Mel and Sue tour axed
17/09/2001 … Mel and Sue's tour scheduled for November has been cancelled because Mel Giedroyc is having a baby.
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 17 September 2001
Best of the Fest
17/09/2001 … Ed Byrne, Trev and Simon (pictured), Daniel Kitson, Sean Lock and Parsons and Naylor have all been confirmed for the Manchester Comedy Festival later this month.
Play to win
Tickets for comedy tour up for grabs
17/09/2001 … The first Play UK Comedy tour kicks off this Wednesday, fielding a strong line-up of some of the best comics on the circuit.
Eastern promise
Comic gets a boost from Real EastEnders doc
17/09/2001 … John Ryan says he could easily have ended up a criminal rather than a comic.
Thu 13 September 2001
Good Fortune?
Comic stumbled into diplomatic dispute
13/09/2001 … John Fortune has told how he was kissed by former Greek premier Andreas Papandreou after posing as a British civil servant.
Wed 12 September 2001
'My drinking put kids at risk'
12/09/2001 … American comic Paula Poundstone has admitted that her drinking put children at risk.
Frasier creator dies in terror attack
12/09/2001 … One of the creators of the hit sitcom Frasier was killed in yesterday's terrorist attack.
Crisp denial
12/09/2001 … Lee Evans has turned down a £600,000 deal to advertise crisps.