Foreign Office success
US critics rave over Gervais sitcom
23/01/2003 … Americans have had their first glimpse of The Office - and like what they see.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 23 January 2003
Beeb gets new comedy chief
Royle Family honcho jumps ship
23/01/2003 … The producer of The Royal Family has joined the BBC to oversee a raft of new comedy shows.
Wed 22 January 2003
Disco inferno
Comic's song aids Canberra firefighters
22/01/2003 … Australian stand-up Adam Hills has released a charity single to help fire-ravaged Canberra.
Experimental humour
C4 orders spoof science series
22/01/2003 … Channel 4 is to air a late-night science spoof described as "Chris Morris running the Open University".
Celebrity Squares is back
Comics help revive 70s gameshow
22/01/2003 … Channel 5 is considering reviving Seventies gameshow Celebrity Squares.
Tue 21 January 2003
Seals of approval
Sketch troupe land Radio 4 series
21/01/2003 … The Club Seals sketch group has landed a Radio 4 show based on their Edinburgh show The Museum Of Everything.
Playing away from home
Improvisers' first tour in a decade
21/01/2003 … The Comedy Store Players are to embark on their first national tour in a decade.
Balloon blaze still a mystery
21/01/2003 … The cause of the fire that destroyed Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon venue may never be known.