'15' goes into 2
Sean Lock's sitcom gets BBC transfer
03/02/2003 … Sean Lock's comedy 15 Storeys High is transferring to BBC2.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 03 February 2003
Vic 'dumps Bob'
Comic writes new show with wife
03/02/2003 … Vic Reeves is planning to dump Bob Mortimer in favour of his new wife, according to reports.
Nazis turn on Ali G crew
Cohen angers white supremacists
03/02/2003 … Ali G's film crew has been forced to flee a mob of neo-Nazis while working in the States.
Black on Black
03/02/2003 … Otis Lee Crenshaw's backing band have released their first album.
Sun 02 February 2003
Magic moments
Office wins yet another honour
02/02/2003 … David Brent's assessment of one of his employees in The Office has been named the funniest scene on TV last year.
The fast show
Sketch group claims record rise
02/02/2003 … Sketch group The Consultants are claiming the record for the fastest rise from obscurity to national radio.
Killed for comedy
Satirist's death sparks Ivory Coast riots
02/02/2003 … Rioters have taken to the streets of the Ivory Coast following the suspected murder of a comedian by a death squad loyal to the government.
Sat 01 February 2003
Heiling me, Heiling you
Coogan considered for Hitler role
01/02/2003 … Producers of a new drama about the life of Hitler wanted Steve Coogan to play the Nazi dictator.