Mel and Sue for West End
29/08/2002 … Mel and Sue have announced a handful of dates in London's West End.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 29 August 2002
Come friendly comic...
Slough wants Gervais to repair its image
29/08/2002 … Ricky Gervais has been asked to champion a new drive to improve Slough's drab image.
Mason: 'I'm no racist'
Jackie denies axing Palestinian comic
29/08/2002 … Jewish comic Jackie Mason has denied that refused to share a stage with a Palestinian comedian - contradicting what his manager earlier claimed.
DVD for early Cleese film
'How To Irritate' out next month
29/08/2002 … The John Cleese film widely regarded as the precursor to Monty Python is to be released on DVD next month.
Free Comedy Store tickets
29/08/2002 … Chortle is offering every reader free admission to the Comedy Store in Manchester this Sunday.
TV 'harms comics' careers'
29/08/2002 … Landing a television deal can set a rising comedian's career BACK by years, the head of the Avalon agency has claimed.
Pilot comic lands TV role
Denford to appear in deaf soap opera
29/08/2002 … Comedian Harry Denford has landed a role in a TV soap opera for deaf people.
Wed 28 August 2002
Big Yin Japan
Billy lands role in Samurai movie
28/08/2002 … Billy Connolly is to star opposite Tom Cruise in a historical movie epic.