Small ambition
16/10/2002 … Ronnie Corbett wants to make a return to sitcom.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 16 October 2002
Tue 15 October 2002
Still standing
ITV names talent contest finalists
15/10/2002 … ITV has announced the finalists in its search for new comedy talent, Stand-Up Britain.
Coogan's cartoon draws fire
Anti-vivisectionists blast project
15/10/2002 … Animal rights activists have slammed Steve Coogan's new comedy for making light of vivisection.
Cold Feet still hot
Comedy wins National Television Award
15/10/2002 … Cold Feet as been named most popular comedy at the National Television Awards.
Cracking film, Gromit
Aardman's new short goes online
15/10/2002 … A new Wallace and Gromit film has been released after a six-year absence - but only on the Internet.
Meera's £100,000 gamble
15/10/2002 … Meera Syal has waived her £100,000 fee for the movie Anita And Me to ensure it got made.
Izzard gets raunchy...
15/10/2002 … An explicit drama starring Eddie Izzard and new episodes of Smack The Pony have been unveiled in Channel 4's new winter schedule.
Mon 14 October 2002
Djalili lands sitcom deal
US network signs Brit-Iranian comic
14/10/2002 … Omid Djalili has signed a deal to develop a new sitcom for American TV.