A happy medium
Fry lands clairvoyant role in Sellers biopic
07/05/2003 … Stephen Fry is to appear in a screen biography of Peter Sellers, playing his trusted clairvoyant.
2003 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 07 May 2003
Tue 06 May 2003
NBC drops Kumars remake
...but it quickly finds a new home
06/05/2003 … American network NBC has dropped its remake of the Kumars At Number 42.
Doomed! We're all doomed!
C4 boss sounds death knell for TV comedy
06/05/2003 … The government is gambling with the entire future of comedy on TV, the head of Channel 4 has claimed.
Sun 04 May 2003
Bean for a spin
04/05/2003 … Rowan Atkinson crashed his Aston Martin at 100mph during an owners' yesterday.
For the crack...
Rik and Ade to tour Bottom again
04/05/2003 … Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson are to tour again with Bottom.
Oh my God, it's Kilkenny
04/05/2003 … Rich Hall, Bill Bailey, Daniel Kitson and Jimmy Carr are among the comics lined up for this year's Kilkenny Comedy Festival.
Fri 02 May 2003
Chicks with quips
Hunt is on for new female comics
02/05/2003 … A new talent hunt has been launched to find the best new female comic in the UK.
Thu 01 May 2003
Jim's £50,000 lawsuit
01/05/2003 … Jim Davidson is being sued for £50,000 by a woman who claims she was injured on his property.