Sean's show
31/12/2001 … Sean Cullen has landed a part in Ellen DeGeneres's next series.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 31 December 2001
Sun 30 December 2001
A funny old year...
30/12/2001 … Gone, but not forgotten Former Goon Sir Harry Secombe died from prostate cancer at the age of 79 in April Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy creator Douglas Adams…
Wed 26 December 2001
Lovely jubbly
26/12/2001 … Only Fools and Horses was the most popular TV show on Christmas Day.
Funny money
Comics win £250,000 on Millionaire
26/12/2001 … David Baddiel and Frank Skinner won £250,000 for charity in tonight's celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The former flatmates even knew the…
Sir Nigel Hawthorne dies
26/12/2001 … Sir Nigel Hawthorne, the distinguished actor who is still probably best loved for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the classic comedy Yes Minister, has died…
Mon 24 December 2001
Big (and Daft) break
24/12/2001 … Big and Daft have landed a comedy show on BBC London radio.
Sun 23 December 2001
Eddie Izzard MEP?
23/12/2001 … Eddie Izzard says he would be interested in becoming a Labour Euro-MP.
Big Yin's big win
Book tops 2001 bestseller list
23/12/2001 … Billy Connolly's biography will be the bestselling hardback of 2001.