Rio to sue The Simpsons
09/04/2002 … Rio de Janeiro's tourist board is threatening to sue The Simpsons.
2002 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 09 April 2002
Cleese's sitcom axed
09/04/2002 … John Cleese's new US sitcom has been axed after just two episodes.
Mon 08 April 2002
Reece goes on-wards
League of Gents star in hospital comedy
08/04/2002 … The League of Gentelemen's Reece Shearsmith is to star in a new black comedy about the NHS.
Clued behaviour
08/04/2002 … Veteran radio producer David Hatch put in an appearance at the 30th anniversary recording of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - "to see if they can finally get it…
Oh my God, they killed Kenny!
08/04/2002 … South Park's Kenny has been killed for good.
Sun 07 April 2002
BAD radio
07/04/2002 … Comedy team Big and Daft have landed a weekly radio show on BBC London.
A wealth of comedy
Laughing all the way to the bank
07/04/2002 … Tracey Ulman and Rowan Atkinson have been named as the richest people in British comedy.
Sat 06 April 2002
Kerensa takes ITV title
Result of televised stand-up hunt
06/04/2002 … Paul Kerensa has won ITV's Take The Mike competition for new comics.