It's grin up north
Cumbria launches comedy contest
12/08/2002 … A hunt has been launched for the best new comedian in Cumbria.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 12 August 2002
I know nothing about comedy
12/08/2002 … BBC comedy chief Jon Plowman has admitted he knows nothing about comedy.
Wisty galore
Unheard Peter Cook tapes released
12/08/2002 … A new batch of previously unheard Peter Cook recordings are to be released on CD today.
Friends reunited?
Current series 'may not be the last'
12/08/2002 … Fans of Friends have been given fresh hope that the series may not end after all.
Wisty galore
Unheard Peter Cook tapes released
12/08/2002 … A new batch of previously unheard Peter Cook recordings are to be released on CD today.
Sun 11 August 2002
You dirty old man
11/08/2002 … Steptoe and Son star Wilfred Brambell lusted after teenage boys and was once caught cottaging in public toilets, a new TV documentary claims.
Ozzy theatens to sue Enfield
Rocker claims sitcom is based on him
11/08/2002 … Ozzy Osbourne has threatened to sue Harry Enfield over his new BBC comedy series.
Sat 10 August 2002
Seinfeld 'stole my idea'
Comic claims hit show owes him millions
10/08/2002 … Fringe performer Joey West says Jerry Seinfeld owes him millions of dollars for ripping off the idea for his hugely successful sitcom.