Joly defects from C4
21/12/2001 … Dom Joly has quit Channel 4 for the BBC in a £1million deal.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 21 December 2001
It's your own stupid fault
MPs' 'stitch-up' moans rejected
21/12/2001 … Two Labour MPs who complained they were stitched up by Brass Eye have only got themselves to blame, TV watchdogs have ruled.
Jocks on the box
21/12/2001 … Five Scottish-based comics have landed their own TV show.
Jongleurs expands
2 clubs to open, more on the way
21/12/2001 … Comedy club chain Jongleurs is to open its first clubs outside England next month.
Thu 20 December 2001
UK's funniest joke named
20/12/2001 … Scientists have named what they say is Britain's funniest joke.
Win Chris Rock videos
20/12/2001 … Chris Rock's latest movie Down To Earth is out to rent on video and DVD on Christmas Eve - and Chortle has ten copies to give away.
Wed 19 December 2001
Jolywood
19/12/2001 … Trigger Happy TV's Dom Joly is to make a film in the new year.
Self deprecating
Author Will to join Shooting Stars
19/12/2001 … Neil Hamilton, Jordan, Paul Daniels and Michael Winner will all make guest appearances on Shooting Stars when it returns next month.