C4 talent hunt launched
01/09/2001 … Applications have opened for this year's stand-up talent hunt So You Think You're Funny? The competition, backed by Channel 4, has been running since 1988, and…
2001 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 01 September 2001
Fri 31 August 2001
Hitchhiker's returns
31/08/2001 … The original Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series are to be repeated as a tribute to its creator Douglas Adams.
Thu 30 August 2001
Footlights on tour
30/08/2001 … Cambridge Footlights are to take their Perrier-nominated show Far Too happy on tour.
Ce n'est pas Fabuleux
Critics savage French Ab Fab film
30/08/2001 … Critics have savaged a new French movie based on the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Write good advice
30/08/2001 … Some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are to share their experience of comedy writing at an international conference this autumn.
Wed 29 August 2001
Father Vegas
How Johnny was almost a priest
29/08/2001 … Johnny Vegas has spoken of how he almost became a priest - and says that he would have made a good one.
Operation Good Buys
29/08/2001 … The third series of Operation Good Guys is released on video on Monday.
West End Ed
29/08/2001 … Ed Byrne has announced a two-week run in London's West End.