Magic formula
Variety returns to BBC1 Saturdays
31/10/2002 … Paul Zerdin, Nina Conti and Men In Coats have taken part in a pilot of a new BBC1 variety show.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 31 October 2002
Wed 30 October 2002
The Office 'could be back'
30/10/2002 … The Office could be back for a third series, creator Ricky Gervais has said.
Newhart honoured
30/10/2002 … Bob Newhart has picked up the Mark Twain Award For American Humour.
Audiences go West
French sitcom sheds 1.3m viewers
30/10/2002 … Dawn French's new sitcom Wild West has shed a fifth of its viewers in a week.
BBC tell Angus: off
Deayton axed over tabloid claims
30/10/2002 … Angus Deayton has been dropped from Have I Got News For You after a series of damaging newspaper stories about his private life.
'I'm no Nazi'
30/10/2002 … Jackie Mason has lashed out at a critic who savaged his current Broadway show.
Tue 29 October 2002
Win Harry Hill novels
29/10/2002 … Harry Hill has a new book coming out - and we have four signed copies to give away.
Comedy DVDs up for grabs
Gimme a Gimme Gimme Gimme disc
29/10/2002 … The third series of Gimme Gimme Gimme is released on DVD and video on November 11 - and we have five copies to give away.