Do they understand you?
22/03/2002 … Scottish comic Fred MacAuley met Prince Philip today and the Duke immediately asked if audiences could understand him.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 22 March 2002
Ho, ho, owe
Joan Collins stings Cryer for £1,500
22/03/2002 … Joan Collins has refused to pay Barry Cryer the full fee for writing jokes for her one-woman show, it has been claimed.
Thu 21 March 2002
'Game' over for Jim
21/03/2002 … Jim Davidson is quitting BBC1's ailing Generation Game to work on a new sitcom.
Mersey mission
Liverpool plans comedy hall of fame
21/03/2002 … Liverpool's rich comedy history could soon be honoured in an official hall of fame.
Give it up for...
Walker heads organ donor drive
21/03/2002 … Comedian Curtis Walker is to spearhead a government campaign to encourage black people to donate their organs when they die.
Wed 20 March 2002
Johnny come lately
20/03/2002 … Johnny Vegas has been named best newcomer at the Royal Television Society awards for his role in Paul Whitehouse's Happiness.
Hugh Grant for PM
20/03/2002 … Hugh Grant is being lined up to play a fictional Prime Minister in a new comedy from Richard Curtis.
Brass Eye up for a Bafta
Nomination irks children's charity
20/03/2002 … The Brass Eye special on paedophilia has been nominated for two awards in the television Baftas, sparking a new bout of controversy.