Comedy code
Hunt on for funny new web ideas
18/04/2002 … Channel 4 is giving aspiring comedy writers the chance to have their ideas made into a website.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 18 April 2002
Diller quits stand-up
18/04/2002 … Phyllis Diller is ending her stand-up comedy career - after 47 years.
Fringe first
The Stand launches its line-up
18/04/2002 … The Stand has become the first Edinburgh venue to launch its fringe programme.
It's Partridge season
BBC2 to rerun his entire output
18/04/2002 … BBC 2 is to air a season of programmes featuring hapless TV host Alan Partridge in the run-up to his new series.
Only me... doing a sitcom
18/04/2002 … Harry Enfield is to star in a new BBC sitcom, based on the Private Eye cartoon celeb.
Wed 17 April 2002
A funny old city
London Comedy Festival launched
17/04/2002 … The London Comedy Festival has officially unveiled its programme - with 265 events under its banner.
Making a bad impression
McGowan berates today's comedy
17/04/2002 … Alistair McGowan has laid into modern comedy, saying it's either too silly or too aggressive.