Channel Gore...
29/04/2002 … Channel 4 has signed up Perrier Award winner Garth Marenghi.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 29 April 2002
'Last bastion of sexism'
29/04/2002 … Comedy is a last bastion of sexism, impressionist Jan Ravens has claimed.
Comedy washout
Freak downpour stops radio pilot
29/04/2002 … A Radio 4 comedy pilot has been abandoned after water gushed through the studio ceiling.
Becks on the box
29/04/2002 … David Beckham is set to appear in a new BBC sitcom.
Sun 28 April 2002
O'Grady's got balls
Bingo sitcom role for cardiac victim
28/04/2002 … Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady is being lined up for a new BBC comedy, despite his recent heart attack.
A bed of Roses
Los Dos Bros and Kumars triumph in Montreux
28/04/2002 … Channel 4's Los Dos Bros has won the top sitcom prize at the Montreux television festival.
Comedy secrets revealed
28/04/2002 … Television executives are to reveal the secrets of how new comedies are commissioned.
Ali G to tour?
28/04/2002 … Ali G is reportedly planning a live tour of Britain - to end in Staines.