzard donated £10,000 to Labour's election campaign.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 08 August 2001
Mon 06 August 2001
Protest bandwagon rolls on
Wood joins calls for Perrier boycott
06/08/2001 … Victoria Wood and Julie Christie have joined calls for comics to boycott the Perrier Awards.
All that Jazz
06/08/2001 … Dan Freedman has landed a TV show in the guise of his Panamanian musician character Mundo Jazz.
Sun 05 August 2001
Sell-out
Contest final full within two hours
05/08/2001 … Tickets for the final of the Channel 4-backed So You Think You're Funny competition have sold out within two hours.
Down Mexico way
Norton explores south of the border
05/08/2001 … Graham Norton is to make another travelogue.
Dave Gorman-hattan
05/08/2001 … Dave Gorman has landed a six-week run in New York.
Sat 04 August 2001
Eclair fears critics
04/08/2001 … Jenny Eclair says she's nervous about facing the critics with her new stand-up show.
Fri 03 August 2001
It's an honour
03/08/2001 … Jerry Springer says it's an honour to be the subject of a new opera spoof.