Big laughs
28/05/2002 … Jongleurs is to open what could be Britain's biggest comedy club next month.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 28 May 2002
Release the Lions...
28/05/2002 … David Baddiel and Frank Skinner's football anthem Three Lions is to be released for a third time.
Mon 27 May 2002
Last laughs
Gala brings London festival to end
27/05/2002 … Sixteen comics have brought the second London Comedy Festival to an end with a four-hour benefit gig that will raise thousands of pounds to combat breast cancer.
Rainbow worrier
Fringe comedy show for Geoffrey
27/05/2002 … Former Rainbow presenter Geoffrey Hayes is to stage a solo comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Pat Coombs dies
Carry On.. and On The Buses star
27/05/2002 … Comedy character actress Pat Coombs has died at her London home at the age of 75.
Funny old lives
Biography Channel's comedy night
27/05/2002 … The Biography Channel is to dedicated an evening to heroes of comedy.
Wed 22 May 2002
An 'Orrible mistake
BBC apologises for Vaughan sitcom
22/05/2002 … The BBC's head of comedy has apologised for the Johnny Vaughan sitcom 'Orrible.
Royle comeback?
22/05/2002 … Ricky Tomlinson is hoping for a Royle Family Christmas special.